I’d like to start 2021 by thanking everyone for their support over the past year and also to welcome you to my blog. After posting my “Best Photo Moments of 2020” to end the year, I’ll start this year with my best birding moments. I’ll make four posts this week featuring a total of ten images. The first image, above, is of a Canada Jay in our yard. This moment was pretty cool, not just because of the flowers, but because we have a family of Canada jays that frequent our yard but this was the first time they brought they fledglings in during the summer. Followed by three fledglings, the adults came in and showed them around, including the location of both of our bird baths.

I’m always looking for opportunities to get more than one bird in a photo but it doesn’t happen often. Last Spring, I had more Cassin’s finches coming than I could count at times. These three obliged for a photo during an early Spring snow. I would have liked more depth of field but still liked the result.

Cedar Waxwings are one of my favorite birds due to their unique, striking appearance. Passing a seed or piece of fruit is a bonding ritual and on my best cedar waxwing day I saw and photographed the behavior repeatedly.