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September 09/04/23, 03:59:43 PM Reply #2520

Offline Gunner55

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :scratch: We had 3 right outside the kitchen window a couple days ago. :confused:
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September 09/05/23, 09:10:04 PM Reply #2521

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Still one immature male oriole at the jelly feeder this a.m. Filled it up full last nite so suspect that'll probably be the end of that. Should still be another 3 weeks to feed the hummingbirds.  :coffee:
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September 09/06/23, 06:22:06 AM Reply #2522

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Re: Birds in the back yard
had an immature coopers hawk land on the bird bath yesterday..  stayed there about 10 minutes and drank some and watched the area...   
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September 09/06/23, 06:55:22 AM Reply #2523

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: mike89 on September 09/06/23, 06:22:06 AM
had an immature coopers hawk land on the bird bath yesterday..  stayed there about 10 minutes and drank some and watched the area...
Lemme guess:  He watched the area like a ... 
  :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

 :sorry:, I couldn't resist.
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September 09/06/23, 07:00:01 AM Reply #2524

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Re: Birds in the back yard
yuppers!!!    :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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September 09/06/23, 07:24:29 AM Reply #2525

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Re: Birds in the back yard
1 fully colored male Baltimore oriole yet this a.m. Clock is ticking...🕰️
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September 09/06/23, 07:52:46 AM Reply #2526

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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September 09/06/23, 08:38:16 AM Reply #2527

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :scratch: hummingbirds are kinda scarce here at the cabin. :confused:
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September 09/06/23, 09:19:41 AM Reply #2528

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Not as many here anymore neither.  I wonder if those darn wasps chase them away or if other stuff is available in nature. 
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September 09/08/23, 09:52:41 AM Reply #2529

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Re: Birds in the back yard
No orioles yesterday altho I did have 3 catbirds. No orioles or catbirds this a.m.  Seems to be a pattern starting here... :scratch:
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September 09/08/23, 06:04:35 PM Reply #2530

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Felt bad, we've had lots of doves lately.  One was sitting in our tray feeder going to town and a red bellied wood packer lands on the edge, starts pecking the side of the dove as it it's raising its wing protecting itself.  He kept it up until the dove flew off.... prick.
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September 09/08/23, 08:02:44 PM Reply #2531

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Re: Birds in the back yard
never seen that before!!!   
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September 09/09/23, 08:17:41 AM Reply #2532

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Pretty cool to see that.
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September 09/10/23, 08:29:58 AM Reply #2533

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: LPS on September 09/06/23, 09:19:41 AM
Not as many here anymore neither.  I wonder if those darn wasps chase them away or if other stuff is available in nature. 
We still had a couple on Wednesday, so I put a little more nectar in 1 feeder & I haven't seen 1 since. :scratch:
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September 09/10/23, 08:52:06 AM Reply #2534

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I did see one yesterday.
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September 09/11/23, 12:10:26 PM Reply #2535

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Neighbor said he's seen a couple in the last day or 2 & 1 feeder looks like it's being used too. So, they might still be around.
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September 09/11/23, 12:30:52 PM Reply #2536

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Re: Birds in the back yard
seem some humming birds and orioles yesterday zipping around    :happy1:
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September 09/13/23, 01:16:01 PM Reply #2537

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Hummingbirds are as numerous as I've ever seen them here. I still have some of the icky jelly left. Interesting to see if there might be a stray oriole around after your post mike... :scratch:

For laughs I put a dollop of jelly in one of the cups and immediately a bald-face hornet showed up. Put another spoonful in the other cup and the hornet got aggressive. Imagine that! In the meantime, one of the barn cats was stalking some of the birds in the backyard. I let Poppy out and since she loves chasing birds, that pretty well rained on the cat's parade. Not a fan of cats hunting songbirds. Many of them over the years here won't do it again.  :whistling: 
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September 09/13/23, 01:41:11 PM Reply #2538

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Re: Birds in the back yard
No orioles since Sunday here. Lots of hummers.
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September 09/14/23, 12:23:08 PM Reply #2539

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Re: Birds in the back yard
No orioles on the jelly feeder after restocking it, just lotsa hornets. Think I'll get my sweep net out, capture a bunch & mail them to glenn. After my nap of course... :coffee:
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September 09/16/23, 01:09:02 PM Reply #2540

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Had a hummingbird working over the sediums last night, seems to be less and less of them. Haven't seen any gypsy moths yet. There pretty cool.
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September 09/16/23, 07:54:23 PM Reply #2541

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Looks like we might be about at the peak for hummingbird activity. No gypsy moths here but several white-lined sphinx moths working over the petunias and four o'clocks nightly it seems. Should've been a banner year for them given the amount of purslane in the garden. There was a red-headed woodpecker on the light pole in the middle of the yard when I got back from Faribault around 5:30. Squawk, fly off the pole a few yards then fly back to it. Did that at least a dozen times. Poppy and I have bird feeders to fill and maintain in the morning. Time to put out some of the ear corn from my yield sampling and maybe some suet while we're at it. 
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September 09/17/23, 10:12:30 AM Reply #2542

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Re: Birds in the back yard
3 bluejays have been raiding our feeder this morning.
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September 09/18/23, 05:16:59 PM Reply #2543

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Re: Birds in the back yard
i havent seen  a hummingbird in 2 1/2 days so there all cleaned up and ready to put ni-nite for  the season!!!!
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September 09/18/23, 05:43:29 PM Reply #2544

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Re: Birds in the back yard
May as well clean ours up too.  All that we see is bees now.
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September 09/18/23, 06:36:45 PM Reply #2545

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Last week we had a hummer smoke our bay window,  she lay shaking in the rocks. I told momma to leave it for a bit just to see. After 30 minutes it was still there,  so she went out with a napkin and as soon as she went to grab it, it flew off. So glad it made it. :happy1:
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September 09/18/23, 06:47:38 PM Reply #2546

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Hummers are still quite busy here.
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September 09/18/23, 08:00:13 PM Reply #2547

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Same here. I keep deadheading the cannas and watering the four o'clocks. Ants are bad enough but keeping those pesky smaller wasps out of these nectar feeders is next to impossible. Never had a problem with them or the hornets before this year.
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September 09/19/23, 11:04:43 AM Reply #2548

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Re: Birds in the back yard
just watched a young robin out by the bird bath, still some white on it's breast!!!   first one in a long time!!!   
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September 09/20/23, 05:46:25 AM Reply #2549

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I mowed out front on Monday & I seen that the only thing using the HB feeder out there was the small wasps. So, it came in yday, cleaned up & put away.
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