Bird watching,YES.I do a little .One morning in the spring I sat having breakfast on the deck and counted 49 speices of birds in the garden.Not bad for an hour
Limey
Plants: 77 | From: n of cobourg ontario | Registered: Aug 2003
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Limey, Holey smokes, that's alot of different birds!! Wow!!! My father and mother loved to have birds, they always made sure the feeder was full of seeds, and they got suet and all the goodies they love. I think it is so much fun to have them. (my neighbors have 3 cats, and as much as I love cats, these cats are let out doors and I swear they never eat, although, whether fed or not I know it's instinct in cats to go after birds and such, but I just can't stand feeding the birds to have a cat stalk them and eat 'em.)
I have done a bit of research into some ways to keep them out, I'm thinking of an idea all my own to keep them out, but with kids and always needing new shoes, and jeans and such, I'm a gonna have to wait a bit on it........
We had a baby blue jay that seemed to adopt my yard a few years in a row, and came close all the time, I haven't seen it this year, but who knows what may of happened to him. But he was so cute, and we liked to watch him....
We also have a bush in our yard, that at a certain time of year when the berries on it just start to turn a certain color, the robins strip that bush clean with in 5~9 days!! Just striped clean!! And that is a scream to watch how they come dashing in, shovel a few in their gullet, fly off, some try to eat them there, some fly away with them in their beak. The boys like to watch them.
I also have a cherry "pit" tree, that gets stripped even faster than than the other one..... They just scramble around in there, grab parts of the cherry and it's eaten, except for the pit, that's why I joke, it's a cherry "pit" tree!!
I also grow flowers that the seeds the birds like, like Coneflower, Queen Anne's Lace, zinnia's, sunflowers (*we were going to save some heads for winter this year and those birds stripped them so fast this year it was unbelievabable), & Elderberries.
I let some of my property, much to the dismay of my former neighbors and my husband go wild, for some additional wild seeds and nesting area.... They have to go somewhere's and if everything is so clean and tidy they won't come and live around you!!! Besides, it's easier not mowing it!!!!
And we have alot of pine trees for nesting in...
I do have to know what kind you have seen? Do you feed them? Or any birdhouses???
Weezie
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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no bird houses,but had a tit mouse have baies in a trash can in my shed with a pair of pruners in it,i actually went& bought some pruners so as not to disturb,she ate some seed drying out in there so do that indoors now(yes i have assorted containers drying out on dresser in bedroom.hubby reminds me all the time they are there.he really wishes i'd clean it off completely.....he has GOT to be nuts)have woodpeckers,finches,red birds bluejays eastern bluejays martins,mockingbirds.I need to know what birdbook to have for MY SETX area.i have a "national audubon society feild guide to birds eastern region" i got birds that ain't in ths book I got a bird i hear out in woods at night & cannot locate so need somewhere to go where can hear BIRD SOUNDS.i got an endagered specias red headed woodpecker.he is loud,you KNOW when he is in yard.i know now who woodywoodpecker was done after,,,this bird.he's big but have yet to get a photo of him.hes flighty.got bird feeders out but they emptey pretty fast in winter.they don't go much in summer.oranges& apples do.the birds will eat them i put those out in the spring.got hawks got golden eagles.in fall/winter they roost up in tree down at bottom of hill.if know what they would eat(but did see a rabbit diappear from road one day,,,he was dead,so he didn't run off) could probably coax them down for a photo and sit in woods and wait on them.i know there hunting times..LOLI've got some nuthatches everywhere in yard right now.i have never seen this many at once.sparrows wax wings warblers are here alot in june july,they'll fly at you when feeder is empty.orioles,they eat most the fruit but blue jay will too but he runs everyone off& crows.they steele corn cobs out of my compost
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I love bird watching - have been doing it for many years in all parts of the country - first NY, then Alaska, then Nevada, now back in NY! I hang a few suet feeders by my windows and have a long tube feeder hanging over my deck by my kitchen sliding doors.
