Birds in the back yard

[mike89]

7 deer tonite. Poppy is having a comeapart too.

she on her hind legs, standing up??   

[glenn57]

yep..she see's the one taking the dump and cant wait to get out there and eat it!!!!!!!

[mike89]

yep..she see's the one taking the dump and cant wait to get out there and eat it!!!!!!!

 

[Dotch]

Heard a loud noise outside: Hundreds of red-winged blackbirds asking where Cold Spring is! 

[glenn57]

Heard a loud noise outside: Hundreds of red-winged blackbirds asking where Cold Spring is! 

there's one in new york....send them there!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

 

I think that's where roony would like to send his wrens...

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[glenn57]

 

[mike89]

 

[Jerkbiat]

 

[fishwidow]

Went for a long ride today. Came across a corn field with lots of swans scattered throughout the whole field. I’m guessing upwards of a hundred.   A couple miles from open water. Also saw one sandhill crane  and a few pheasants. All of the critters seem to be moving about.

[Dotch]

Some snows & blues reported west of Bugtussle in a field on Hwy 30 yesterday afternoon. Were a lot of Canada geese in the air last nite at 10 & 4 a.m. when I had Poppy out to poop. Today there was even a good sized flock of specklebellies.

[mike89]

been seeing more geese lately and also seen a pair of swans yesterday too in a field...  getting to be more and more birds around!!!   

[LPS]

Still waiting for our first goose here.

[roony]

Saw two sandhill cranes just west of my place

[mike89]

Saw two sandhill cranes just west of my place

haven't seen any yet here,,,

[glenn57]

with the sippi not all that fat from me and the sauk river right here see a good number of canadian honkers and swans........no cranes though!!!!!!

robins, blackbirds, starlings or wrens  either for that matter!!!! but good gawd.......2 nights this week are supposeed to be single digit lows. at the cabin below 0. 

[Bobberineyes]

Feeders been kinda quiet,  just a few house finches , sparrows and a lone Junco was bouncing around a little bit ago. Ma and Pa ran out to Willma on Friday, west of Hutch aways the snow is really piled up, they lost count on the pheasants spotted.  Been seeing plenty of honkers here for a few weeks. Hopefully it won't be long and the Orioles will be back..

[Dotch]

Yup boober, figure it'll be 5 - 6 weeks here and it'll be showtime for the orioles. Sky was full of geese on our way back from Mayberry this a.m. Sounds like spring out there too. Robins are setting up shop, the chickadees are singing fee-bee and the cardinals are singing as the geese make their way north honking away. Not counting my chickens before they hatch though. I trust this weather like a fart anymore. 

[glenn57]

by golly.......seen my first morning dove on my walkabout outside this morning!!!!!!!!! no robins though yet!!!!

LPS is right...spring is just around the corner!!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

Have those red-winged blackbirds I sent your direction showed up yet? 

[glenn57]

Have those red-winged blackbirds I sent your direction showed up yet? 

:rotflmao:nope.......thought you sent them to new york!!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

Well I can check robins off the list. Seen 3 on my way out of town along the street where the snow was melted off the grass in people's yard.

[Dotch]

Want me to send ya that railcar full of sunflower seed for when the blackbirds show up? 

[glenn57]

Want me to send ya that railcar full of sunflower seed for when the blackbirds show up? 

you bet......there spendy nowadays!!!!!

[Dotch]

Appears the rooster pheasants have dispersed & staked out their territory. Only seeing single birds passing thru the yard again so courting season is underway. Speaking of expensive, thistle seed is really nuts. Think it was $47 for a 20 lb. bag at FF the other day. Was debating about refilling the feeders ahead of the rain but think I'll wait and let them pull the feeders down close to empty. No reason to let it ruin several $'s worth of seed. They can get at sunflower seed in the feeders that are more weather proof. 

Add great blue herons to the list of birds tooling around out here.

[roony]

The Redwing Blackbirds are here!

[Dotch]

And they all seem to be shoutng "Cold Spring!" at the top of their lungs...

[glenn57]

And they all seem to be shoutng "Cold Spring!" at the top of their lungs...

and that be Cold Spring New York 

[Dotch]

Some of the male goldfinches are getting closer to their yellow summer plumage. Surprised they've been as faithful as they've been this winter & now into early spring.