Bird feeders

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flicker on the snack feeder that has crumbled suet for the bluebirds.

 

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baltimore oriole

 

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rose breasted grosbeak

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

these feeders are nothing special, but i get a vast array of species.

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We get a lot of species in summer but in winter we're pretty much down to starlings, sparrows and the occasional jay and some collared doves. I miss the finches and, surprisingly, the grackles. Of course, the raptors don't come around at all except to grab lunch with wings. I hate seeing them gobbling down a finch.


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bluebirds...

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

rose breasted grosbeak

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I don't see any grosbeaks here. I miss them. We had some in WA.

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[Woodznutz]

I might have posted this already.

I rescued this hummer from the net around my dwarf cherry tree and recognized that it was in this state of shock, called "torpor", so I placed it on the stone wall, out of the reach of the dog, to give it a chance to recover.

Meanwhile I went and got my camera, hoping to get this photo. She recovered and flew away just a few seconds after I got this photo.

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It's giving you the 'stink eye'.

 

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We get a lot of species in summer but in winter we're pretty much down to starlings, sparrows and the occasional jay. I miss the finches and, surprisingly, the grackles. Of course, the raptors don't come around at all except to grab lunch with wings. I hate seeing them gobbling down a finch.


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i'll feed a few grackles when they come around, as long as there aren't too many - otherwise they swarm the feeders & keep the smaller birds away. i like to mess with them when they start to gather en masse in the trees.

i wait until they start to casually drop one by one, then a few at a time... when there are about 20 or 30, that's when i'll slowly open the door & use my cap gun - that scares them for a day or 2 & stay away.

 

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I don't see any grosbeaks here. I miss them. We had some in WA.

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they are friendly & pretty singers. only once i saw a few evening grosbeaks, but that was it. ever hear of a blue grosbeak? my 2025 calendar is birds & this month it that one:

 

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this pair of ducks have been coming around in the spring for several years to set up housekeeping in the vernal pool we have on the property & i feed them cracked corn

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

they are friendly & pretty singers. only once i saw a few evening grosbeaks, but that was it. ever hear of a blue grosbeak? my 2025 calendar is birds & this month it that one:


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Gorgeous bird!


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[Dr.Destructo]

Sometimes I will watch those videos on Youtube where people have cameras focused on their bird feeders.

Sometimes its boring, sometime its fun......as the squirrels and birds will fight each other once on a while.


Anybody ever get one of these feeders?

 

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in nature, you will find peace...

unless there's an f'n squirrel.

 

[The Duke]

 

[The Duke]

Cat doesn't doesn't like the birds, she puts up with them because she knows daddy does. They're too big for her to mess with if she pisses them off. She's run off a couple hens a couple times. Ol' girl gets cranky.

 

[toobfreak]

I rescued this hummer from the net around my dwarf cherry tree and recognized that it was in this state of shock, called "torpor", so I placed it on the stone wall, out of the reach of the dog, to give it a chance to recover. She recovered and flew away just a few seconds after I got this photo.

I have since learned that many birds do this when they get stressed out, like when they fly into the window. If you leave the bird in a safe place, it will recover and fly away.

You'd be in torpor too if you flew your poor wittle face right smack dab into a bay window going 60 mph!

Open those damned windows!

 

[toobfreak]

I don't mind feeding the occasional squirrel who braves my golden doodle.

Well, if you don't mind the occasional squirrel pecking away at your golden doodle, you're a bigger man than me.

 

[The Duke]

I'm a pop me some Jays. They're crowding out the nice cardinals.
Daisy gon' get 'em. I feed the big yardbirds now.
They won me over. 2 of em were born in my back yard.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You'd be in torpor too if you flew your poor wittle face right smack dab into a bay window going 60 mph!

Open those damned windows!

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I've started putting those UV reflecting decals on the slider that birds can see but us just barely. I'll let you know how they work.

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[toobfreak]

I've started putting those UV reflecting decals on the slider that birds can see but us just barely. I'll let you know how they work.

Interesting, I did not know they had these. Made in the USA, too.