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Author Topic: Birds in the back yard  (Read 351316 times)

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Offline LPS

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Our is still up but will take it down today.  We sat on the deck and bees were abundant by the HB feeder yesterday.  Not wasps as usual.  ???

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Still hummingbird activity here altho it seems like the numbers might be starting to wane. Will have to get their feeders cleaned out and refilled for what might be the last time. If these small wasps persist, might have to look for some feeders with the bee guards like we used to have for next year. Watered the four o'clocks again last night. The hummers have really worked them over this year for some reason. So have the sphinx moths. The plants looked pretty short & ratty for a while. Once I started watering them and they began flowering, they're pretty despite their short stature. Flowers seem larger than some years too.  :scratch:
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I see the mudhens are flocking up, another sign of fall...
a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!

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Have not seen a hummingbird here at the home in several days, now. More flies and hornets than hummingbirds. Still no robins, either.
I used to be cute and adorable. Then, I had my first birthday. Been downhill ever since.

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Since everyone is still hummer spotting...  I just saw one in our zenias in the NE Metro.  It didn't stick around long, so maybe it is just passing thru on its way south.

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Spied another one yesterday.

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      I FINALLY saw a Robin. We got 1/2" of rain last my. I saw a couple of robins in a mud puddle.  Me thinks our hummingbirds are gone, though. Haven't seen one in six days, now.
I used to be cute and adorable. Then, I had my first birthday. Been downhill ever since.

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Seeing robins using the birdbath almost daily yet. Still hummingbirds but numbers seem to be tapering off some. Not seeing them chasing each other around. Transitioning into fall with lots of goldfinches, chickadees & house finches hitting the seed feeders.
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You notice the male gold finches are losing there color? I counted 16 here this morning on the feeders and all but one ( and he looked ugly) were the dull female color.

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Yup boober, the bright yellow male goldfinches are more pastel yellow & the rest are drab olive-colored. Robins have been feeding on the berry & crabapple crop when they're not in the birdbath.
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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Didn't notice any hummingbirds this a.m. Hafta monitor their whereabouts. Wondering if this last weather system was a memo for them to get moving south. Talked to a guy last nite at the picnic who said some of the Baltimore orioles from here wind up as far south Nicaragua. Sounds nice come January.  :cool: 
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Couldn't get a pic this time like the last one but another Coopers Hawk scored a chipmunk under the bird feeders.  He didn't like I was in the window so took his friend across the street..lol. Hope he comes back for the red squirrel hanging around!

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How fun to see.

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Saw one hummingbird yesterday on the feeder under the crabapple tree. Have seen none today so far... :coffee:
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Still have a few here but less than we had a few days ago.

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Saw one just before dusk at the feeder under the crabapple tree again.  :cool:
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No hummingbirds the past 2 days. Betting that roony's the only one getting hummers around here...🤔
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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He's always getting hummers.   :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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« Last Edit: September 09/28/23, 04:04:23 PM by Steve-o »

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a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!

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Yesterday had one, nothing today. Hummers that is.

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Yesterday had one, nothing today. Hummers that is.
:scratch: how many do you need in a day!! :confused: :pouty: :rotflmao:
2015 deer slayer!!!!!!!!!!

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Hey look your bobber is up!

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2015 deer slayer!!!!!!!!!!

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I thought I was gettin' one last hummer...   :huh:


...but it turned out to be a finch pickin' seeds off the zinnias.   :embarrassed:

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Quite a difference in the two Steve!   :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :sleazy:

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Tell me about it!   :shocked: