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May 05/06/22, 11:14:51 AM Reply #1650

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: mike89 on May 05/06/22, 10:28:03 AM
shoot em and eat em...  good eats!!
yep. There considered a game animal and illegal to shoot when season isnt open

And they taste just like chicken!! :rotflmao:

Seriously there great eating!!
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May 05/06/22, 11:22:10 AM Reply #1651

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Still looking for that first oriole, hummingbird, or grosbeak.
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May 05/06/22, 11:25:36 AM Reply #1652

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Haven't eaten a squirrel in a long time glenn but I agree. The young fox squirrels in the backyard are tempting after they've been fattened up on ear corn. They're kinda territorial so while some live at our place, some also commute on the road from the neighbors to get at our feeders. A lot of them get squashed in the process but like bunnies, they're a renewable resource.  :cool:
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May 05/06/22, 11:36:00 AM Reply #1653

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: roony on May 05/06/22, 11:22:10 AM
Still looking for that first oriole, hummingbird, or grosbeak.

Heard another wren this a.m.... :whistling:
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May 05/06/22, 11:43:54 AM Reply #1654

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: Dotch on May 05/06/22, 11:36:00 AM
Quote from: roony on May 05/06/22, 11:22:10 AM
Still looking for that first oriole, hummingbird, or grosbeak.

Heard another wren this a.m.... :whistling:
Better you than me. :crazy:
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May 05/06/22, 12:12:04 PM Reply #1655

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Just got home and we have an oriole. Life is good.
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May 05/07/22, 07:59:45 AM Reply #1656

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Male rose-breasted grosbeak and a male orchard oriole here this a.m. Fewer migrating sparrows when I looked. No hummingbirds but wrens have set up shop. Singing their lungs out when I walked out the door to do chores.  :happy1:
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May 05/07/22, 08:21:05 AM Reply #1657

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Bummer about the wrens.
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May 05/07/22, 08:29:59 AM Reply #1658

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Our Tree Swallows showed up the other day.  Sure hope they stick around. 
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May 05/07/22, 08:33:47 AM Reply #1659

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Quote from: LPS on May 05/07/22, 08:29:59 AM
Our Tree Swallows showed up the other day.  Sure hope they stick around.
Yea there bug eating machines!! One would think with the river there and woods plenty of bugs to gorge themselves with.

Ours are still around, seen there fighting with the sparrows this morning. Funny how fast them worthless sparrows find them bluebird houses after I opened them up. :confused: never seen them all winter.
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May 05/07/22, 08:43:36 AM Reply #1660

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Haven't seen any tree swallows yet. Usually do but some of their houses are in tough shape. Female grosbeak is here now. Red-bellied woodpecker is squawking at me to put out some ear corn for him. He's a pig.
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May 05/07/22, 06:32:04 PM Reply #1661

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Ist hummer at the feeder.
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May 05/07/22, 07:04:59 PM Reply #1662

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Ya beat me by a half hour roony. Just spied the 1st one here.  :happy1:
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May 05/07/22, 09:02:53 PM Reply #1663

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Youz guyz get all the hummers!! :pouty: :smoking: :sleazy: :rotflmao:

Did see my first oriole today!!👍
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May 05/08/22, 08:42:14 AM Reply #1664

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I didn't clean out the tree swallow houses.  I wonder if that will bother them??
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May 05/08/22, 08:52:14 AM Reply #1665

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Quote from: LPS on May 05/08/22, 08:42:14 AM
I didn't clean out the tree swallow houses.  I wonder if that will bother them??
LPS.........from what i've been told and know about it, the only bird house you DONT clean out every year is a purple martin house????

not sure how accurate that is, but i know them friggin sparrows dont mind a house already nested up!!!!!!! :angry2:

some birds will also make nests in more then one house...think its a territorial thing.  :scratch:
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May 05/08/22, 10:44:16 AM Reply #1666

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Happy Mother's Day!
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May 05/08/22, 04:05:03 PM Reply #1667

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Re: Birds in the back yard
              rose-breasted-grosbeak


Spotted one of deez guys at da feeder dis mornin. Borgie looked it up in da bird book and it already had a check mark on dat page. Dat means we must-a seen it in da past once before.  :scratch:

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May 05/09/22, 08:34:16 AM Reply #1668

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Birdies are nuts this morning. We got orioles, yellow finches, grosbeaks, and hummers. Stealing the show were two indigo bunting. What a treat!
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May 05/09/22, 08:41:22 AM Reply #1669

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You get all the good buntings... :pouty:
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May 05/09/22, 08:43:38 AM Reply #1670

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Quote from: Dotch on May 05/09/22, 08:41:22 AM
You get all the good buntings... :pouty:
I resemble that statement. :sleazy: :smoking:
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May 05/09/22, 06:27:12 PM Reply #1671

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I'll do the Hummingbird feeder this week although I think it's to early yet up here.

Sure wish we had Pheasants up here.   :pouty:
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May 05/09/22, 06:31:22 PM Reply #1672

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Had our first hummingbird here today 👍👍
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May 05/10/22, 08:53:15 AM Reply #1673

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: glenn57 on May 05/09/22, 06:31:22 PM
Had our first hummingbird here today 👍👍
as did we last evening Glenn! Momma just sent me these pics of an indigo bunting,  never seen one before pretty cool looking bird!!
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May 05/10/22, 08:58:00 AM Reply #1674

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 :happy1: :happy1: those are such an awesome bird. i've had them around but not often!!!!! :pouty:
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May 05/10/22, 09:19:30 AM Reply #1675

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haven't seen one of them in a long time!!   :happy1:
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May 05/10/22, 09:24:06 AM Reply #1676

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Yeah, I've only spotted one, maybe two indigo buntings lifetime.
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May 05/10/22, 09:51:41 AM Reply #1677

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Went out to freshen up all the feeders, had 5 orioles !! :happy1:
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May 05/10/22, 10:22:59 AM Reply #1678

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Has a red breasted male grosbeak sitting in the sunflower tube feeder for quite a while!!! :happy1:
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May 05/10/22, 01:46:55 PM Reply #1679

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Seen our first oriole when we got home a little bit ago.
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