Perching Birds

Framed in Summer Leaves

Framed in Summer Leaves — the eye holds through the green canopy
High Perch — First Light

High Perch — First Light
Red-winged Blackbird balancing on a bare branch

Balancing Act
Song Sparrow perched among dried stems

Perched among the stems
Blue Jay perched near the top of a pine

Pine-top watch
Tree Swallow perched in open light

Tree Swallow in open light
Eastern Bluebird perched in open light

Eastern Bluebird in open light
Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch frontal portrait

Frontal Portrait — a direct look from a quiet perch
American Robin

American Robin
Field Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Passeriformes

American Goldfinch American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
American Robin American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Black-capped Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Male Common Yellowthroat carrying an insect on an open branch Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Eastern Bluebird Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Blue Jay perched near the top of a pine against a pale sky Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Cedar Waxwing Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Red-winged Blackbird perched on a bare branch Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Northern Cardinal Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Yellow Warbler perched on a branch with bright yellow plumage Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
Song Sparrow perched on a dried stem Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Field Sparrow Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Tree Swallow Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor