Any Bird watchers here?

The only pigeons under my feeders are "designer pigeons" AKA mourning doves.

 

Just saw my first snowbird (junco) of the season. Hopefully the snow is a long ways off.

 

There were 7 Blue birds at one point. They are not into getting there pic taken.

 

My bucket list bird here. I've seen one 2-3 times in my life.

Ill trade you a flock of house finches for a bluebird or two. Ill even throw in some titmice.

 

I’d gladly send them your way, if I only knew the words..

 

Put the suet feeder up the other day. First cake almost gone. I enjoy watching the acrobats of the nuthatches. Not a bird you'll see on a Hallmark card, but very entertaining to see it go upside down. I have to extend it out a bit. Seems the titmice are hitting the window at an alarming rate and startle Ms. buZZsaw during the day.

 

Im working on a garage roof this morning when I hear a woodpecker song in the clump of Norway maples right next to me. I watch for a few seconds to locate the bird and see it descend into a rotten void on the tree and peck away at the punky wood obviously foraging for ants or grubs less than 20' away. I didn't recognize what it was as it looked like an oversized downy with a red throat. Turns out to be a yellow bellied sapsucker. Cant say I've ever seen one before. I've scrounged plenty of logs with their pecking evidence. They love fruitwood.

 

Orange-ish Mohawk on those birds. We get them at the suet blocks. They can hammer away at them like the smaller birds can't. Cool birds.

 

Saw this hawk last night. Witnessed it fly it and land on that branch and then fly off.

 

They're pretty birds, but they don't visit for pleasure. They're full time hunters. We have Red Tails and Golden Eagles here and they have huge appetites, especially when they're nesting.

This guy visited us today.

 

Put a suet feeder out on Wednesday and all the birds ignored it for seed. Then yesterday afternoon I saw a red bellied woodpecker o it, which is always cool to see!

 

Give it time and theyll be devouring it. Few years back mine were going through a cake almost daily.

 

The only time I've ever gone thru suet cakes that fast was when squirrels were able to get to it. I've had years where birds didn't touch suet and preferred seed cakes instead. I don't put out a lot of food at one time (it is easily gone by afternoon). Kind of like my cats, one day they love the canned food I get, then when I get a bunch, they turn up their noses and want a different flavor/brand - LOL.

 

There seems to be a flock of bluejays that have decided to pay my feeders long daily visits. We'd see one, once in a while.

I hope they move on and let the more favorable birds have access to the feeders. I only put out sunflower seeds in tube feeders, and seed/suet blocks.