I like all birds EXCEPT for the noisy grackles and crows. I CANNOT STAND THE NOISE THEY MAKE - it goes right to my nerves!!! One summer day I awoke to a racket of crows in the trees at the base of our backyard. Took a look and there must have been about 100 of them cheering on a "cock" fight between 2 crows on the ground! Never saw or heard such a thing in my life - HORRIBLE!
On the bright side, I get 3 different kinds of woodpeckers - downy, red bellied, and northern flickers; many titmice, nuthatches, juncos, bluejays, goldfinches, cardinals,mockingbirds, assorted sparrows, wrens, hawks, hummingbirds in spring and summer - my favorites , and last summer I was happy so see a rare grosbeek and baltimore oriole.
My cats join me in my joy of birdwatching - for them it is "live TV"! They growl and chirp back at the birds and swish their bottoms and tails faster than you can blink - it's the most exercise they get all day - LOL
Looking forward to reading about other's birdwatching experiences... Lynne
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Hi Folks, njoynit The bird you hear in the woods at night might be a TREE FROG. They make some great noises. Are birds seen'from my garden'the same as'in my garden'?( I think so)I live very close to a lake, so i see a lot of ducks and gulls through my scope and bins We have a few resident hawks,red tails, sharpies, ospreys.differant kinds of woodpeckers downy hairy pileated flickers.Only one kind of hummer a ruby throated that goes from feeder to flower all the time. Nests found in the yard this year are tree swallows mourning doves chick a dee house wren robins chipping sparrow grackles orioles goldfinch and sitting on a big pole is a 12 hole purple martin nest.The neighbour next door has blue birds i'm still waiting for them to come over the fence to my nest boxes.Spring brings migrating nuthatches flycatchers vireos warblers L B J/sparrows (little brown jobies)do you know how many there are?. Yes we do feed the bird but only in the winter with niger seeds for the finches peanut butter and lard for the woodpeckers peanuts for jays and black sunflower seeds for the rest I think split corn attracts too many squirrels and doves Limey
Plants: 77 | From: n of cobourg ontario | Registered: Aug 2003
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BIED WATCHING? No, not exactly.. My housemate and gardening partner, JG, has this thing with bluejays.
Here at home, in our little garden, or on vacation,, JG seems to make fast friends with the local bird life. We have unsalted peanuts from the pet store that we keep in a little canister in the kitchen. Every time JG goes out the back door, a handfull of peanuts go, too. Our resident bluejay will land on her hand and select the largest nut, fly to a neighboring yard, and bury it. Check out our photo site and see one of her friends shot during our vacation this year... http://community.webshots.com/album/98729331lbCwNn
* * * * Plants: 409 | From: Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills | Registered: Oct 2003
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Wow, jc2weho! The only time I've been able to feed wildbirds, was about 25 years ago while cross country skiing at Lake Tahoe. We were having lunch, and the chickadees flew down to our hands to help themselves to bites of the bread on our sandwhiches! What a great experience that was
Lynne
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Yes...there's something really touching about a wild bird taking food that you offer. The only drawback to attracting bluejays to our garden is that they like to steal our multi-colored marble top-dressing from our pots. We also have a fat little squirrel who takes our yellow marbles...no other color. He must have 100 of them by now. Poor thing, when he goes to dine this winter, he might wind up toothless! JG made up for it by buying "Critter Food" at the pet store and we have it up on the hillside in a gravity cat food feeder. Hoping he'll get SOME nutrients when it turnes cold
* * * * Plants: 409 | From: Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills | Registered: Oct 2003
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Hey... there are your blue marbles....want them back now Hollywood????ROFL Would those birds actually be stupid enough to swallow them....it could cause bowel obstruction and they could die!
* * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003
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Jillie will simply kill me, but I cound't help myself! I have published some shots of Jillie feeding the blue birdies in Cambria, CA. This is where she learned that the blue birdies would take peanuts from her hand. She also got me to feed them, but at home I just put the peanuts on an outdoor table. There are two shots of our Hollywood Hills Ollie, this bird will only dive off our neighbors roof when Jillie throws peanuts on the ground.
