 The Stokes guide is a wonderful resource. It is small, so it is easily carried; yet despite its conciseness, I have easily found every bird I have seen in our yard. It has them arranged by color, which really simplifies identification.
The bird feeder with the one-way glass is back in our living room window. We have had many of the common visitors we love return again.
Earlier in the season we had a pair of goldfinches:
We have recently been visited by a male and female rose-breasted grosbeak:
 
Yesterday, another new visitor came and made its identification simple:
It's the gray catbird, showing off its hard-to-spot red feathers on the underside of its tail! | 
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May 19, 2008 - Untitled Comment