Birds in my backyard

My apartment has tall, shady trees and beautiful well maintained(??) lawns at least to my eyes. I am a casual bird watcher, but didnt even look at a sparrow after coming to NJ. Last Saturday, as usual, I went for a morning walk. Suddenly, an orange-black color bird crossed me, re-igniting my passion for bird watch. I tried to follow it. It vanished into the bushes. I know, it is an Oriole. I used google to find out its exact name. It is a Baltimore Oriole. Good. I would like to post whatever I see and capture in my SLR. On Sunday morning, me and Bunny went to the Roosevelt park to find more birds. I saw some common birds like sparrows, canadian goose, mallard duck,black birds. There was a young Blue Jay, which should have fallen down the tree and its parents trying helplessly to defend it.We went for a walk around the pond in the park.In India, near all water bodies, like river or pond, you can find a Pillayar. Here too, near the pond,I saw one small Pillayar idol and someone has offered some flowers too. Indeed Pillayar cheers our spirit wherever we see him.

Below are some snaps.

Mocking bird.


Blue Jay



Mallard duck