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[Mister Greenthumb]

Blue Jays are a common occurrence now since I put up a new feeder and keep it filled with whole kernel corn. My goal right now is to try and figure out which one is the female in the trio. How do you get them to hold still so I can compare them. They swoop down, grab a kernel of corn and head for the arborvitaes to swallow them. Then repeat. Occasionally there are four of them. Crows are our nuisance bird this winter.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Yes, a Common Redpoll, very cool! Trekkin’ spotted a number of birds and correctly IDed them while we were out doing that souvenir thing. We traveled the Whitewater River bottoms on crummy roads, where stopping to take photos wasn’t really practical. Really pretty, though. And we saw a few other vehicles out there driving as if looking for something, and one with binoculars. I wonder what they were all trying to find. Could be Golden Eagles.

[Chatauqua560]

Filled the final day on my gc calendar today.

[jar42]

I’ve often wondered if the lack of bluejays around here might have something to do with the number of large woodpeckers. I have a lot of hairy and red-bellied woodpeckers and when they show up the other birds scatter. Maybe the bluejays can’t or don’t want to compete with them.

[Mister Greenthumb]

I have 3 or 4 woodpeckers at the suet feeders (we have 4 feeders with suet) while the woodpeckers are here.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We get both Blue Jays and Hairys and Red Bellieds. We do have a stand of evergreens in the back yard and the jays seem to like them, whereas the woodpeckers are very happy banging away on the various semi-dead parts of some of our deciduous trees. Interesting question.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

Do y’all realize we’ve got almost two pages of drivel mostly about birds? Well done!

[Mister Greenthumb]

OK, here’s more bird stuff to make Gwyn happy. Living on a wooded lot gives us lots of bird habitat. We have maples, ash, birch, pine, spruce, fir and arbs. Plenty of bushes of various heights too. Cardinals, bluejays, chickadees, finches, juncos mourning doves, and lots of woodpeckers. We have an owl that dances around and hoots at night, but I never see it. It was especially active during the recent full moon. Othe wildlife are squirrels, deer, turkeys and an occasional hawk.

[sandlanders]

We have rabbits. 😡

[Mister Greenthumb]

I forgot rabbits and an occasional ‘possum.

[jar42]

My lawn is mostly evergreen but my woods is mostly oak with a good number of those old or dead from wilt. Great woodpecker habitat.

[Chatauqua560]

We think the coyotes ate all the rabbits around here.  We use to see 6-8 of them but haven’t for a while.  Tonight, just before sunset, 6 does wandered through the backyards.  We see them occasionally. I think they were headed to the assisted living building for some free food.  They have a feeder out for the residents to watch the deer.

[jar42]

I used to have a doe that would show up on my back yard with her new set of twins every year. I would always see her lead them to the birdbath, sort of like “ok kids here’s where you come to get a drink”.

That stopped happening about three years ago, I suppose she was hit by a car but maybe she was just hit by old age.

[sandlanders]

Mr. & Mrs. Redpoll joined us for breakfast today. Just the two of them. Redpolls must pair up like some other birds. Doves do that, too. If we see one dove, there’s usually a second one coming in soon. I am assuming they are a pair, not just buddies.

If today had been New Years, however, our first bird of the year would have been a junco. They were at the feeders before the redpolls when we looked out.

[sandlanders]

FTP instead of a bird post

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