Birds in the back yard

[tangle tooth]

For the first time ever, we had a male and a female Cardinal at the same time. Never happened before.

[mike89]

sure enjoy those birds!!! 

[delcecchi]

For the first time ever, we had a male and a female Cardinal at the same time. Never happened before.

Wait til spring when he is feeding her...  Some guys will do anything for love.

[tangle tooth]

For the first time ever, we had a male and a female Cardinal at the same time. Never happened before.

Wait til spring when he is feeding her...  Some guys will do anything for love.

We've had feeders out for over 15 years. We buy good black oil sunflower seeds yet seldom see a cardinal. Maybe once a year.

[mike89]

they are ground feeders a lot..  and they love a bird bath!! 

[glenn57]

For the first time ever, we had a male and a female Cardinal at the same time. Never happened before.

Wait til spring when he is feeding her...  Some guys will do anything for love.

We've had feeders out for over 15 years. We buy good black oil sunflower seeds yet seldom see a cardinal. Maybe once a year.

where you at TT????? here in cold spring i've seen 3 pair at a time at the feeders i have!!!!!!!

its totally awesome in the spring with no leaves on the trees seeing them on the tree tops just givin er!!!!!!

[tangle tooth]

Blue Earth County. Daughter lives in town. She has them all the time. We have lots of bluejays, woodpeckers, goldfinches, darkeyed juncos, nuthatches, chickadees and sparrows. Visits from cardinals are rare.

[glenn57]

They do like a wooded area??? depends on what you feed them. They like sunflower and safflower seeds.

[mike89]

Blue Earth County. Daughter lives in town. She has them all the time. We have lots of bluejays, woodpeckers, goldfinches, darkeyed juncos, nuthatches, chickadees and sparrows. Visits from cardinals are rare.

what town??  left Mankato in the late 80's..   

[tangle tooth]

Kind of in the VC and Garden City area. Used to live in Mankato, too, till about 2004.

[mike89]

good country in that area, by a river maybe???

[tangle tooth]

About 3 miles from The Blue Earth. Close to the Watonwan and Minnesota, too.

[mike89]

yup some nice country..  so I have a decent idea where are and yup good area!!! 

[Dotch]

The flicker is back! Further investigation revealed it's a female (no moustache) although those gals from Inger glenn cavorts with reputedly sport them! (Sorry, gunner made me say that)

[glenn57]

The flicker is back! Further investigation revealed it's a female (no moustache) although those gals from Inger glenn cavorts with reputedly sport them! (Sorry, gunner made me say that)

you do know the mail goes south to... Right,!!

[Bobberineyes]

The usual Nuthatchers have been hitting the feeders pretty much all day but this morning there was a male and female purple finch that dined on the Midwest blend. Yeah I had no idea what they were until I looked em up.. I need to go get a bird book..lol.

[glenn57]

The usual Nuthatchers have been hitting the feeders pretty much all day but this morning there was a male and female purple finch that dined on the Midwest blend. Yeah I had no idea what they were until I looked em up.. I need to go get a bird book..lol.

just a heads up boober.........if you do get a bird book, make sure its of Minnesota birds.........

our bird feeders have been quiet  lately. 

therewas a neat article in this weeks outdoor news at the back about grosbeaks.... and there declining population.......i was bummed..........

[delcecchi]

I'm always bummed

[snow1]

up until our last cold snap.had a couple robins scratching out back,not sure what they call these black faced littke chickadee's,nuthatches,then a big ole red cardinal showed up yesterday,brilliant red,good to see.

[Dotch]

Spied both rooster pheasants yesterday so all is well in the world once again. I have some spare ears of corn I'll donate to their cause when the cold snap starts up again.   

[HD]

Finches are hungry this morning....

[glenn57]

cool!!!!!!!!!!! 

we have flurries of a bunch for a few days, then just stragglers........

but i've noticed a damn hawk flying around lately!!!!!!

[LPS]

Our bird feeder is full of little birds today. 

[mike89]

fun to watch them!!   

[Dotch]

Definitely an uptick in finch numbers here recently. Rooster pheasants move through the yard daily and we have 3 male cardinals hanging around. Was a group of  ~10 cedar waxwings feeding in the Indian magic crabapple tree during breakfast.

[HD]

I've never seen a Cedar Waxwing here. Must be a southern bird?

[glenn57]

I've never seen a Cedar Waxwing here. Must be a southern bird?

HD your more apt to see them if you have trees that have some kind of berry on them,like a mountain ash, maybe crab apple??

[Jerkbiat]

Cedar waxwing s hammer the choke cherries in our yard in late summer. Don't see them up here in the winter though.

[HD]

I've got choke cherries on one of the property lines and a couple dozen crabapple trees.... never seen one.

[Jerkbiat]

We used to see some when we lived in Becker too. I start watching the choke cherry trees when I see the berries start to disappear.  Maybe they are just sneaky for you.