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Author Topic: Birds in the back yard  (Read 368737 times)

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Offline glenn57

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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. :scratch:
:happy1: i noticed that yesterday. got lotz of juncos on and around the feeders this morning. been seeing more then the usual geese flying over to yesterday.

still no starlings or blackbirds  :rolleyes: :sleazy: :rotflmao: but no wrens or bluebirds... :confused: :doah: been hearing of bluebird sightings around the red wing area!!!!!
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Offline Jerkbiat

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Seen some honkers up here yesterday. Also seen some chithawks(seagulls). Guessing the grackles won't be to far behind.
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Seen some honkers up here yesterday. Also seen some chithawks(seagulls). Guessing the grackles won't be to far behind.
chithawks......... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: when we where in duluth one time the natives up there called them sky rats!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Offline LPS

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Haven't seen either yet but I suppose some are around. 

Offline LPS

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Important update from the Canadian border.  We saw our first Seagulls today.  Maybe a half dozen of them. 

Offline LPS

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Have about 10 English Grosbeaks filling our feeder.  Haven't seen the for quite awhile.

Offline Jerkbiat

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What is an English grosbeak?  :scratch:
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Offline mike89

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What is an English grosbeak?  :scratch:

good question.... 
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Offline glenn57

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It's not a German one!! :shocked: :rolleyes: :rotflmao:

Perty certain he means an evening grosbeak. The yellow ones!! :happy1:
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Offline mike89

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the numbers of birds is increasing in leaps and bounds the last few days!!!!   the variety is great!!!!   
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Looks like the juncos are grouping up & moving out. Won't be long & we should start seeing white throated, white crowned  Harris's sparrows show up at the ranch. Filled the thistle seed feeders this a.m. Goldfinches keep grinding away on my thistle seed supply. Will need a loan to keep buying thistle seed for them. Glenn will be happy to hear the blackbirds have been cleaning out the one sunflower feeder. 🌻
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It's not a German one!! :shocked: :rolleyes: :rotflmao:

Perty certain he means an evening grosbeak. The yellow ones!! :happy1:
Guessing that too. Been seeing many of those here too this winter. Been a few years since having them here.
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Offline fishwidow

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Dozens of juncos this morning. All over the yard, not just around the feeders.

Offline mike89

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same here!!!    :happy1:
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Offline roony

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Saw a wood duck in the grove this morning.

Offline glenn57

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Saw a wood duck in the grove this morning.
its a wren in disguise!!!! :evil: :evil: :rotflmao:

yep lotz of Junco's. had a cardinal singin away the other day!!!!! all kinds of finches......and rebs favorite.......skurrels!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Them wrens are tricky little devils... :coffee:
Time itself is bought and sold, the spreading fear of growing old contains a thousand foolish games that we play. (Neil Young)

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Funny, it didn't taste like a wren.

Offline mike89

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the blue herons are back!!!   lots of birds every where!!!!!   
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the blue herons are back!!!   lots of birds every where!!!!!
:scratch: :moon: :sleazy: :whistling:no comment!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Offline LPS

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Man do we have birds at the feeder this morning.  2 Grackles showed up, lots of sparrows, finches, Juncos, etc

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Had a tree swallow here yesterday. The sandhill cranes & Canada geese in the wetland were having a contest before sunrise to see which one could make the most racket. No need for an alarm clock. 
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ready for the birds....iffin dere thirsty my bird bath is at full alert!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao:
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ready for the birds....iffin dere thirsty my bird bath is at full alert!!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao:

mine has been at the ready for a few days now!!    :happy1: :happy1:
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Offline Jerkbiat

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Man do we have birds at the feeder this morning.  2 Grackles showed up, lots of sparrows, finches, Juncos, etc
I was afraid them dang grackles weren't to far away. Should see them here to any day now.
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Offline LPS

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Yup they jumped right in the feeder and the other birds sat on the deck railings waiting for the grackles to leave.   :angry2:   We did have a goose sitting on the ice here and across the river there were about 5 of them on the peoples yard eating grass. 

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Yup they jumped right in the feeder and the other birds sat on the deck railings waiting for the grackles to leave.   :angry2:   We did have a goose sitting on the ice here and across the river there were about 5 of them on the peoples yard eating grass.
none of them here yet........Dotch musta gave them bad mapquest directions!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Offline mike89

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seen a bunch of flickers this morning!!!   interesting bird....   
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Offline Bobberineyes

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Well, I'll try to make it short. But momma caught wind that the hummers were on there way back so she put out a feeder just to see I will say. Fast forward my shoulder is doing great,  I grabbed a hockey stick and started firing balls around for Remi and sure enough I hit a feeder square,  it went flying and losing some well thought out solution momma whipped up. I ain't got it in me to tell her, just gonna sit back and say....There back!!

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Good for you Bobb.  Now don't overdo it at the last stage of healing.