Melody Mellinger

Robin feeding in the crabapple tree earlier this week.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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It's a Prairifire Crabapple. In the spring it's covered in gorgeous pink flowers and in the fall it has these little red apples.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed seeing them.

Thank you!

I couldn't have been more thrilled when they showed up this afternoon!

I was beginning to think they'd never show up! I see them in the nearby woods but this is the first they came to my yard.

Cedar Waxwing eating a tiny red crabapple.

Cedar Waxwing eating a tiny red crabapple.

Cedar Waxwing eating a tiny red crabapple.

Cedar Waxwing eating a tiny red crabapple.

Nearly four years after planting this tree the Cedar Waxwings finally came to enjoy its fruit!

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Thanks Glen!

Down the Hatch

Northern Mockingbird eating a whole Crabapple.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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A couple of Robins showed up in my yard today! This one grabbed a quick snack in the Crabapple Tree.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Vivid red male Northern Cardinal perched in a Crabapple Tree in a child's winter day. There are still a few red crabapples hanging in the tree.

Mr. Cardinal graced my yard with his presence today.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Yes I understand what you're saying. Hopefully you have the opportunity to visit someday.

Grumpy looking Eastern Bluebird in the snow with the caption, "Stay in Pennsylvania for the winter," they said. "It will be fun they said."

Seems like a good day to revisit this old favorite. . . Winter Storm Fern has already dropped several inches of snow here in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Photographed with a Canon T6i and a Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L lens.

#snow #storm #winter #birds #birdwatching

Thanks!

Thank you very much!

Thanks so much Glen!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! It landed at just the right spot!

Thanks! They're so cute and entertaining!

Thanks!

Dark Eyed Junco perched in the Crabapple Tree during a heavy snow shower. There are clusters of vivid red crabapples hanging from the branches surrounding the bird.

It's been another beautiful snowy day here in Pennsylvania!

Dark Eyed Junco photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Thank you!

So cute! We only get to see them here every couple of years.

White Throated Sparrow perched in a bush and holding a red berry in its beak.

White Throated Sparrow eating berries for breakfast on a chilly winter morning.

Photographed near Abingdon, Virginia, with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Song Sparrow foraging in the brush.

Song Sparrow foraging in the brush.

Song Sparrow foraging in the brush.

I had the opportunity to do a little birdwatching in Southern Virginia this week while my husband worked on an electric generator at a nearby farm.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Thanks!

Thanks so much Glen!

Thank you!

A few photos from last week's snow storm.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark IV & 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens +1.4x III extender.

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Thanks so much Glen!