calling all wild bird feeders!!

[duluthralphie]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in showing pictures and lists of the wild birds they get at their feeders.

Or if anyone besides myself feeds wild birds.


My list today is basically the same as most days.
Junco
White breasted nut hatch
Red breasted nut hatch
blue jay
red bellied woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
downey woodpecker

and today I got a gold finch

 

[ivan3]

This morning I was loading dogs to go to the club when I heard the 'hollow' sound of hammering in the distance. My brain finally kicked in and said, "That's not hammering." About 30' away working on a dead branch on one of the white pines that line my drive was the Pileated woodpecker. I watched it for a bit until it decided that it had better places to go. Neat experience. By far the closest that I have ever been to this bird.

We're heavily wooded, here. They are around, but "scarce". A few years ago I caught a couple of them foraging on the ground and they were close enough to vid. through the window:

Probably the strangest thing I've seen was the evening "all" of the Ruby throated Hummers returned from Panama & thereabouts on a single evening in May. They are pretty used to us, after all these years, so setting up the tripod in close doesn't bother them:

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I counted 20 between the two houses.
And I'm sure some were inside I couldn't see. No losses I don't think.

 

[duluthralphie]

Great, I would like to see the Grosbeaks.
The Red Bird picture is beautiful.

Your wish is my command, BUT I improved on your request, I give you 5 rose breasted Grosbeaks, a cardinal, a gold finch and an indigo bunting all in one picture.

 

[duluthralphie]

I embrace shrinkage. The Dr says my knee would do better without all that extra weight I force it to carry......

 

[duluthralphie]

Oh yes, I believe I've read about this...something about a haunting?

The possessed chickadee is different from the knocking on windows ones..

For those of you that do not know of the possessed chickadee here is it's picture:

 

[duluthralphie]

It has been a while since we posted on this thread, however, in the middle of this snow storm I have had nothing to do but sit at the window and drink tea.

This guy and his mate showed up. I tried to get her picture but she was camera shy. She is stunning this time of the year.

 

[duluthralphie]

Birds are coming in in huge numbers in this storm.

I think I saw a Cassin's finch in amongst our house finches.

The crest is easy to see and the belly is white compared to the stripes on the house finches. Cassin's are not in this area.

Bird pictures from today:

 

[duluthralphie]

I finally got the female Cardinal, not well, but I got her.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ok I am extremely jealous of your indigo bunting. I have only ever seen one for about three glorious seconds at my feeder and then gone.
And a scarlet tanager!! You lucky dog.
I occasionally get a grosebeak but never more than one at a time.
I rarely see bluebird s here. I have way too many house sparrows for their liking.

I use to think, we had boring birds here in Minnesota. We do not. When I started feeding them, (the old persons hobby as my kids call it) I discovered a world of beautiful brilliant colors. Even if I only see them for a few days a year they are worth seeing. Now that I have done years of serious bird feeding, I see them in the wild. I was always too busy to look when I was working. They are everywhere. I had a flicker at the feeders last week, I have seen them for years in the woods and meadows.

Until he sat on the feeders and I could see his underside and his spotted tuxedo I never realized how beautiful they are. When or I, spent so many years trying to raise a family, earn money and work, work, and work, I never stopped to see them before.

Here he is again. I had to use a filter so you could even see him in the picture sorry about that. The "good" photo is one I stole off the internet so you could see their beauty.

And just for you my favorite warbler:

Who did not get to sing at the AMC awards last night, making the show sub-standard.