SwampSparrows (Melospiza georgiana) are one of 33 species of birds I’ve seen in my pokeberry bushes. Swamp Sparrows are medium distance migrants, never leaving North America. They have longer legs than other sparrows, and will sometimes wade in shallow water when foraging.
The white-tailed deer is the most common deer species in the United States. This individual was one of several behind my house on an 18-degree morning this month.
Hermit Thrushes (Catharus guttatus) are the last of their genus to migrate south in the winter. This individual is one of several that have been feasting on pokeberries in my yard for the past couple of days.
A cabbage white (Pieris rapae), a member of the family known as the whites-and-yellows, feeds on smooth blue asters (Symphyotrichum laeve) at sunset.