My backyard birds: Reno, Nevada

We’re having a great time bird watching here at Rancho Maven again, this winter. I’ve been putting out a lot of seed, but also more of the suet/seed bricks this year, since I adore the Flickers and Downey Woodpeckers.

Here’s a rundown of some of the more interesting birds this month:

There is currently a lovely pair of Downey Woodpeckers

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Baby owls: cute bundles of fluff at London Zoo

These are three rescued baby burrowing owls. I absolutely adore owls; they’re my favorite bird, in fact.

We’ve always had a couple of big ‘barn’ owls in the big cottonwood trees around the house here in Reno, but I also like the burrowing owls when I was growing up in south Florida.

Click here to ‘hear’ the typical call of a Burrowing Owl.

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