Birds in the back yard

[Jerkbiat]

Seems like it.  They don't give out as many hunting permits as they used to.

Nope. Takes 5 years to draw up here now. We had a bear in the yard Sunday night. Seen him on the camera. Walked right over to the bird feeder. Still surprised he left it alone.

[glenn57]

No bears here... yet! Put feeders out Thursday when I got Herr, within 5 minutes had Orioles going goofy. Seeing some hummers and a pair of red breasted grosebeak. Driving into the cabin had a scarlet tanager. Haven't seen it since.

[mike89]

dragonflies are out!!! 

[LPS]

As we sat on the deck last night the wife got bit by a mosquito. 

[Gunner55]

Had a skeet land on my hand this morning early, never got bit though.

[Dotch]

They come out here after dark now. Aggressive altho not thick yet like in Canada ~ mid-July. Been hearing them but hadn't seen a toad until this morning. Great big one down by the barn. Guessing it might be one that hangs out down there to cash in on the flies.

[mike89]

the Minnesota bird!!!   

[LPS]

two orioles here at the hummer feeders.   

[Jerkbiat]

Ya, the Orioles are busy her this morning too.

[Dotch]

While filling birdfeeders, I see the wrens are building a nest in the cheapy gas grill I rarely use. WWRD? 

[roony]

Saw a pair of Red Headed Woodpeckers just now. They must be nesting here someplace. Hope the wrens don't get them.

[roony]

It never fails to amaze me how perceptive birds are. They notice the new grape jelly and other feed almost as soon as you put it out. Their eyesight is incredible.
 

[Dotch]

Still have one junco that must not have got the memo. When they fly, they have the distinctive white border on both sides of the tail. Noticed it yesterday & got close enough to positively ID it this a.m.

[glenn57]

Hummingbirds are bat sh!t crazy up here. Haven't seen the Orioles for a few days,  don't have a feeder to accommodate them.  Have 3 pair of red breastfed grosbeaks.

[Jrasmussen]

The Humming birds were crazy up on Bowstring this weekend too. Almost hit my buddy in the head a couple times while sitting on the deck.

[glenn57]

Pretty crazy,  I mean lime there's like 5 hummingbirds feeders out,  doing up the dishes I had 7 hoovering around the same one!

Kinda like Gunner55 and  John at Inger !!

[Jrasmussen]

Well you don't want to be last 

[glenn57]

Good friggin gawd... the hummingbirds are crazy up here.. 5 feeders out and I'm filling at leastv1 a day.      it's like the first of the  month at the welfare line!

[Gunner55]

           

[LPS]

Have an oriole going at it on our suet cake.  Must need more grape jelly. 

[Jerkbiat]

I need to refill the hummingbird feeder again. When the wind whips off of the lake it shakes it empty. And put out more jelly.

[roony]

Got a hen turkey that has been pecking away under the feeders. I threw an ear of corn there and she really goes after that!

[Dotch]

Stumbled across 40# of black oil sunflower for $14.99 at FF yesterday. Cardinal has been singing his heart out every day so didn't want to run out. Orioles can sing but nothin' like this dude.

[Jrasmussen]

Had a bird about the size of the orioles but it was brown/grey body and had a crimson colored head. The female had a darker color and the head seemed black almost, didn't get a real good look at them. Can't recall seeing them before and they were on the jelly feeder. Anyone have an idea what it might have been?

[LPS]

Could they be cowbirds?  We had a wren sitting on the new deck addition railing the other day.  Was thinking of you Roony.      It may have a nest in the pellet heater exhaust tube again.

[Dotch]

I was thinking possibly cowbird too Barry. Sometimes the way the light catches their feathers, especially on a sunny day, they look different.

[LPS]

I just had what I think was a dingy looking female oriole just going to town on the suet feeder.  Hung around for a few minutes too.  I don't think I have ever seen an oriole on it before.  ???

[Jrasmussen]

I got another look at it yesterday, I think it was just a house finch. I dismissed the idea of it being one since I thought it was to dark of red.

[mike89]

seen the first baby robins this morning!!!

[Dotch]

Looks like the neighbors must've had a good hatch of house sparrows, again. A-holes brought their young & are monopolizing the sunflower & jelly feeders. Usually let the one sunflower feeder they really like to run out. They seem to go elsewhere for a while anyway. Need to get my sparrow trap operational & see if we can thin the herd.