Posted on 01/07/2014 10:48:03 AM PST by Obama_Is_A_Feminist
Actually, birds lives in two huge oak trees just behind my back wall to my garden area where I grow food plants in containers and I have food containers on my deck. I would be delighted if all the birds DIED. They will eat my food seed so I had to move that operation inside under a grow lamp to actually keep seeds to sprout. Then they will invade to eat my plants and any food fruit produced. I have to put netting over everything growing food and they will reach through the net to destroy food. It is me or them living and they aren’t going to win this battle - they are killers and good riddance. The rest of you feed them and they can go live with you.
A Whooper??? Maybe you meant a Sandhill Crane. Unless your near Aransas.
One year before I knew that I bought some thistle from Petco and even though I could see the Goldfinches flitting all over my yard they never went to the sock.
Evidently there were 5 juveniles sighted in the Southeast (VERY UNUSUAL) last year, but they disappeared. Then, one was sighted in GA.
This was in the Everglades.
He sure did look like the picture in the book!
Just watch out for any that face Mecca.
We’ve had several Lesser Canadian geese winter here this year. Back in the mid 80s, we had a Greater Canadian goose that stayed at our lake all winter. Of course, it hit 4 above zero that year.
This is central Texas, BTW.
The above is a Cardinal in my friend's back-yard here in North East Illinois. That picture was taken during the snowstorm on Saturday that dumped nearly 16 inches of snow.
That Cardinal isn't supposed to be here until very late February - early March. Lucky for the Cardinal, he's sitting on a full birdfeeder.
Texas: Sparrows out the wazoo, many cardinals and more recently too many mourning doves (they are messy and don’t seem to be the brightest birds) a few inca doves, occasional redwinged blackbird, ravens in the evening and a strange sand colored bird with bright orange eyes and a looong curved beak—smart bird, too.
There a a couple of olive to drab yellow finches but they aren’t regulars, tiny little fellas. We’ve been buying a 10lb bag at least once a week where we usually only buy a bag every 2 weeks. I’ve also been cooking suet every couple of days using this recipe:http://www.almanac.com/content/bird-food-recipe-suet
The birds love it! They do scare me on occasion because they’ve taken to getting up under my patio in plants and such and flush out when I’m not expecting it. At least they haven’t been lining up over my patio door like they did the first cold snap before Thanksgiving—what a mess that was gah.
My BIL (The birdwatcher) said it was the “Sighting of his Life.” I guess that means it was highly unusual.
It was even freezing cold here among the coconut palms and banana trees. I felt like I was back in Boston. (shudder)
Robin's aren't supposed to be back here until mid to late March.
Yes, it was cold this AM but -10F is still over 240 Kelvin. Sounds so much warmer.
Filled the feeders and put out 2 more suet cakes this AM. My chickens in the barn don’t seem to mind the cold much. They are just happy to be out of the wind.
like Afghan hounds...?
bada bing!
For 2+ days it’s 15 degrees colder than our normal coldest temp of the year but birds acting normal - cardinals, titmouses, house wrens, etc.
The only oddity I’ve seen is a chickadee trying to eat (or drink?) from the humming bird feeder. I’ve never seen anything except hummers on that feeder.
No squirrels though which is unusual.
Magnificent birds.
I’ve never seen one in the wild, I would sure love to. It must be lovely to see them, I envy you that.
I went out and spent $40 on several varieties of bird food for the critters. I’m refilling the feeders almost daily ;’)
I just had a flock of seagulls fly over my house in Central PA! I’m a good 275 miles from the ocean; 175 from Lake Erie. I’ve seen them on occasion in the fall when the hurricanes/tropical storms are moving up the coast, but in the still of winter when it’s 2 degrees? Cool!
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