Not too sure what that purple plant is. We rent this beautiful 1929 house in the woods when we go up to Cambria. The whole property is beautifully landscaped. See if this shot helps anyone identify it.
jc2weho
* * * * Plants: 409 | From: Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills | Registered: Oct 2003
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We don't have any shots of "Blue" yet (my granddaughter named him). He's the brave one here at the house that will land on my hand, my head, my shoulder...wherever I place a peanut. Ollie is his shy groupie that follows him wherever he goes, hoping for leftovers. Blue will chase him away if her gets too close to the peanut bounty (that's why he stays on the neighbor's roof, waiting for me to toss one while Blue's busy burying). We'll post Blue this weekend.
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Here's "Blue" almost being too quick for the camera. He's not quite as relaxed and trusting as the Blujay in Cambria, but, we're working on him...
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Wow Jillie that is fantastic....been checking into digital cameras and some have a setting where you can do a rapid fire of 3. Have you tried that or is that what you are doing already! I know they are fast!
Feeding them right out of your hand must give you a major rush of adrenaline!
* * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003
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Cat, Hollywood just ordered a new digital (a self-Christmas gift!) that will do rapid-fire shots. Then, we'll be able to catch that quick little booger. I gotta tell you, those birds ARE thrilling....My heart pounds like mad when Blue comes in for a peanut. He watches our back door every morning and as soon as I go out to do a morning garden walk he's flapping around my hands looking for his snack. My face starts to hurt from grinning.
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Wow!! That is so neat... I would imagine the thrill of it!!! That'll keep your soul in good shape!!! And laughing and smiling are very therapeutic!!! Right>?>?
Weezie
Those are great pictures!!!
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
Mr. & Mrs. Downy Woodpecker are in the white birch tree just outside my window chirping up a storm today!!! They are all ruffled up because of the cold, and I have lots of suet cakes and seeds out there for them and their friends - wish I could let them inside to warm up for a spell!
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We seem to get a lot of birds that I never saw in my old neighborhood.
Once while taking a cozy nap on the sofa I looked out of the window and to my surprise saw what I thought was a large owl....when it turned and flew away I realized it was some kind of hawk!!!! It was huge! And gorgeous. I've been seeing goldfinches (past spring/summer) and all sorts of birds....woodpeckers...
It's a lot different here then where we used to live all we ever saw there were starlings and the common brown birds. I enjoy feeding them.....and have made the acquaintence of some very determinded squirrels!! In fact, whenever my fat squirrel friend sees me come out the back door he is right there hoping for a snack! When we first moved here the squirrels used to dig in our trash...so I started throwing out bread crust, p, b and j sandwich remnants and now they don't get in the trash....but wait by the back door for me to bring them deliveries!!!!
* * * * Plants: 458 | From: Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: Jan 2004
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Beware those #$^&#@ squirrels - they'll eat you out of house and home!!! They have managed to get into every feeder I have, and have taken whole suet cakes out of their holders and run off with them!!! The only thing they are good for, is entertaining my cats through the sliding glass doors.
Your goldfinches are probably still around - they turn a brown color in the winter, so they resemble your "common" finches and housesparrows more then. I know mine stick around - when spring arrives, they are more of an olive green before they turn that gorgeous bright yellow.
I, too, have been seeing more hawks around this winter. Saw one in a tree on a major parkway here yesterday, just watching the cars go by! They are so spectacular to see.
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I know...I know squirrels are very determined!!! The reason I feed them the table scraps is because they were chewing into my trashcans~! So, I decided to save them the trouble and feed them!! It seems to work...only now whenever I open the back door my fat little *friends* are waiting for me!!!
Last summer we had something funny happen. A male cardinal kept dive bombing one certain squirrel. No matter what, when this ONE squirrel was out and about in my yard, the cardinal kept going after it, ignoring the other squirrels! I almost felt sorry for the squirrel! Not!
Barbara
* * * * Plants: 458 | From: Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: Jan 2004
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Wish I could have seen that, Barbara!!! Cardinals are one of my favorite birds - can always tell when they are about because of their distinctive chirp. That must have been something to watch!!!
