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February 02/06/21, 08:39:14 AM Reply #780

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Re: Birds in the back yard
those big fellers are fun to watch!!   :happy1:
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February 02/06/21, 08:46:28 AM Reply #781

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Re: Birds in the back yard
we have one hear no and then.....yep there fun to see and big fellers too!!!!!!!

aint had much fer birds lately. :pouty: :pouty:
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February 02/06/21, 11:12:14 AM Reply #782

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Haven't seen a pileated here for many moons. Plenty of red-bellies, downies & hairies tho. Bird activity since the weather changed has been slowed here. Still plenty of chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, blue jays and cardinals. Still too many house sparrows. Rats with wings!  :angry:
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February 02/14/21, 11:20:47 AM Reply #783

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Filled the bird feeders yesterday ahead of the deepest part of the cold snap. I've seen their tracks around the feeders but hadn't caught up to one until this a.m.

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February 02/14/21, 11:27:48 AM Reply #784

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :smoking: :fudd: rooster stew!! :wowza: :rotflmao:
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February 02/14/21, 11:30:38 AM Reply #785

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Re: Birds in the back yard
It'd be Smurf stew if Mrs. Cheviot caught you shooting one of "her" precious rooster pheasants! You could always shoot the hens I guess... :rotflmao:
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February 02/14/21, 02:00:09 PM Reply #786

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Re: Birds in the back yard
That is great Dotch.  Beautiful birds.  Wish there were more around here.
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February 02/19/21, 03:50:16 PM Reply #787

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February 02/19/21, 05:07:21 PM Reply #788

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Re: Birds in the back yard
That was great HD.  Nice looking rooster.  Do they take off when you go out?
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February 02/19/21, 06:49:21 PM Reply #789

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Re: Birds in the back yard
darn nice looking bird, the tail is very long the way it looks!!  thought I could some in the background too...  they sure have been in the fields around here scratching for feed..   good video!! thanks!!
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February 02/20/21, 04:03:56 AM Reply #790

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: LPS on February 02/19/21, 05:07:21 PM
That was great HD.  Nice looking rooster.  Do they take off when you go out?
Most of the time, they just run to the tree line and wait till the coast is clear.
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February 02/20/21, 11:59:17 AM Reply #791

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Re: Birds in the back yard
He's a beauty! Do they set up territory to court the ladies like they do here? Looks like we've got one claiming dibs on the yard here already. 
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February 02/20/21, 01:26:41 PM Reply #792

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I know there's other roosters around (cause I see them in the hayfield) but this one is the one that always comes in. Usually he has a few girlfriends with him. The girls are more skidish when it comes to feeding under the bird feeders.
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February 02/22/21, 08:37:24 AM Reply #793

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Good to see a few pheasants made it through our cold snap,yesterday with the temps in the 20's my cardinals were digging the warm snap in central minn,very vocal,sense spring in the air.

Last week at the farm in sodak pheasants (rooster's) were squaring off already,sharptails were coupled up as well.
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February 02/22/21, 11:54:05 AM Reply #794

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Chickadees are doing their "fee-bee" spring call. There are a half dozen keeping the feeders hopping. Also a slowly building population of goldfinches being detected. 
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February 02/23/21, 07:06:18 AM Reply #795

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Re: Birds in the back yard
This morning my cardinals were sure happy,they woke up when the sun started to peek on the eastern horizon,and the chickadee's all day long are busy like dotch called..."fee-bee" very vocal,soon we'll see canada geese migrating in to our state,the blizzard in texas will slow the snow goose migration some,but we're ready to roll when it starts.
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February 02/25/21, 06:50:22 AM Reply #796

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Robins yesterday.
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February 02/25/21, 06:59:55 AM Reply #797

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I think it is going to be an early spring.
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February 02/25/21, 08:49:21 AM Reply #798

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: Jerkbiat on February 02/25/21, 06:59:55 AM
I think it is going to be an early spring.
beginning to think so to.......and our perchapalooza might not happen???????/ :scratch: hope not.
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February 02/25/21, 03:06:36 PM Reply #799

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Bet it will. I sure do like the longer days. Some of my best perch fishing has been in late March when the water is running down the ice holes. Granted I was younger and in much better shape.
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February 02/25/21, 03:22:04 PM Reply #800

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: Jerkbiat on February 02/25/21, 06:59:55 AM
I think it is going to be an early spring.

Oh so your going to listen to silly Robin's who didn't know to fly south over the Ground Hog??  :doah: :doah: :rotflmao:
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February 02/25/21, 04:24:20 PM Reply #801

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Re: Birds in the back yard
No Robins here.
The Pheasants are just starting to get feisty.
The Deer, Rabbits & Squirrels are under the bird feeders a lot.

I haven't had much for Turkeys this winter  :scratch: I wonder where those went?  :Turkey:
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February 02/25/21, 04:36:37 PM Reply #802

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: HD on February 02/25/21, 04:24:20 PM
No Robins here.
The Pheasants are just starting to get feisty.
The Deer, Rabbits & Squirrels are under the bird feeders a lot.

I haven't had much for Turkeys this winter  :scratch: I wonder where those went?  :Turkey:
Just yesterday I saw a whole group of like 15 Turkeys walking right in the middle of a busy street in the city of St Anthony, mn. So looks like your birds came down to the cities for the winter!  :rotflmao:
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February 02/25/21, 06:45:18 PM Reply #803

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Re: Birds in the back yard
thinking about it I haven't many turkeys this winter either?..  interesting.
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February 02/28/21, 08:46:39 AM Reply #804

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Turkeys here seem to pick on certain neighbors which is fine with me. They can raise hell with things around their yards from what they tell me. Saw a lone goose doing a flyby yesterday a.m. and this morning during chores we had our first robin. Didn't actually see it but their sound is pretty unmistakable. Plenty of cover, berries and crabapples  so they've got lots of places to hang out.   
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February 02/28/21, 09:14:43 AM Reply #805

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Re: Birds in the back yard
no robins here yet........and with an additional 4-5 inches of snow.......might be a while yet. reminds me maybe i should go and stalk up on some mealworms for when they do arrive.
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March 03/01/21, 06:23:00 PM Reply #806

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I've been living here since 1979 and have just seen a first. Had an owl sitting in the neighbors tree across the street. Gave never seen them in town, up at the cabin Yea.

Have seen plenty of hawks, never an owl.
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March 03/01/21, 06:35:58 PM Reply #807

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If you keep drinking that icky Cold Spring beer, you'll probably see all kinds of stuff!  :rolleyes:
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March 03/01/21, 06:59:30 PM Reply #808

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Quote from: Dotch on March 03/01/21, 06:35:58 PM
If you keep drinking that icky Cold Spring beer, you'll probably see all kinds of stuff!  :rolleyes:
Yea that ain't happening. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Re: Birds in the back yard
when I was coming home from town this morning I seen one lone swan flying over...  great looking birds!!! 
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