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Pouring rains today, but got shots of the baby bluebirds out and about from their nest box. We don't feed these ones but back in 1999, we did plant the Caragana shelterbelts that host the bugs these birds feed to their babes! They are pretty hungry lil' boogers, eh.

Heel low: Turning out to be a traditional winter here... Keep the feeders topped and the suet on the go Had a visitation by two lovely wilds... They blend in so well. Had more visit last year but no matter, always nice to see them! Doggone & Chicken UP! Tara Lee...

Heel low: Guess what showed up and stayed to use the nest boxes my Hero made? Female Bluebird Them BOO birds are well established here now. Male Bluebird Saw a Nuthatch take out a flying water beetle yesterday eve...<<blick>> but I suspect it was a real protein boost...

Thank you! I think the Redpoll is an excellent suggestion...five different subspecies and the name alone "poll" as in like a red cap has me smittened...good show! The Crossbills, the male looks washed out pale compared to whatever we have here and still leaning on the Pine Grosbeak...

Heel low: Oh the HORROR...<<not>>...the horror of having to decide what the heck is coming to visit this winter...in the land of the plenty of offerings to attract the free-loaders. Oh the horror of it all...grumble grumble So I am torn...is this Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii)...

Yah...glad to amuse! I figured the shape screamed HAWK! but the colouration screamed IMMATURE BALD EAGLE!... When relying upon our poultry bird educations...since any shape (breed) may be any colour (variety)...my own highly UNeducated mind went hawking. This photo above shows...

Heel low: These photos are the results from a roadkill which happened by my patch of paradise...unintentional wild bird feeders, eh? How did I know something zigged when it shoulda zagged? I knew because my two Australian Cattle pup gals were not interested in playing with the toys I was...

Heel low: Jest thought you guys mighten like to know...if'n you got grit for the birds you care for... Think about putting a pan of it out for the wilds too! Yesterday I finally remembered to put a rubber pan of granite grit out for them grousies! And have a closer l00k see...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_grosbeak Yuppers Woman...you won... Won what? Well I guess if this was MY thread I would be more concerned about prizes and all... Hmm, come to think of it, I do guessing games on my own Pear-A-Dice thread and give no prizes past compliments...or lack...

Save moi Blooie...SAY IT already before I bust up (or worst...OUT)!

You are most welcome... And to be hilarious insistent... I am busting right up inside... Good GACK--someone take a guess...common name for the mystery birds consists of...

Thanks, eh...the grouse make the sweetest of noises and their feathered booty feets have me enchanted. They obviously do not migrate--shedding summer colours for more winterish ones (brown morphs for warmer more humid times versus grey morphs for cold). Ever so well camouflaged for the...

Heel low: Wanna guess what these lovely ruby red feather suited ones are...<<tiny hints>> pine is in their commonly used namesake & they are outta the true Finch family. Here are them in pairs... Eating under the Dolgo crabapple. So like FIVE grouse have taken up residence...

Not good woman! http://www.internationalowlcenter.org/owls-humans/sickinjuredowls What happens here is we have weather not conducive to young owls being able to get prey. Too much snow cover = no access to proper food like the mice. Usually by the time you can actually approach an owl, it...

Glad you like the photos... (x2)... I got a couple like this one below too and it's that BEADY eye that gets me smiling every time I look at them. "I see YOU...you can't possibly SEE me <<'er can you?>>!!" The great feathered up hairdo...the strutty attitudes, the fact I don't hafta...

Heel low: On the way to the puppy playground yesterday morn, our pair of pups flushed these up into a blue spruce... I got some better shots of the second grouse (Bonasa umbellus), but then both burst into the air and flew off further into our forest. Spouse says they...

Silly, frilly...there's no fool like an old one...I should know!

I was referring to the BOTH of you sillies...the "S" makes it plural, eh. Hors-d'oeuvres?? Oh now that reminds me of advising people that want to stop the bleeding from a chicken chick's navel...little dab of flour or corn starch will do yah. And well, if the baby bird don't make it...

Deb--never mind the sillies... Goldfinch is 11 to 14 cm (4 to 5.5 inches) long and weighs 11 to 20 grams (0.4 to 0.7 ounces). To put that into perspective...Tweety could have well been a goldfinch, eh! Bottom right is a goldfinch...good golly gee! Rick goes thru one bag of...

Heel low: Fun thread...I gotta go back and read each pager now...but in the meanwhile, I'll contribute some clicks and such. Central Alberta, Canada...Great White North I carry a small camera round in my pocket...usually on some work bee and look up and see a few perfect photo ops...