Feeding Wild Birds

[alinas2010]

I don’t like the doves very much bc they’re pigs, but this one was cute and scruffy looking. It let me get close enough to take a good picture

 

[Gill-b]

Blue jay getting a mouthful. My favorite bird to see at the feeder!View attachment 4238116

Such a great capture! I love it!

 

[alinas2010]

Such a great capture! I love it!

it’s being a pig lol they’re my favorite tho.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Still nothing, 1 Black Capped Chickadee, 1 Downy F woodpecker.

 

[sourland]

I started this thread six years ago during a time of low bird population. Over the years, things have gradually improved until now. I see no raptors whatsoever - I am fearful that White Bird is dead. At the home feeders, I see one male House Finch, and the doves come in every evening. At the club, I see one nuthatch, and again a flock of doves. Crow numbers are greatly reduced. Earlier this summer I saw one crow exhibiting typical West Nile neurological symptoms, but have not been finding dead birds. I have only seen one flock of migratory grackles/blackbirds/cowbirds, and that was relatively small. Concerned for sure.

 

[alinas2010]

I started this thread six years ago during a time of low bird population. Over the years, things have gradually improved until now. I see no raptors whatsoever - I am fearful that White Bird is dead. At the home feeders, I see one male House Finch, and the doves come in every evening. At the club, I see one nuthatch, and again a flock of doves. Crow numbers are greatly reduced. Earlier this summer I saw one crow exhibiting typical West Nile neurological symptoms, but have not been finding dead birds. I have only seen one flock of migratory grackles/blackbirds/cowbirds, and that was relatively small. Concerned for sure.

Have the game and fish department put out any warnings about diseases found in local bird populations? New castle disease was found in the dove population in parts of our state this summer.

I will say I hate the invasive bird species because they hog all the feed. I keep trying to find feed that they don’t like. Usually large nut chips do the trick to keep the sparrows away.