Backyard Bird Survey
Apr 23, 2018 19:34:19 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
A cedar waxwing in a tree right beside my apartment balcony (via my artistic interpretation 
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Fun thread, broncomaniac, thanks!
).Fun thread, broncomaniac, thanks!
Glad we agree! Nice post, love the work.
Apr 23, 2018 20:54:54 #
My favorite backyard bird is the catbird. It is my favorite because I had never seen on until last year when one showed up at my feeders and only stayed a few days. In early fall this year, the catbird showed up again and has been a regular all winter. He is still here and I am beginning to think he may have moved in. Even though he is a nervous, flighty bird, I look forward to watching him every day. If the feeders are almost empty, he sits nearby and complains.
Apr 23, 2018 21:28:02 #
We live in S.E. Michigan. We get quite a nice variety of birds that includes blue jays, cardinals, nut hatches, juncos, titmouse, doves, 3 different woodpeckers etc., etc., but the black cap chickadee is my favorite.
Apr 23, 2018 22:00:48 #
Apr 23, 2018 22:21:02 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
My favorite backyard bird is the catbird. It is my favorite because I had never seen on until last year when one showed up at my feeders and only stayed a few days. In early fall this year, the catbird showed up again and has been a regular all winter. He is still here and I am beginning to think he may have moved in. Even though he is a nervous, flighty bird, I look forward to watching him every day. If the feeders are almost empty, he sits nearby and complains.
They are pretty cool. I've never attracted one. Nice going and very nice pic.
Apr 23, 2018 22:26:39 #
Drip Dry McFleye wrote:
We live in S.E. Michigan. We get quite a nice variety of birds that includes blue jays, cardinals, nut hatches, juncos, titmouse, doves, 3 different woodpeckers etc., etc., but the black cap chickadee is my favorite.
Black capped chickadees are my primary visitors. My cardinals feed on spillage and seed I leave out for them, not AT my feeders. Unfortunately they have to be squirrel resistant and cardinals have a tough time reaching the seed.
I'm originally from south Jersey and used to have all of the birds you mentioned, along with quail. I had a single Junco for the first time today.
Apr 23, 2018 23:29:36 #
One of today's guests at my squirrel-proof feeder.
Female Purple Finch
Apr 23, 2018 23:37:30 #
For those who have never seen one of these brutes. Not my shot but a very nice one. They remind me of pterodactyls.
Pilieated Woodpecker
Apr 24, 2018 05:56:18 #
I really like the colors and antics of the Blue Jays. My second would be the Northern Flickers. We get a nice variety at our feeders.
Apr 24, 2018 06:43:36 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
broncomaniac wrote:
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My back yard birds include, Great Blue Heron, Tri-colored Heron, Glossy Ibis, White Ibis, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Limpkin, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Purple Gallinule, Molted Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, and many more. I just cannot decide.
Apr 24, 2018 06:49:52 #
broncomaniac wrote:
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I live in Clearwater Fl.. My front and back yards are a virtual zoo. I have 10-12 wood storks that visit daily, 4 great egrets, 2 snowy egrets, 10-15 Ibis, 3 roseate spoonbill, blue jays, piliated woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, red breasted woodpeckers, and many other visitors.
Apr 24, 2018 07:10:50 #
Agree with Linda from Maine, Cedar Waxwings, when flying through the area stripping the trees clean of berries, are my favorite
Apr 24, 2018 07:46:11 #
I was excited to see a Scarlet Tanager the other day. Couldn't miss this beauty!
Apr 24, 2018 07:56:52 #
broncomaniac wrote:
That is absolutely awesome. Thanks for the wonderful captures.
Thanks! They were selfies, btw. I rigged a camera with a wireless shutter release, used DoF calculator to find the plane of focus, placed myself at that point, and put some crushed peanuts in my hand. They all showed up, sometimes 3 at a time, snatching peanuts from my palm. It was a magnificent moment for me.
Apr 24, 2018 08:05:56 #
Gene51 wrote:
Brave indeed! And Bold! Nuthatches and Black Capped Chickadees will do this in winter when food is scarce.
Wow!
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