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Post by binnylou on Dec 20, 2018 13:38:28 GMT -5
I hear a woodpecker scolding us...telling us that the suet dispensers are empty.
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Post by Mumsey on Dec 20, 2018 15:53:48 GMT -5
Bluejays and woodpeckers have been visiting the suet. Today a whole flock of starlings were fighting over it.
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Post by James on Dec 20, 2018 16:00:23 GMT -5
Today on the bird feeder: Eu Dove, Magpie, Junco, Starling, E Sparrow. Had a couple Robins on the Mountain Ash eating berries.
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Post by pondgardener on Dec 24, 2018 13:49:14 GMT -5
The photo is from a couple of years ago, but today I saw one of this little guy's relatives flying in and settling on the fence, looking for breakfast. I think it is a sharp-shinned hawk that is a regular to our yard because of the birds who frequent the pond areas for water.
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Post by James on Jan 9, 2019 17:22:31 GMT -5
Nice Picture. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by davidjp on Jan 9, 2019 18:20:19 GMT -5
Early January feeder birds for here , seen today
Lesser goldfinches on Nyger seed
House finches Western scrub jay White crowned sparrows
On ground Yellow rumped warblers California towhees
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 10, 2019 3:45:03 GMT -5
The high wind blew a feeder right off the pole. Bird seed everywhere on the ground, of course the feeder was full. Salvaged the 2 suet cages that were part of the feeder. Hung those back up. Birds are cleaning it all up, mostly starlings and blue jays.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 10, 2019 12:11:43 GMT -5
We had a couple of juvie eagles parked in a nearby tree this morning.
I've heard that eagles like cats, but Kitty still thinks she needs to go outside.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 16, 2019 11:05:48 GMT -5
For years, we have had doves visit the food supply that is put out for the birds. But, it's always been a pair plus a spare.
We now have at least 16 doves feeding. I don't know where they came from. We've never had such high numbers.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 23, 2019 18:31:28 GMT -5
Late afternoon and I counted 21 Cardinals feeding out front. They moved on, and 7 deer moved in...out in our driveway. While watching them, I see something moving down at the end of our drive. That was a fox. Critters are hungry.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 24, 2019 4:16:48 GMT -5
Feeders were covered with snow yesterday. One lonely starling was sitting on top, looking for the suet. The woodpecker had no trouble going at it from the bottom. Cleaned it off. Happy birds. Then one of the neighborhood feral cats came and sat under the feeder.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 26, 2019 14:32:04 GMT -5
We feed out in the driveway on the ground. We also have several hanging suet feeders, one of them hanging just above the deck railing. We were watching a female Cardinal trying to feed at the suet by stretching up to the bottom of the suet basket. No matter how much she stretched, she just couldn't make contact. So, she tried hanging from the side of the basket and that didn't work. A male Cardinal came along and he had no trouble feeding by reaching upward from the deck railing. The female was waiting to try again, the male flew up and sat on the top of the suet basket. Apparently he weighed just enough so that the basket got a bit closer to the railing and the female could feed.
Teamwork.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 27, 2019 5:10:04 GMT -5
Yesterday on the way home from Dad's there was a bald eagle sitting on the side of the road. He was huge and so beautiful when he took flight. Then I came upon a bouquet of pheasants. Colors are so vivid against the snow.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 27, 2019 5:16:21 GMT -5
Groups of birds/animals, what are they called?
Geese = gaggle Crows = murder Hyenas = cackle Lions = pride Alligators = congregation Pheasants = bouquet Eagles = convocation
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 27, 2019 10:29:50 GMT -5
Those names made me smile. Thanks Mumsey,!
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