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Lynne, after I read your post about the squirrels taking your suet cakes, I went out this morning to check on mine (a few days ago, I put one on our wooden steps leading to our "upper" yard)... It's GONE!!!! Dang! I'm going to unwrap another one & put it where I can watch from the window...what a hoot!
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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We've become backyard bird-watchers....Two books: "An Introduction to Southern California Birds," and "Birds of Los Angeles" have been great reference sources. We put bird feeders on the crest of our backyard hill within sight of the kitchen window. We're having the best time identifying the little guys that visit. Sightings so far: California Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, House Finch, tiny little Bushtits, and of course, the ever-present Scrub-Jay (the peanut-eating birds I mistakenly labled "Bluejay") and Cooper's Hawks circling above it all.
We got one of those fancy suet-cake holders & put it on a garden hook...so far, no takers....we might have it hanging in the wrong spot. At least it's out of reach of the squirrels...
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Jillie - so glad you are enjoying your feathered friends! This year has been a great one for birdwatching here - my indoor cats would agree too!
Just curious as to what kind of "fancy" suet holder you got? Is it the cage type? or something different? Also, what kind of hook are you hanging it from? You'd be surprised how easily the squirrels climb up my shepard's hooks, etc... I have tried greasing the poles with vasoline - had read about that, and also put a slinky stretched out on the pole - also read about that - NOTHING DETERS THOSE PESTY VARMITS!!!
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Oh, Lynne, I've seen our little squirrels doing that "hand-over-hand" climb up our shepherd's hooks...the hooks are still new-ish, so they're very slick...they can't quite get to the top; they keep sliding down. It's such a hoot to watch. The suet-cake holder is a cage with a little copper roof (got it from Tar-jay) with a hanger on one corner. It's on a shepherd's hook, too. It might be a little too close to the ground, or too near the other bird feeders....
Hey, try Armorall on yer poles!!!!!! NOTHING can climb on that stuff!
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
| Seeded: 63.205.41.62
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hmmmmmmmmmmm... Armoral - will have to give it a try!
Your suet holder sounds very nice - don't ya just love Tar-jay?!? I just have the plain ol' 99cent cages from Christmas Tree shops - but they had their suet really reasonably priced all winter - 3 cakes for $2! I think they are at the end of their stock though... I'll have to make another trip over there and stock up!
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.....still no action with the suet holder, except I saw a squirrel swinging from it this morning, tail twitching like mad for balance....trying to get at the little corn kernels imbedded in the suet.....
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Hello again and I love to watch the birds too! My favorite is the humming birds that I feed during the summer months they are so much fun watching them fight over their food. Their size is so neat,also see the blue jays beautiful in color but very loud birds,we have so many robins and they push their orange chest out like they own the world,I have right now a lot of american finches that are changing the colors now to a pale yellow and soon be be a bright yellow? Wrens are out here too but have not seen any chick a dees or red cardinals either. Lots of starlings or black birds we have a dairy farmer across the road from us so we have in the summer time some different kind of smells if you know what I mean. Well hope to see everyone around and remember keep those hands of yours dirty bye
Plants: 290 | From: Ohio | Registered: Mar 2004
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Seems we have hundreds of blue jays here, no problem, cept they are bullies and every year they chase my cardinals off! Gold, purple finches abound, and a host of sparrows. I think my faves tho are the ruby breasted grosbeaks and the cedar wax wings And I have some farmers around here that do things to MY liking, they use TURKEY doodle for fertilizer! Ummmm, smells soooo good!
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I really don't know why but one of my favorites [besides watching the hummers] is hearing the old basic Chicka dee dee dees. And they are just so cute! Short and fat and round[like me after a Minnestoa winter] . But my favorite sighting is when we had an Pilleated Woodpecker in the back yard, they are just so huge and I love their punk hairdo.
* * * * I am old, and repotting wont help! Plants: 292 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Jan 2004
| Seeded: 68.190.154.5
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Gosh, Sham, you guys have "real" bird-sightings....all the stuff I've seen in bird books, but aren't indigenous to Calif.... I'd love to see a cardinal...or a chickadee...
