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Awww, dust bath time! Looks like a thrush. I have a hard time discerning thrushes and thrashers tho' and I'm not sure which are more common to NC. Is your soil very sandy in those pics? Mr Cardinal is sooooo pretty isn't he?
You know whats coming.... Can I use the pics on my site? I really have to go there and add more today.
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I think that's a Brown Thrasher, Wrennie. I don't think they Southeast U.S. has any thrushes this time of year. We have the Hermit Thrush in the Winter. Tonya is on the atlantic Coast of North Carolina. I had a Brown Thrasher at my feeders just this morning here in Tennessee.
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I must have been typing as you were posting Thorny. i do get them confused and didnt have a book nearby to look in. I had a wood thrush(I'm prett sure) once ruffling up leaf litter at the edge of my yard looking for dinner. Never saw one again, or ant thrashers.
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quote:Originally posted by Tonya: Wrennie- you may use any of my pics you see...always!
Yesterday I had a female and a male cardinal and it looked like they were feeding each other...what were they doing??
Thank you sweetie!
The Cardinals were performing a mating ritual. the male offers the female a seed and when she accepts it, he feeds it to her and they are 'pinned'(?) 'engaged'(?) 'hitched' (?) The female wasnt wagging her tail or fluttering her wings, right? Only 'cause that would be a jeuveniles way of still asking to be fed. If she put her head back a bit and he fed her from above (a dominant position) woo-hoo we have a wedding!
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I have seen that Cardinal behavior myself. I even had a female "come on" to me once she flew down to the feeder, turned her back to me, raised her tail, Looked back over her shoulder at me, and in her most seductive Cardinal voice said, "CHIRP! "
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quote:Originally posted by Thornius: I have seen that Cardinal behavior myself. I even had a female "come on" to me once she flew down to the feeder, turned her back to me, raised her tail, Looked back over her shoulder at me, and in her most seductive Cardinal voice said, "CHIRP! "
She knew where her seeds were coming from..... you stud you!
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The next day a male Northern Cardinal showed up at my feeders chirping furiously. I have studied bird communication for years and although I am not too fluent in understanding Cardinal, I could under stand the chirps that said something about, "Pecking/Kicking", my, "Vent/Cloaca". I guess I had an infuriated beau or hubby on my hands.
CHIRP!
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I don't know what this is .. It was dark gray with red on the under side of its tail? Anyone know what this different looking bird is ?? Ohh and it is very sleek and a bit smaller than a robin
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Really never heard of one.. It was a pretty one though! I am hoping to get some better pics of it!
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Spring, Gray Catbirds are CLOSE relatives of Northern Mockingbirds and Brown Thrashers. All three species are Mimics, meaning they love to imitate sounds they hear. Northern Mockingbirds repeat phrases they sing over and over; Brown Thrashers have a more nasal quality to their song and repeat each phrase TWICE; Gray Catbirds sing each phrase only ONCE with frequent, catlike calls of. "MEW!" mixed in with their song, hence giving them the name, Catbird. I have heard Mockingbirds imitate this Mew call also. I have all three species in my yard but I have lived here for four years and did not get a Catbird until this year. My Catbird usually shows up in a large mulberry tree at dusk.
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Looking at your location , you have a male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. You're lucky! A lot of the males have already left to migrate back to South America.
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OK, so I didn't get a pic of my hummer just now, but I would've SWORN he/she(not sure as this one didn't have a red neck band) was watching us...
It flew to the feeder and went from one hole to the next until settling at one. I stood very still and watched. When it was done, it flew to the window and hovered looking in and ws there for about 30 seconds or so and then flew off... It was really cool!!
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I have many male ruby throated hummingbirds at my feeder also. I'm not sure when they leave. I seem to have them well into September.
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Hmphf. Where'd they go? Different species do disappear from an area unexpectedly and for no apparent reason sometimes. Maybe it was the bill enhancer.
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Does the fact my neighbor uses lawn doctor...a reason I can't get them in my yard?
For the last 6 years I have tried!
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Wrennie, I've added a whole forest of Red Flowers this year: Balsams, Verbena, Salvia, Gladiolus and 30 RED Cannas. I also put up Three new feeders. No Hummers! But last year one didn't show up until August.
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We have a cat bird at our new house. Funniest thing I've ever heard - we really were looking all over for a cat until we realized the thing was a bird in the tree!
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That little "Mew!" they make fools me every time. This is the first year I've had a Catbird in my yard. They are rather pretty but rather shy, too. I haven't been able to get a picture, good or bad, of mine yet.
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Rita, It could be a factor. If you arent supposed to walk on a lawn sprayed by lawn Dr. (for 24 hours or something)imagine what it would do to a bird whose right down there on the grass.
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While walking with my grandson today, I saw an odd looking bird in the grass. Going to investigate, I saw a baby Blue Jay that had JUST left the nest not a minute before. I started to snap pictures when I heard a screech and something slapped my head! Mama or Papa Jay had attacked me! I quickly moved out of the way much to the relief of ALL the birds involved......but not before getting some good pictures of the baby. Another odd thing was thwe fact that there were THREE adult jays attacking me! Perhaps Jays raise their young in common communally.
BABY BLUE JAY
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Nice pic Thorny! I have many blue jays at my feeders but have yet to see one of their babies.
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The Mockingbird parents have finally started bringing the juvies to the birdbath and seem to also be teaching them how to dig around in the flowerbeds...something I've never known them to do. This little guy\girl(?) followed me around yesterday every time I was outdoors.
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Oh Rosie, what a great picture! It is so cute! Do you know how many babies there are?
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Patti, as far as I can determine, there is just this one juvie being watched over by two adults. I have another pair of adults that fledged their baby about a month ago and he's a friendly little guy, too. They stay here year round and are a real pleasure to watch, especially eating the red berries from a big Holly out front.
Yesterday they were a hoot to watch trying to eat a half rotten Zuccini. I had put it out there by one of the watering dishes just to see what would happen. That juvie worked and worked with mom and dad trying to figure it out. Every time I slipped outside with the camera, they would take off so I never did get a picture. Hopefully they'll work on it again today and I'll get a lucky shot.
Isn't it amazing how little it takes to keep me entertained? lol!
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i do get them confused and didnt have a book nearby to look in. I had a wood thrush(I'm prett sure) once ruffling up leaf litter at the edge of my yard looking for dinner. Never saw one again, or ant thrashers.![[kissies]](graemlins/kissies.gif)
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That's one of my fav. parts of summer, being able to sit outside and watch all the birdies.![[nutz]](graemlins/nutz.gif)
It was really cool!!
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Do you know how many babies there are?
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