*Carolina Wren*
The Carolina Wren has a warm-brown back
and lighter
brown belly,
with a bright white eyeline.
Its size is
4 3/4 inches and
it often cocks its tail.
Its food
preference is sunflower hearts,
suet, peanuts and
peanut butter.
It is the only wren that visits
feeders readily.
It resides in Southeastern U.S.
from
PA. to FL. and from IA. to TX.
*Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker*
The adult bird have mottled black and white bodies
with the male haveing a red cap and throat.
Their
yellow belly is hard to see.
They are about 7 3/4
inches and prefer to eat
suet, sunflower hearts,
fruits and peanuts.
They reside across North America
except in treeless plains.
The eastern birds move
south in the winter.
*White Eyed Vireo*
This bird is a member of the vireo family.
This one
can be identified
by yellow markings frequently
described as
"spectacles" bright white eyes and
yellow flanks.
It can surprise intruders with a
loud
explosive whistle for its small size.
They are
usually located in the
southeast part of the U.S.
They like the thorny brushy thicket
of moist
lowlands, drier hillsides and forest openings.
They
feed mainly on insects
captured on or near the
ground.
They also eat more fruit and berries
then the
rest of the vireo.
They usually don't come to
feeders.
*Cedar Waxwing*
This is a beautiful crested bird
that can be
identified by its gray-brown color,
contrasting black
mask across the eyes,
usually bright red, waxy
wingtips, yellow belly and tail band.
They will
sometimes travel in flocks of 40 or more.
Waxwings
rove quite a bit and show up
where there is a
abundaant fleshy fruits on trees and shrubs.
Their
diet consists of fruits and berries
and they can
gorge themselves heavily.
One way to entice them to
your garden
is to have lots of fruit trees and a
birdbath
as they get quite thirsty from eating the
berries.
They are difficult to entice to feeders
but
once they notice it,
they will consume lots of
raisins, currants, and chopped or sliced
apples.
*Roadrunner*
The roadrunner is a lot of fun to watch.
I use to
watch them when I lived in Arizona.
It is a very
large, brown and white ground bird with a ragged
crest.
It is about 22 inches in size.
The roadrunner
resides in the southwestern
one-third of North
America from LA. to CA.