* * * * Plants: 1985 | From: Ugh...Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
| Seeded: 152.163.252.161
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Wooooohooooooooo!! Spring has arrived on the wings of "Anthony's Robin" again this year. He (my oldest monsterboy) says Spring is not here until "Mr. Robin" arrives. Since he was old enough to walk around in the yard he has had a little guardian (we think it's the same Robin every year--and REFUSE to think otherwise..hahah) following him around.
I first noticed "Mr. Robin" as I said when he was three. That was 7 years ago (Yikes!! I'm gettin' old!) That spring as I was cleaning out some beds I noticed that a Robin was just following him around as he played in the yard. It stayed about 3ft away from him at all times, but went everywhere he did. Anthony never tried to catch it, or harass it in any way and they both seemed happy to keep each other company while enjoying the sunshine. I wondered if this would continue through the spring. It did...and has continued every year since then.
Normally when I see a robin in someone's yard...I see several. We only have 1 every year..."Mr. Robin". It is just the most amazing thing to me!
We have thousands of sparrows, and tons of cardinals, chickadees, mockingbirds, blue birds, blue jays, cow birds, and so many others that I don't know the names of...but only 1 robin... and he only likes Anthony...hahaha...he flies away when anyone else is in the yard, and sits in a tree across the road from our yard watching...waiting for "his boy" to return so that he can keep him company. I don't understand it!
Like Anthony said...Spring is here in Louisiana because "Mr. Robin" has returned yet again, and we are overjoyed at his safe arrival.
P.S. Last year some mean little brat (hahaha) at school told him that it was not the same bird, that "his bird" was probably dead..to which my amazing son replied..."I doubt it...birds don't lie like some people do, and try to be something they're not, they're happy just bein' birds...and besides he's my friend and I would know the difference." Talk about out of the mouths of children!!! Sorry...but my eyes water everytime I think of that moment!! Someone hand me a kleenex, will ya?
Plants: 24 | From: Louisiana | Registered: Apr 2004
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What looks like a small cardinal, but is a grey color..even the "top knot"? We have attracted some type of seed eating bird that no one seems to know what is!! We have about 5-6 of 'em, and they spend alot of time at the bird feeders, but for the life of me I don't know what they are!! I recognize our local birds, and even most of the ones that pass through this time of year, but this one has me stumped. It looks like a cardinal, but is the wrong color! Any ideas?
Plants: 24 | From: Louisiana | Registered: Apr 2004
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I am pretty new to bird watching/hosting. I have had a couple of birds come to my yard & hang around most of the day for the last week non-stop. They always travel together & it seems to be the same two birds each day. Can someone tell me what kind of bird they are? The look kind of like doves, only not white. Here is a photo I snapped today of them. Thanks Chrissy
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Chrissy, those are Mourning Doves. They're named for their somewhat mournful call, although if one looses a mate, the survivor really does seem to mourn for a while as they mate for life.
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May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004
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When we first moved into our house, I kept thinking that I was hearing owls during the daytime , until I realized that it was the mourning doves - now they come to my feeders too.
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I just went back and read the original posts in this string. Ladystressout was talking about american finches, I think she meant goldfinches. Anyhow, I have 2 birdfeeders hanging outside my dining room window. One is a thistle feeder, and the other is tower feeder with 6 ports that I have black oil sunflower seed in. The goldfinches seem to like the tower feeders better for some reason.
I usually have a few goldfinches hanging around, but the other day, I counted about 50 goldfinches on the feeders, and on the ground beneath. A sight to see.
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May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004
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I would love to have goldfinches come to my yard. I will have to try the tower feeders & thistle to see if I can draw a few this way. They are beautiful...I bet you really did have a beautiful sight to see
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I CANNOT STAND THE NOISE THEY MAKE - it goes right to my nerves!!! One summer day I awoke to a racket of crows in the trees at the base of our backyard. Took a look and there must have been about 100 of them cheering on a "cock" fight between 2 crows on the ground! Never saw or heard such a thing in my life - HORRIBLE! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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