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In my backyard

MKR14 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:45:37 GMT

You may have to scroll down to get all the photos.

I have a bird on the right that I can not find on any website or book. It is between a wren and a blue jay. Any help on what it is? Definitely not a baby blue jay and not a wren. We have lots of adult blue jays every day.

I also have a squirrel with a beautiful white tail. The black squirrel also had a half white tail but must have been in a fight as half of the white is gone. I see the group waiting for their treats every morning.
Never saw white tails on squirrels and we just as many black squirrels as grey ones. We live in upstate NY.

Thanks.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:17:17 GMT

There are many types of jays. We have solid blue "stellar's

jays" here in NM and I've seen gray ones in Canada. It looks like a jay. It could be a variety of scrub jay.

Re: In my backyard

Mindy D — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:17:10 GMT

@MKR14 wrote:
You may have to scroll down to get all the photos.
I have a bird on the right that I can not find on any website or book. It is between a wren and a blue jay. Any help on what it is? Definitely not a baby blue jay and not a wren. We have lots of adult blue jays every day.
I also have a squirrel with a beautiful white tail. The black squirrel also had a half white tail but must have been in a fight as half of the white is gone. I see the group waiting for their treats every morning.
Never saw white tails on squirrels and we just as many black squirrels as grey ones. We live in upstate NY.
Thanks.

@MKR14 @It's a nuthatch.

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KingstonsMom — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:24:46 GMT

@MKR14

Love the black squirrel! We only have gray ones here in the South (GA).

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chickenbutt — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:21:54 GMT

ITA w/Kachina. Looks like a scrub jay.

What a bunch of cute babies! My squirrel babies don't come around in the cold weather. I miss them. Even my little mousies stopped coming out to see me, but I know a few places to stash peanuts for them so nobody else gets them.

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4kitties — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:22:50 GMT

The black squirrel is so handsome! We have red ones and grey ones here.

They are in my backyard as I type, burying walnuts!

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Gorgf — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:43:40 GMT

@KingstonsMom I have all three. Red Squirrels are destructive and mean. The Black Squirrels like the hardwood trees like Oak for Acorns. They have different eyes than grey, piercing.

Re: In my backyard

HLP — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:44:31 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
@MKR14 wrote:
You may have to scroll down to get all the photos.
I have a bird on the right that I can not find on any website or book. It is between a wren and a blue jay. Any help on what it is? Definitely not a baby blue jay and not a wren. We have lots of adult blue jays every day.
I also have a squirrel with a beautiful white tail. The black squirrel also had a half white tail but must have been in a fight as half of the white is gone. I see the group waiting for their treats every morning.
Never saw white tails on squirrels and we just as many black squirrels as grey ones. We live in upstate NY.
Thanks.
@MKR14 @It's a nuthatch.

Doesn't look like any of my nutthaches. They are mostly grey. I live in WV and this looks like it's in the Bluejay family.

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Mindy D — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:47:02 GMT

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Mindy D — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:49:31 GMT

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chickenbutt — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:49:58 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:

They have similar colors, but a different body type. Cute, though!

I love the birdies!

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MKR14 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:51:42 GMT

There is a photo of a nuthatch that look very much like the one in our yard. This bird is so hard to get a photo of as it travels so fast down for a nut and right back up. I sat for 3 hours just to get that photo. It is the one and only bird like this our family has ever seen. Tiny little thing. Has a real short tail and scrub jays tails are a lot longer.

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sophiesofers — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:54:35 GMT

Cute squirrels and birds! We don't have many black squirrels here, mostly gray ones. I always put out treats in my yard for our wildlife friends. Thanks for the photos!

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Mindy D — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:04:21 GMT

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riley1 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:00:26 GMT

That squirrel is so pretty. I have never a black squirrel. We have the regular grey ones and fox squirrels. Fox squirrels are not as aggressive as the others. They appear to be longer and more lean than the greys. We have one that comes to our fountain for a drink and he (?) is a silver grey with a very long silvery tail.

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Mindy D — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:02:39 GMT

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MKR14 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:04:14 GMT

Thanks for the chart. Love our blue jays as the squirrels love to chase them away.
The photo of the 2 birds looks like the bottom bird is the one we have seen here.

My Mom and I always loved looking up birds when I was a child. Wish she was alive and we still could do it again.

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MoonieBaby — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:25:34 GMT

LLLLOOOOOOVVVVEEEEE black squirrels, they're not in Philly, but my sister lives in Wynnewood and they are abundant there.

In my friends backyard she had an all white lil bud, that squirrel was so pretty, delicate.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:28:48 GMT

Here was one of my little baby squirrel babies earlier this year. Sooooooo cute!!! They got to know me and would come out and present themselves so I would bring out the peanuts.

I also have a shot of the pregnant mom. Then, when the babies came they would run around on my deck, playing. So much cuteness I thought my heart would explode.

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MKR14 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:58:35 GMT

@chickenbutt @So cute. With everything going on right now with this virus these precious animals are making my day.

So do all my friends here.

Stay safe everyone.