I'm gonna preface this with, i know it's not a bird but figured yall could appreciate it here. Got home from work early today and was driving up the driveway when i saw this little one trying to get out of the middle of the driveway. It must've crashed 2-3 times to move about 30ft. Id guess it couldn't be more than 2-3 days old.
MikeInMa Our hummers do the same thing. They will come to the patio door close to where we hang the feeder and hover. We believe they are trying to get our attention and tell us it is time to put the feeder out. They have been doing this for years. Even Oriole's will go to the hook we have were we hang their feeder to let us know, they're back.
Common bird in some areas, but for me, in 20 years of feeding and observing birds, this is the first I have ever seen these. White crowned sparrows. They are migratory in Michigan. Had 2 that were around for about 4 days.
Caught one of the resident Flicker woodpeckers probing the ground for bugs. It was quite busy, and hoping around, at first made me think it had lost its mind. Apparently they are the only woodpecker to regularly eat on the ground. And yes our storm door glass is dirty. we also saw a pair of Orioles back in the yard. Put out half an orange with some homemade raspberry jam, and it was gone by the evening.
If lucky, we'll catch sight of an oriole, but only for a moment, then not again until possibly next year.
We had a pair show up a couple years ago, and they have been coming back ever since. Same with Bluebirds, two pairs showed up early last spring, then we got some late snow, setup a mealworm feeder for them, and they are around again this year with friends.
Saw that catbirds are back when I was mowing yesterday. Heard them calling last night, so maybe they are "mine" versus travelers going further up north. Or, maybe not mine since they were calling from a different area than they normally hang out.
Ive seen birds do the same at our suet feeder which is currently down for the season. Saw a pileated while at a friends the other day. Pecking at the base of a tree. Went for the camera and of course it had flown away.
