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Post by featherduster on May 7, 2016 14:12:26 GMT -5
Yesterday we had a few birds today it's crazy
7-MALE GROSBEAKS
3-FEMALE GROSBEAKS
2-MALE CARDINALS
3-FEMALE CARDINALS
2-INDIGO BUNTINGS
SEVERAL RED WING BLACKBIRDS,HOUSE SPARROWS,YELLOW FINCHES,DOVES BLUE JAYS.
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Post by dbd870 on May 7, 2016 15:10:39 GMT -5
Very impressive
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Post by featherduster on May 7, 2016 17:34:29 GMT -5
I forgot to add both HAIRY and DOWNY woodpeckers and all the above mentioned have have been coming and going all day sometimes 15-20 birds in the feeder at a time.
In addition to the above I also have two Robins nesting on my downspouts.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on May 7, 2016 18:25:00 GMT -5
Had 4 male grosbeaks on the feeder today and thought that was a lot. No buntings yet, but I have had flickers, thrashers, and towhees in the yard so far. White crowned sparrows have also made an appearance. The pheobes are also back nesting above my office window.
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Post by dbd870 on May 8, 2016 7:28:01 GMT -5
I had 1 indigo and 1 males grosbeak yesterday afternoon and that I was doing well!
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Post by featherduster on May 8, 2016 8:50:25 GMT -5
This morning it was 40 degrees and the parade of birds was continuing so I decided to put out my humming bird feeder and within minutes there was a male at the feeder.
This has been a great year for waterfowl nesting as we have at least 4 goose families with approx.14-17 goslings.
We also have a mallard and a wood duck with young.
BTW:about a month ago we had an Eastern Towhee that was a first and now we are awaiting the Baltimore Orioles.
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Post by featherduster on May 8, 2016 9:42:48 GMT -5
Within minutes of the above post we had our first Baltimore Oriole show up and start swinging on the humming bird feeder.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on May 8, 2016 9:59:49 GMT -5
We've had the hummingbird feeder out for a while and have been having regular visits to it. Yesterday an oriole decided to avoid the orange half hanging from the tree and go to the feeder. Not only did it pull out the little insert so it could get to the nectar, it stashed it somewhere so we can't put it back lol.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2016 10:49:17 GMT -5
Most of our birds are cardinals on the black oil sunflower seed feeder. Titmouses hit it too. Right now I have some grosbeaks but they will move on in a day or three. I have out two upside down thistle feeders that are used heavily by the goldfinches with a few chickadees thrown in.
The hanging seed cake draws all kinds of birds but mostly woodpeckers, flickas and the big guy - the pileated woodpecker. He also tears up an old elm tree stump in my yard.
Two hummingbird feeders are out but we've only seen a couple.
There are some other small birds but I'm not a "birder" so I don't know what they are. They do enjoy the feeder and the seed cake.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2016 11:11:41 GMT -5
Here is a real little bird that I don't have a clue as to what it is..  |
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Post by featherduster on May 8, 2016 11:26:55 GMT -5
That is a male Tufted Titmouse, a regular around here.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 8, 2016 11:35:02 GMT -5
That is a male Tufted Titmouse, a regular around here. couldnt have said it better myself |
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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2016 11:49:05 GMT -5
I have noticed that the woodpeckers and the flickas have been getting a beak full of seed cake and flying off with it. Feeding the nest sitter or babies?
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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2016 12:12:49 GMT -5
The pileated woodpeckers feeding stump.. He has shredded it..  . |
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Post by dbd870 on May 9, 2016 7:25:00 GMT -5
The pileated woodpeckers feeding stump.. He has shredded it.. . Good bird take it to the ground! We've started seeing activity at our hummingbird feeder too. |
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Post by bullseye69 on May 9, 2016 20:40:58 GMT -5
The pileated woodpeckers feeding stump.. He has shredded it.. . Good bird take it to the ground! We've started seeing activity at our hummingbird feeder too. Its a stump grinder with wings.  I have seen about 6 Hummingbirds while out turkey hunting. They are after the flowers in the apple tree I was sitting under. So cool to hear their wings. |
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Post by HillBillyJeff on May 14, 2016 8:34:43 GMT -5
I have noticed that the woodpeckers and the flickas have been getting a beak full of seed cake and flying off with it. Feeding the nest sitter or babies? more than likely they are stashing it. |
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