Birds in the back yard

[roony]

Are you sure they're not wrens?

[mike89]

 

[HD]

Had to go a little redneck on the robins this year. For some reason, they have been trying to nest on the lights under the porch....

G gave me some dove decoys that the wings spin.... They did the trick 

[glenn57]

  without really knowing what the hell, walking to the house i got bombed by a robin. then i noticed a baby laying in my landscape rock.  i left it alone not sure what was going to happen. later i found another in the grass. well.......now i buried them they were dead.  bummer.

i got f@$%^&* starlings cleaning out my mealworm feeder.  not even the wrens chase them away!!! taking it down for a while!!!!

[Dotch]

I hope there's a special place in hell for those fools who brought house sparrows and starlings over here then released them. 

[HD]

We slowed down on the Bird feeding, one because we are infested with grackles and redwings... and bears... so no more suet till winter....

https://youtu.be/txoaNzDRnjM?feature=shared

[mike89]

We slowed down on the Bird feeding, one because we are infested with grackles and redwings... and bears... so no more suet till winter....

https://youtu.be/txoaNzDRnjM?feature=shared

future bear dinner!!!   

[LPS]

Great video HD.  I need to figure out how to do the youtube thing.

[glenn57]

datz a really big skurrel!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

Orioles and just about everything else eating the jelly these days. Still have a fair number of goldfinches on the thistle feeders. Because of the goldfinch's diet, almost strictly seeds including to their young, they'll starve young cowbirds out of their nest because they can't survive on seeds. 

[glenn57]

Orioles and just about everything else eating the jelly these days. Still have a fair number of goldfinches on the thistle feeders. Because of the goldfinch's diet, almost strictly seeds including to their young, they'll starve young cowbirds out of their nest because they can't survive on seeds.

i noticed that as well.......but i dont go through alot of thistle seeds.....just dont have many goldfinches.

did notice those starlings like to stop by to check if the mealworm feeder is back........sucks to be them!!!!! 

[markn]

These two came out in the front yard yesterday afternoon. I magnified as much as I could but they’re still kinda hard to see. Plus I had to keep the dog from seeing them and taking off.

[HD]

I bought these from Menards and posted them on the side of the Gnome garden.... not sure what they are, but the hummingbird's love them....I only payed $5 per hanging pot, so I thought it was a good buy.

Any idea what type of flower? They weren't marked, so I have no idea...

[glenn57]

i'm no where near a flower expert........maybe begonia's????!

[LPS]

I have seen them before.  Pretty flowers.  $5 heck of a deal.  They are kind of like a petunia.

[roony]

Had a hawk grab a bird at our suet feeder. I'm not sure what bird it was it all happened so fast. Hope it wasn't the red headed woodpecker.

[LPS]

Darn that would be a shame. 

[mike89]

Catalina® Midnight Blue Torenia

just a guess

[Dotch]

Think ya nailed it mikey. I was gonna phone a friend but ya beat me to it. Kinda nice plants the way it looks. Can tolerate partial shade. Think it's the same plant the wife replaced the portulaca that the bunnies devoured with.

https://gardenerspath.com/plants/flowers/grow-torenia/