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October 10/05/18, 11:07:01 AM Reply #180

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Nah, the birds eventually give up when it gets cold enuff. Mrs. Cheviot is always interested in my meat when I grill which is year round!  :surrender:
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October 10/05/18, 11:10:51 AM Reply #181

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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October 10/05/18, 11:21:34 AM Reply #182

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October 10/06/18, 08:04:45 AM Reply #183

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Still one hummingbird on the nectar feeder this a.m. The latest we've recorded them at our place is Oct. 9th. It's just plain raw outside today. Right now it's 44, cloudy, damp, with breezes gusting to 20 mph. I bet they'd like to come in the house to warm up!  :azn: 
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October 10/06/18, 08:10:50 AM Reply #184

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Re: Birds in the back yard
That's all you need....hummers buzzing around inside. Might be fun for Ruby, though!   :doah:
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October 10/07/18, 01:48:36 PM Reply #185

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Anyone got any ideas what made this nest? My guess is a hummingbird. Found it cutting lawn under the pine tree. Had 3 eggs, a lite blueish, green color. 1 looked to be hatched 2 didn't.

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October 10/07/18, 02:27:30 PM Reply #186

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Re: Birds in the back yard
looks like it could be..
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October 10/07/18, 02:28:51 PM Reply #187

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Re: Birds in the back yard
How big is it across? Is it really small?

Robins have blueish to green eggs....  :scratch:
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October 10/07/18, 02:30:48 PM Reply #188

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I've heard that hummers nests are smaller than a shot glass. Some people we knew had a nest out on the end of a thin branch that whipped around in the wind and was in plain site.  I didn't see it though.
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October 10/07/18, 04:14:42 PM Reply #189

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Quote from: HD on October 10/07/18, 02:28:51 PM
How big is it across? Is it really small?

Robins have blueish to green eggs....  :scratch:
yea it's as big and round as the opening of q coffee cup opening. I've seen plenty of Robin nest not that. This one is made of really fine material.
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October 10/07/18, 05:34:02 PM Reply #190

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Looks like a chipping sparrow nest. We have lots of them here.
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October 10/08/18, 06:20:05 AM Reply #191

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Quote from: Dotch on October 10/07/18, 05:34:02 PM
Looks like a chipping sparrow nest. We have lots of them here.
:happy1: thanks Dotch, see plenty of them here at the feeder's!
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October 10/08/18, 08:37:06 AM Reply #192

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Saw my first blue bird in the back yard yesterday!

There was a "plethora" of different birds flitting through the yard yesterday - wrens or warblers or finches - on the move, only perching for a moment or two before moving on.  I wasn't able to identify all of them, but there was definitely at least two blue birds among them.
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October 10/08/18, 08:53:55 AM Reply #193

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: Steve-o on October 10/08/18, 08:37:06 AM
Saw my first blue bird in the back yard yesterday!

There was a "plethora" of different birds flitting through the yard yesterday - wrens or warblers or finches - on the move, only perching for a moment or two before moving on.  I wasn't able to identify all of them, but there was definitely at least two blue birds among them.
you been in boars fireball???????? LPS's hootch????????? dey been gone for a while in my neck of da woods.

next thing you'll tell us you done seen bigfoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :doofus: :pouty: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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October 10/08/18, 10:31:21 AM Reply #194

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Re: Birds in the back yard
There were some bluebirds over at the neighbor's pasture as of last week. Guessing they're migrating thru, not the locals that spent the summer there. Lots of warblers moving thru but no time to figure out who they are. Alas, I think the hummers have departed. Didn't see any yesterday or this a.m. Can't say as I blame them. Costa Rica sounds pretty nice right about now.  :happy1: 
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January 01/27/19, 09:19:40 AM Reply #195

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Pheasants are starting to show up...

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January 01/27/19, 09:30:55 AM Reply #196

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Sweet!! :happy1: HD's wildlife zoo. :rotflmao:
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January 01/27/19, 11:12:05 AM Reply #197

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :happy1: :cool:
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January 01/27/19, 11:36:16 AM Reply #198

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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January 01/27/19, 11:38:50 AM Reply #199

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: glenn57 on January 01/27/19, 09:30:55 AM
Sweet!! :happy1: HD's wildlife zoo. :rotflmao:

It is a zoo....18 flipp'n squirrels.....

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January 01/27/19, 11:42:11 AM Reply #200

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Just lookin' for that big nut!!!  :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Break out the box of Skwirrel Helper!
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January 01/27/19, 12:28:48 PM Reply #201

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Re: Birds in the back yard
that season is still open isn't it??  we have lots of them too!!  grey's mostly some fox and a few black one's!!! 
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January 01/27/19, 01:04:17 PM Reply #202

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Quote from: HD on January 01/27/19, 11:38:50 AM
Quote from: glenn57 on January 01/27/19, 09:30:55 AM
Sweet!! :happy1: HD's wildlife zoo. :rotflmao:

It is a zoo....18 flipp'n squirrels.....
:happy1: Ya didn't say somethin about glenn stoppin by did ya?  :rolleyes: ;) :rotflmao:
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January 01/27/19, 03:44:35 PM Reply #203

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Wow! That's a lot of tree rats. Mostly grays it appears? Nice to see as many hen pheasants as that too. A bunch of them, mainly roosters sleeping in the evergreens at nite here.
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March 03/10/19, 08:55:53 AM Reply #204

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Re: Birds in the back yard
A few from this morning...

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March 03/10/19, 09:12:28 AM Reply #205

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Re: Birds in the back yard
good pic's HD...  the other day I saw a big lump of snow in a spot there should not have been, I looked closer and it was a snow owl!!!  really cool to see!!!

it was perched on as telephone pole...
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March 03/10/19, 09:44:43 AM Reply #206

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Quote from: mike89 on March 03/10/19, 09:12:28 AM
good pic's HD...  the other day I saw a big lump of snow in a spot there should not have been, I looked closer and it was a snow owl!!!  really cool to see!!!

it was perched on as telephone pole...

Ya, I saw one on my gutter yesterday....  :rotflmao:

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March 03/10/19, 10:04:59 AM Reply #207

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Nice shots HD! Good to see the pheasants are looking good. 10 hens here yesterday with no roosters, eating corn and moving on through to better cover. This a.m. a couple roosters. Feeders need refilling here but I've gotta fix one of the bindings on my snowshoes in order to do it. One of my friends has made some snowy owl sightings west of town here.
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March 03/14/19, 12:20:55 PM Reply #208

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Got a question. We received some bags of whole flax seed at work and I was wondering if this stuff would be OK to fill my bird feeder with in the back yard? If it will be bad for the birds I'll probally donate it to the food self or something.
 ??????? Thanks gents.
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March 03/14/19, 12:31:37 PM Reply #209

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From what I read flaxseed is used as a filler in dome bird foods and birds will generally go for more preferred seeds. I'd donate it to the food shelf or bear bait.
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