Northern Cardinal (male) during a recent light snowfall.

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Female Pileated Woodpecker taking flight outside of my exam room window. I'm glad I was in between patients when she arrived! #Birds #Birb #BskyBirds

White-breasted nuthatch clinging to the side of a moss-covered maple tree. It just nabbed a sunflower seed from a nearby feeder. They take these seeds, wedge them into a crevice in the bark of a tree, and then pound it with their bill to get the seed inside the husk. #birds #birbs

Dark-eyed Junco, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow, and Eastern Towhee. All from my exam room window. #birds #birbs

Fox Sparrow. A lifer (bird I hadn't identified before) for me! #birds #birbs

Female Northern Cardinal outside my exam room. #birds

Female Northern Cardinal. Our house makes a good photo blind! #birds

American Goldfinch. Pretty sure this is a male in the early stages of breeding plumage. #birds

When it snows, the birds come to our feeders in large numbers!