Any Bird watchers here?

Thats a woodpecker drinking the sugar water. We haven't seen a hummingbird yet this Spring. Sorry for the confusion.

 

I usually put one feeder out, the 3rd week of April. Once I see one, other feeders go out.

 

Im amazed at how fast the goldfinches molt. Couple weeks ago the males had barely a yellow feather. Either a male or female purple or house finch on the right. Zoomed pic so not very crisp.

 

The bright summer canaries (yellow finch), are here as well.

 

I noticed the gold finches are very bright the last few days here. Such festive looking little birds.

 

This guy, uh girl, gave Ms. buZZsaw a heart attack yesterday when she spotted it below the feeder. I heard them roosting at dusk the other night and have on occasion seen them come through the yard. Maybe 2-3 times in the past below the feeder.

 

Two yesterday.


Three today


They're from a Northern Rough-winged Swallow. This is probably the 4th or 5th year they've used this nest. Usually there are 4 eggs total so maybe another one with show up soon.

 

4 today now. I think it's crazy they don't lay them all at once.

 

We have a robin building a nest in our front shrub. Haven't checked on it in a couple days. It was in the early stages. If I remember I'll get pics tomorrow.

 

They don't lay them on the same day but do hatch on the same day basically.

 

Had this gal in the back yard today.

 

Nest they have been building in the front shrub. (pic from yesterday) No eggs yet. I didn't check today

 

Bird attempts to 'clean house' when it doesn't like the decorations | Fox News Video

 

Whoever made that bid house..... needs help.

 

Thanks, I enjoyed that!

 

I loved bird-watching from our window. But my son strongly objects to bird feeders because they attract rodents which move in under our porch.
Small mice have even found their way into our house. The birds kick seeds out onto the ground. I had the feeders about 5 feet from the porch. Does anybody have suggestions?

 

Caught a couple eagles hanging out today. Second one is tough to see but it's in the middle.

 

Critter traps

 

X2

 

Unfortunately, there will always be some sort of mess with bird food. Suet pieces get dropped and shells do too. Shell free bird food would be less of a mess (there are other brands out there, that is just the first one I ran into). Shell free food is more expensive though. A humming bird feeder is less messy and will draw some birds in - even non-hummingbirds. You would want to make sure that you use some sort of ant guard on those (I use this kind and it works well, but there are others that use a moat too)..

Also, if possible, locate the feeders further away from the house. You can still see the action and with practice, tell which birds are which (even with my cr*appy eyesight I can usually tell). And you can use a cheap set of binoculars for getting "closer" to the action and for hard to identify birds.