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re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024
Posted on 5/28/24 at 7:10 pm to pussywillows
Posted on 5/28/24 at 7:10 pm to pussywillows
I just watched a pair of Robbins put a whipping on a young squirrel who they apparently viewed as a threat to the two fledglings that were closeby. The squirrel didn't know what the hell was going on. 
This post was edited on 5/28/24 at 7:11 pm
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Posted on 5/28/24 at 7:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
a mockingbird had chased the squirrel in my picture across my neighbor's yard into mine and up the pecan tree...then he realized that i was sitting there, so he camped out for a little while...
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:49 am to pussywillows
Mockingbirds are so damn aggressive. I see them chasing off other birds daily, some much bigger than them. I have had them dive bomb at my head a few times while taking a peak at their chicks.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:00 am to Funky Tide 8
Have about three mocking birds in my neighborhood that dive bomb my dog and I every day.
I'm ready to declare war.
I'm ready to declare war.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:20 am to SouthMSReb
Got bluebirds that have babies in one of my houses, right now all I catch is these two bluebirds at my feeders!
These little guys get brave before the bluebirds chase them off.
These little guys get brave before the bluebirds chase them off.
This post was edited on 5/29/24 at 11:24 am
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:24 am to BluegrassBelle
quote:
Tufted Titmouse
- Northern Cardinals
- House Finch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
- Common grackle
- Bluejay
- Carolina Wren
- Carolina Chickadee (my fav)
- Morning doves
- Red-winged Blackbird
- American Goldfinch
- Eastern Phoebe
- Turkey vultures (watched two freeze and fall out of our neighbor's Magnolia tree)
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
Pretty much our list too except mockingbirds and jay rare on our squirrel proof feeder
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:32 am to BluegrassBelle
quote:
- Morning doves
Mourning doves.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:47 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Anyone know what's going on with hummingbirds...or lack there of? We normally have quite a few but have hardly seen any. I'm in BR off Tiger Bend.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:49 am to LegendInMyMind
Amazing photographs 
This thread slaps
This thread slaps
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:51 am to LSUMaverick
quote:
I'm in BR off Tiger Bend.
I'm not far from you and have seen only one. I have, however, seen several nighthawks on my evening walks. These used to be commonplace this time of year, but have become increasingly rare and where are the Mississippi Kites?
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:56 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
Mourning doves.
Auto-correct got me.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 12:16 pm to deeprig9
Just some goofy looking dove hanging around my pond.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 12:29 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
seen several nighthawks on my evening walks. These used to be commonplace this time of year, but have become increasingly rare and where are the Mississippi Kites?
I can't speak to the Kites, but there's
growing evidence as to why you see fewer Nighthawks, and it applies to many birds that feed on the wing. Nighthawks have seen documented population decrease that is pretty significant.
Habitat loss and overuse of insecticides is what the people who study these birds believe is causing it, and that is a rather logical hypothesis. We're converting more and more habitat every year, and what isn't completely destroyed is chopped up into little pockets with little connection to each other.
As to insecticide use, American homeowners use more chemicals per acre on average than farmers. So, if we already know agriculture sprays to kill most everything on vast acres of land (a necessity for the most part), and we overspray to kill most everything on the land that we own/use, it is pretty easy to see that we are wiping out a large portion of their diet. You can add in the trend of replacing habitat lost to development with non-native plants that provide very little to the new ecosystem they are in. Also, there's a problem with many of the plants that well-intentioned people buy coming from nurseries treated with systemic pesticides that ultimately kill the butterflies and bees they're expected to attract. Those insecticides linger for years, even in the soil.
Insect die off (some people believe we are in the midst of a mass extinction event in regards to insects) is quantifiable in a personal, if anecdotal, way. You can drive for days now and never really have to clean your windshield of dead, splattered bugs. It has been in my lifetime, not long in the grand scheme of things, that wasn't the case at all. Pops would have to wash the windshield off every time we went for a ride, especially in the Summer and during hatches of insects that birds like the Nighthawk flock to and feast on.
This post was edited on 5/29/24 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 5/29/24 at 12:31 pm to deeprig9
I have a coon that hangs on the fence and gets a few treats.
This post was edited on 5/29/24 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 5/29/24 at 12:34 pm to deeprig9
quote:
Birds at your Feeder: 2024
Whatchall got?
Damn Squirrels.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 12:53 pm to highcotton2
quote:
Just some goofy looking dove hanging around my pond.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 1:57 pm to Funky Tide 8
This thread made me go check my motion cameras in the backyard. Just captured this one. I think on of the coolest its caught so far.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 2:03 pm to Funky Tide 8
This is what he looked like before I ran him through MS Paint
. Posted on 5/29/24 at 2:15 pm to LSUMaverick
quote:
Anyone know what's going on with hummingbirds...or lack there of?
I noticed that this year too, have only see one this year.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 6:18 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:
I'm not far from you and have seen only one. I have, however, seen several nighthawks on my evening walks. These used to be commonplace this time of year, but have become increasingly rare and where are the Mississippi Kites?
We used to have woods behind us, but they’ve been tore down and a neighborhood is being built…not sure if that could be why?
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