I know these guys are frowned upon in the US, but they are a pleasant sight here in Germany!
In fact, their numbers in many of their native habitats (for example here in Germany) have actually been declining in the past years, so I am always happy to see some of them running around.
This particular bird was collecting some bugs and insects to feed to the young birds that were nearby. He ruffled his feathers a bit which is when I took this photo — looks so fluffy!
That’s one amazing bird! The colors, the shapes!
Thank you very much! :-)
They must nest near us in metro Atlanta, every spring they bring their fledglings to our suet feeder and absolutely annihilate it… they go through two blocks of suet a day. Once spring is over they go elsewhere, and the “normal” birds come back to feed.