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September 09/20/23, 07:25:05 AM Reply #2550

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/20/23, 09:47:23 AM Reply #2551

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/20/23, 10:34:57 AM Reply #2552

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Re: Birds in the back yard
I see the mudhens are flocking up, another sign of fall...
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September 09/20/23, 01:09:26 PM Reply #2553

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Have not seen a hummingbird here at the home in several days, now. More flies and hornets than hummingbirds. Still no robins, either.
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September 09/20/23, 04:00:41 PM Reply #2554

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/23/23, 12:33:01 PM Reply #2555

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Spied another one yesterday.
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September 09/23/23, 01:20:26 PM Reply #2556

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Re: Birds in the back yard
      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.
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September 09/23/23, 02:10:55 PM Reply #2557

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/23/23, 02:55:32 PM Reply #2558

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/23/23, 03:44:38 PM Reply #2559

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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.
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September 09/25/23, 10:45:42 AM Reply #2560

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/25/23, 06:39:59 PM Reply #2561

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/25/23, 09:30:54 PM Reply #2562

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Re: Birds in the back yard
How fun to see.
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September 09/26/23, 12:52:31 PM Reply #2563

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Saw one hummingbird yesterday on the feeder under the crabapple tree. Have seen none today so far... :coffee:
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September 09/26/23, 06:49:31 PM Reply #2564

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Still have a few here but less than we had a few days ago.
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September 09/26/23, 07:54:21 PM Reply #2565

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Saw one just before dusk at the feeder under the crabapple tree again.  :cool:
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September 09/28/23, 03:09:06 PM Reply #2566

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Re: Birds in the back yard
No hummingbirds the past 2 days. Betting that roony's the only one getting hummers around here...🤔
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September 09/28/23, 03:29:29 PM Reply #2567

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Re: Birds in the back yard
He's always getting hummers.   :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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September 09/28/23, 03:57:27 PM Reply #2568

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Hummers?
« Last Edit: September 09/28/23, 04:04:23 PM by Steve-o »
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September 09/28/23, 07:37:44 PM Reply #2569

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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September 09/28/23, 07:39:26 PM Reply #2570

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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September 09/28/23, 07:49:29 PM Reply #2571

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Yesterday had one, nothing today. Hummers that is.
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September 09/28/23, 07:53:26 PM Reply #2572

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quote from: roony on September 09/28/23, 07:49:29 PM
Yesterday had one, nothing today. Hummers that is.
:scratch: how many do you need in a day!! :confused: :pouty: :rotflmao:
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September 09/28/23, 08:12:11 PM Reply #2573

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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September 09/29/23, 07:20:56 AM Reply #2574

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1: :happy1:
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September 09/29/23, 07:21:20 AM Reply #2575

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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September 09/29/23, 07:58:10 AM Reply #2576

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Re: Birds in the back yard
 :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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September 09/29/23, 02:56:57 PM Reply #2577

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Re: Birds in the back yard
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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September 09/29/23, 03:47:12 PM Reply #2578

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Quite a difference in the two Steve!   :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :sleazy:
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September 09/29/23, 03:51:38 PM Reply #2579

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Re: Birds in the back yard
Tell me about it!   :shocked:
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