Montreal, December 4th, 2011 - Leftover birds

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos - suicide?

Barred Owl Strix varia - high-five!

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Brown Creeper Certhia americana, creeping (and creepily similar to the Eurasian Treecreeper)

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

female House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus (and White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis posterior)

male House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus, almost

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (we were sure this was the Solitaire at first)

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

  Here are a few pics of some of the other birds we met along the way. The Barred Owl was exciting - it was in a park, and it looked sleepy and grumpy, like me. There were plenty of owl-snack-sized squirrels nearby, all fat, happy, and delicious. Not that I tried one, I'm just saying.