The Seattle BirdCam operates every day during US Pacific timezone daylight hours (GMT - 8 hours). 

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Bushtits at suet feeder

Bushtits travel in large flocks in the winter, and it's always fun when a flock of 15 or more birds descends on the suet feeder at the Seattle BirdCam.


Thursday, December 07, 2006

Northern Flickers "anting"

While Northern Flickers are common visitors to the suet feeder at the Seattle BirdCam, they also engage in "anting" behavior, looking for insects and other food on the ground. You can tell by the "moustache" that this is a male.





Here's a pair of Flickers anting. The female is on the left.