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Author Garden: New arrivals 2007 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       We already have some hummingbird topics going, but I thought maybe we should have one for the rest of the birds also. Last month I saw my first robins, and earlier this month, the red-winged blackbirds returned. Now, today I saw my first Brown Thrasher. It was actually eating sunflowers from under one of my feeders. It tried flying up to the feeder, but it's one of those that allow only the smaller birds to get in to it, so the Thrasher quickly gave up. * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 66.37.89.18 penny in ontario Garden Pro! Member # 6783 posted                    Robins are here too....lots of them...I'm excited to see them...that means warmer weather!! * * * * Plants: 30858 | From: Ontario | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 74.120.36.85 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       My first Brown Thrasher arrived this week and I ran out with my daughter's Canon 6.1 Megapixel 12X Optical Zoom camera to get some shots of him. I found him in top of a 30 foot tall oak tree and took these shots from about 50 feet away. The quality is poor, but you can tell what he is. FIRST BROWN THRASHER * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 74.249.214.29 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       The next birds to arrive here should be Eastern Kingbirds and Louisiana Waterthrushes, sometime in the next two to three weeks. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 74.249.214.29 penny in ontario Garden Pro! Member # 6783 posted                    Cool....great shots Thorny!! * * * * Plants: 30858 | From: Ontario | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 74.120.36.85 Joni_P Dream Gardener Member # 11945 posted                       i can hear the birds singing alot more in the mornings now so i know more are here but i don't SEE them ~ going to have to go searching them out I have a new feeder in my yard hoping to attract them..... Joni Plants: 139 | From: Iowa | Registered: Mar 2007  |  Seeded: 67.55.178.211 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       I guess this doesn't really qualify as a new arrival, especially since I didn't even see it, but last night after work as I was unloading my groceries from the car, I heard a Great-horned owl. * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 66.37.89.18 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       Ooooh an Owl! Especially Great Horned......my FAVORITE OWL. I have had a Barred Owl on the roof of my house, DIRECTLY above my computer for weeks now. It comes in about Sundown and stays for hours. I can't get a picture of him......YET. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 74.249.214.29 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       Joni, You should hear the birds singing ALL night soon, Especially Robins, Northern Mockingbirds, and when they arrive, Yellow-Breasted Chats. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 74.249.214.29 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       Thorny, 2 or 3 years ago, I had a Screech Owl that stayed in a hole in a tree at my property line on the west side of my house. I could just see the top of his head from my kitchen door. The other birds HATED him. A lot of the time during the day, when he was trying to take a nap, there would be a mixed flock of them congregating near his tree just raising h***. Especially the Blue Jays. * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 66.37.89.18 Thornius The Bird Man Member # 5603 posted                       That's typical Jay and/or Crow behavior towards Screech Owls. I've never seen a Screech Owl in the wild but HAVE heard them. I've seen a few in captivity so would know one instantly. * * * * A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess. Plants: 2894 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: May 2005  |  Seeded: 74.249.214.29 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       Today the Chipping Sparrows arrived, and I saw the first Flicker of the year! * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 66.37.89.18

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