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Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:43 pm to deeprig9
Thread is worthless without pics
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Thread is worthless without pics
On the contrary, this thread would be non-operational if everyone posted a pic of every bird they saw at their feeder.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:20 pm to DownSouthTiger
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They nest alot in my yard but like you said they often nest and the boxes get taken over by sparrows. I have seen myself put up a bluebird house and have the bluebirds bringing nesting materials to it within 20 minutes it is amazing. The sparrows are a constant pest to them though.
The sparrows don't seem to like that PVC house design I posted earlier. Something about the shape of the entrance, I think. That's one reason I'm swapping all of my houses over to them as they wear out. I have little doubt, though, that the sparrows will adapt.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:20 pm to deeprig9
Cardinals, English Sparrows, Blue Jays, Grackles, Mockingbird (only to pester the others), Some type of tiny black and white bird idk
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:31 pm to jeffsdad
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:14 pm to soccerfüt
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Ivory Billed Woodpecker
yeah right. Some of us know better.....Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:47 pm to BluegrassBelle
You forgot Crows. They love my table scraps. They are very suspicious of everything. They fly if they see me watching through my window. Sorry, I don't shootem. I just watch them.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 7:22 pm to Dawgirl
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Buy an anti-squirrel bird feeder. Works great for me.
124 bucks? It damn sure better work! I've yet to find one that works. I DID see a video of a guy that put electricity to a metal pole that the feeder was mounted to about 10 feet up and when the squirrels tried to climb it, it shocked the crap out of them. Very funny to watch. It didn't kill them but sooner or later they did give up.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 7:46 pm to LegendInMyMind
For the past month I have a mockingbird outside of my bedroom window that sings all night. He bothers me but I'm not going to do anything about it because I love birds. I have two pairs of orange breasted waxbills as pets in my house. They are only slightly bigger than a hummingbird. I also have a pair of zebra finches that gifted me with two babies last year. The babies are adults now and they are both females. The zebras laid their eggs and raised their young in an empty seed cup.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:42 pm to deeprig9
Last outing
Yellow rumped warbler
Grey cat bird
Red bellied woodpecker
Anhinga
Palm warblers
Northern Cardinal
Ruby crowned kinglet
Common Gallinule
Western king bird
Fish crow
Brown pelican
Spotted sandpiper
Cormorant
double crested
Tufted titmouse
Morning dove
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Prairie warbler
American Robin
Little Green Heron
Pied-billed grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Muscovy Duck
American White Ibis
Osprey
Tri colored Heron
Turkey vulture
Yellow rumped warbler
Grey cat bird
Red bellied woodpecker
Anhinga
Palm warblers
Northern Cardinal
Ruby crowned kinglet
Common Gallinule
Western king bird
Fish crow
Brown pelican
Spotted sandpiper
Cormorant
double crested
Tufted titmouse
Morning dove
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Prairie warbler
American Robin
Little Green Heron
Pied-billed grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Muscovy Duck
American White Ibis
Osprey
Tri colored Heron
Turkey vulture
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:54 pm to deeprig9
What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:59 pm to arktiger28
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What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:05 pm to arktiger28
Use your cellphone and take a picture. Then the internet or book.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:11 pm to deeprig9
Robins usually don't go to bird feeders to eat because they mostly eat insects and fruit such as berries. Believe it or not robins make their nests close to where people live. I learned all of this when I would go to Michigan to visit family. Up in that state you see gold finches, many robins and song sparrows. Those song sparrows really amazed me because they do have a pleasant song and they look like an ordinary sparrow. I didn't see any mocking birds. The gold finches are very beautiful.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:37 pm to highup7
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Believe it or not robins make their nests close to where people live.
This one built its nest on top of the security light on my shop building this past Summer.
And a the year before that this dove built around the corner of the same building on a useless European Starling trap I built. That's a remarkably well-constructed nest for a dove.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:35 am to deeprig9
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Goldfinch
House Finch
Downy Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Goldfinch
House Finch
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:07 am to Dawgirl
not sure how a bird feeder helps with the bird house issue but, thanks?
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:08 am to arktiger28
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What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.
I use the Audubon app. It has a Bird ID with the guide that will narrow down possibilities based on size, shape, activity, state, and month.
You can also log your sightings, pics, and locations if you'd like. It's a fun little tool to play around with, especially if you're just getting into it.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:13 am to MorbidTheClown
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thanks. One other question. For the fist time in 15 years or so, i've seen a squirrel on top of the bird houses. They are mounted on metal poles about 4 ft above the top of the fence. didn't think squirrels would climb that but, apparently i was wrong. Do i grease the pole a la french quarter during mardi gras?
We have the shepherd’s hook with feeders and my fiancé got squirrel baffles to put around them to keep the squirrels off. Its worked so far.
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