Birds in the back yard

[mike89]

just watched some robins here for the first time this year!!   

went outside again and were the robins ever singing away!!  sweet!! 

[Bobberineyes]

Turns out after getting a bird book we've had house finches and not purple.  Pretty close tho in color. After the snow melted it appears a bunny took a hit during the winter..lol.

[LPS]

I just saw a red (pine) squirrel run into the bird feeder.  The hunt is on.  I don't waste any time getting rid of them. 

[HD]

We got Robin's here too.....

[delcecchi]

I just saw a red (pine) squirrel run into the bird feeder.  The hunt is on.  I don't waste any time getting rid of them.

Me either.  Reds and Grays.   Just got home a couple days ago and filled the feeders.   So far not much has shown up, they must have moved some when the goodies stopped while I was away.

[fishwidow]

They’ll be back. Won’t take long.

[LPS]

We had just got our bonfire going yesterday and had two Canadas flew right over us.  First of the year too.

[mike89]

the geese have been really going over us all week now..  no sand hills yet..

[Gunner55]

Had 1 flying east honkin here yday too.

[Dotch]

Had a great blue heron fly out in front of me by Mud Lake yesterday in my travels.

[mike89]

haven't seen them yet either...

[fishwidow]

Didn’t see, but heard a sandhill Friday. Saw a couple swans shortly after that.

[glenn57]

i seen alot of geese flying yesterday going up to Alex!!!! no sandhill cranes yet. i've had swans flying over the house all winter.....with the river being close. that stretch by goldnplump never freezes!!!!!

i officially call spring is hear when i see or hear the first loons!!!!!!

i darn near put out my birdbath yesterday.......today might be the day!!!!!

[Gunner55]

  It was officially Spring here yday ............................. I took the scoop shovel & cleared the door to the outhouse. 

[glenn57]

It was officially Spring here yday ............................. I took the scoop shovel & cleared the door to the outhouse. 

i'll bet there aint no loons out in your bay!!!!!

[Bobberineyes]

Big gaggle of Sandhill cranes flew by earlier.

[Dotch]

Saw a couple egrets yesterday morning doing a flyby then heard some sandhill cranes tonite.

Boober mentioned house finches above. There are a few of them hanging around here lately. They were one of my Mom's favorites when they'd faithfully come to the window feeder in the care center during her last days. If they only knew how happy that made her. Have had a special appreciation for them ever since.   

[snow1]

yesterdayhad a handful of redwing blackbirds hanging along my creek,eyeballing the cattails...good to see,many high flying honkers and sanhills heading north as well lately.

Didn't make it out to south dakota last week snow goose hunting,had family issues to deal with,but word from my hooligan friends tell me the migration and hunting is going strong further these guyz are finding many sick and dead snow geese in the fields,"bird flu" is suspected,dead birds have mucus pouring out of they're mouth,possibly sufficating the birds.

they collected a few of these geese for USFW folks to check out.

[glenn57]

First Juncos of the year showed up today. At least first I noticed.

Seen morning Doves last week.

[Steve-o]

The make robins are banging their heads against our windows again.    Only a couple of hits in the morning, but it is increasing.

We live in this house 27 years - no problems - and all of a sudden last year - the robins start attacking our windows all around the house.

I think they're organizing. 

[fishwidow]

We have the crazy robin deal every year. Hadn’t started so far. I’ve tried everything I can think of to discourage him, but nothing has helped.

Had wood ducks perching in trees in the yard this morning near the creek.

[HD]

I don't know about you boys, but I can't keep up with filling the feeders.... 

[LPS]

They are constantly burning calories aren't they.  They don't rest long. 

[glenn57]

Holy crap HD!!! You might need to have birdseed hauled in by the semi load, you know kinda like Dotch and his gin!!

[mike89]

man the tweety birds are happy there!!!   

finally seen some kill deer and sand hill cranes today!!!   

[Lee Borgersen]

First red finch showed up yesterday. Da color is very faint at dis stage a-da season!

[Dotch]

Just watched a robin pull an earthworm out of the ground on the south side of the house a couple minutes ago. Frost must be out of the ground there...

[glenn57]

I still can't pull out my markers for my one horseshoe pit and garden on the south side of my property line 

Don't help the neighbors wood fence blocks the sun most of the day!!🙄

[Bobberineyes]

Havnt seen a house finch in a week or so but the gold ones are piling in. I had no idea that the males this time of year aren't super yellow. Thanks to my bird book!! Anyhow we had a bag of meal worms in the cart at FF but for some reason it didn't make it to the register.. soo I put up another shepherds hook with some safflower and some thistle just to see what happens,  but they sure do like that Midwest blend.

[HD]

The roosters have returned to Capistrano....