Backyard Birds During the Early Spring

A male white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis).

A blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in the snow.

A female yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) in a birch tree (Betula).

A black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) on the trunk of a birch tree.

A singing white-throated sparrow.

A visiting dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis).

A white-throated sparrow perching in an apple tree (Malus).

A black-capped chickadee perching on the branch of a birch tree (Betula).

A ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in the backyard.

A white-throated sparrow perching in an apple tree during the early spring.