Feeding Wild Birds

[sourland]

Yes, spring is far away here.

Even further away here.

Dang.

 

[R2elk]

I have a few weeks. Usually potatoes planted st Patty's Day don't do well.

In PA, we planted potatoes on Good Friday. Here I don't plant potatoes until the first of May.

 

[ValerieJ]

I'm looking forward to spring!!! I have my tomato and herb starters going in the greenhouse. I may leave the herbs in there for the summer. They love the heat and grow lights, and don't do so well in my garden beds or on my deck.

On the bird front, I have seen 2 flocks of geese flying through. Seems early, but it's a hopeful sign!!! Otherwise, all the same birds at the feeders. Doves and blue jays stay here during the winter, and they seem to count on me to keep them fed.

 

[fuzzi]

Yesterday we had a winter storm, mainly sleet and freezing rain. I've been inundated with birds I only see when we get wintry weather:
Juncos
White-throated sparrows
Goldfinch
Purple finches
Female Red-winged blackbirds
Bluejay

And my usual:
Cardinals
House finches
Myrtle warblers
Pine warblers
Carolina wren
Chickadees (Carolina, probably)
Titmice
Downy woodpecker
Nuthatches
Brown thrashers

I think that's all.

The Red-bellied woodpeckers have probably been around, too, just missed them.

 

[sourland]

23 turkeys this afternoon. 'Short beard' the young gobbler is back with the flock. The bearded hen has a beard 3X as long as his.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

22 F today and had 9 male and maybe more female Red Wing Black Birds at the feeder. Not showing the Red patch yet just the thin chevron below the patch, guess too cold for courting yet, but it's a good sign.

 

[R2elk]

Not showing the Red patch yet just the thin chevron below the patch

Sounds like juvenile males.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Sounds like juvenile males.

Oh those rambunctious boys!

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Oh those rambunctious boys!

Thanks to R2elk , I knew there was a reason for just the chevron showing. The older I get the more I forget.

 

[R2elk]