Viewing post #1029306 by plantladylin

@Hemlady Cindy, Thanks for sharing pic's of your backyard birds! We all have to take photos through doors and windows at times ... if I lived up north, it's the only way I'd be able to do it because I can't imagine going out and standing in the cold and snow to take pictures of birds. It was 45º here this morning, so it looks like winter is finally arriving in Florida but it has warmed up to 51 and the sun is shining so that's good!! I see that you have some of the same birds in your area that we get here! I wish I could see Goldfinches more often but they are rare in these parts and I don't ever see sparrows. I used to see large flocks of tiny Chipping Sparrows in the winter but it's been a few years since I've spotted any of them. This is the first year in the 49 years I've been in Florida that I've seen house finches visiting the feeders in my yard and I love those pretty birds! Your pretty finch has a lot more color than the ones I've been seeing around here lately so I wonder if it could be the Purple Finch? I'm going out to water a few plants shortly and will take my camera in hopes of getting some bird pictures.

We have the Eastern Gray Squirrel here: