calling all wild bird feeders!!

[Highcotton]

That's good pictures. From both of you. I am in Byron Georgia, right in the middle of the State. I still have a good flock of Goldfinches if I'm lucky I will see a couple in breeding plumage before they migrate.

 

[Highcotton]

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[duluthralphie]

I have no idea where Bryon Ga. is But looking at the map shows you being close to their breeding area.

They are fun to watch.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_goldfinch/lifehistory

 

[Highcotton]

I have no idea where Bryon Ga. is But looking at the map shows you being close to their breeding area.

They are fun to watch.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_goldfinch/lifehistory

Byron is in the center of the state about 20 miles South of Macon right on I-75. I am on the northern edge of the coastal plain. They breed in North Georgia mostly in the Appalachians. I have been up there in the Spring and Summer but I have never seen a Goldfinch in breeding plumage.

 

[Highcotton]

I have no idea where Bryon Ga. is But looking at the map shows you being close to their breeding area.

They are fun to watch.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_goldfinch/lifehistory

It does look like the year round range follows the piedmont which is a small rise in elevation and it is fairly rocky. Macon is on the southern edge of the piedmont so that is only 20 miles away.

 

[sourland]

Ralphie, I clicked on the link that you provided and learned something - cowbirds can not effectively parasitize goldfinch nests because the cowbird chick can not survive on a vegetarian/seed diet. Good!

 

[luckylee]

Hey ya'll! I feed my little wild birdies out there...
I have had some beauties this year..... I have four feeders....
Here are some I have this year so far....















Name them if you can.... I know most of them...

 

[luckylee]

Hey ya'll! I feed my little wild birdies out there...
I have had some beauties this year..... I have four feeders....
Here are some I have this year so far....
1st a male cardinal the 2nd and third are a female cardinal.. this is a chipping sparrow


the first two are mourning doves and then another chipping sparrow and a female goldfinch.this is a nuthatch





wood thrasher is the first one and not sure what the brown one is maybe some type of a finch then the black capped chickadee and then the sandhill cranes with some whooping cranes mixed in...this is a male house finch...





Name them if you can.... I know most of them...

God's Creatures, Great and Small!

 

[topdycke]

Some very nice shots lee! What kind of geese in the last ?

 

[topdycke]

Ralphie, I clicked on the link that you provided and learned something - cowbirds can not effectively parasitize goldfinch nests because the cowbird chick can not survive on a vegetarian/seed diet. Good!

I was researching hawks today and decided we have TWO different hawks hanging around. One I believe is a female red tail - she nested in the yard this time of year two years ago but her nest came down in a storm. There is also a Coopers. I charged outside to persuade the red tail to hunt elsewhere. She wasn't really spooked by me but flap flap glided next door. Definitely need to make more crow friends...