Raising a family - Dark-eyed Junco (female) with a mouthful of worms
Berkeley Hills, Berkeley, CA
This femaile Dark-eyed Junco, along with her male companion (shown in the next picture), is busy finding worms and bugs for their brood. She stops at the cables as a staging area, making sure there are no other predators or dangers lurking nearby before returning to their nest. Every now and then, both parents seem to have left their nest unguarded, and are out and back with food at the same time. It's a lot of work to raise a family. They probably have a hungry brood to feed.
Raising a family - Dark-eyed Junco (female) with a mouthful of worms
Berkeley Hills, Berkeley, CA
This femaile Dark-eyed Junco, along with her male companion (shown in the next picture), is busy finding worms and bugs for their brood. She stops at the cables as a staging area, making sure there are no other predators or dangers lurking nearby before returning to their nest. Every now and then, both parents seem to have left their nest unguarded, and are out and back with food at the same time. It's a lot of work to raise a family. They probably have a hungry brood to feed.