re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024

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I have 2 massive blue jays that come around in the mornings.

we had a hawk try and take a Mourning dove the other day,

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I have 2 big bluejays right now also. They actually seem to be more tame than others and dont bully all the other birds.

One of the hawks dive bombed a pile of birds the other day but came up empty. I did see the remnants of a dove in the yard yesterday though. Last thing I saw the hawk pull from the feeder area was a 3 foot snake.

Feeders attract all sorts of stuff it seems

Around the first of April, the young American elm in my back yard was breaking bud or flowering, I bet there were 15-20 (I think) hooded warblers messing around in the tree. Pretty cool.

Right on time, I am seeing a passing Rose-breasted Grosbeak. They rarely stay more than a few days. last year was the longest I have seen at 2 weeks.

Not at the feeder, but I have had a yellow warbler and several common yellowthroats along the bayou in the back yard.

That's mean

We have chipmunks and squirrels picking up what falls from the feeders and we have had a snake and a racoon at night also. The hawk sits nearby but we have not seen him actually catch anything but I imagine he is snacking on chipmunks.

The birds do not care about kitty being outside on the deck but he keeps the chipmunks and squirrels away when he is out.

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Came in thinking it was going to be some kinky shite about British women.

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Kinda...

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Tufted Titmouse

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We spend our breakfast and coffee time watching our birds in our yard which we have cultivated for birds, so we see a lot of them. Not all are at feeders

In the past 48 hours:

Carolina Wren
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
House Finch
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Eastern Bluebird
White-eyed Vireo
Great-crested Flycatcher (In trees above feeders)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (In trees near our mulberry)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Summer Tanager
Gray Catbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (nectar feeders and various flowers)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker



2024:
Rufous Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture (Fly-over)
Red-tailed Hawk (Fly-over)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Fly-over)
Indigo Bunting Ground feeding
Cedar Waxwing Holly trees
Northern Parula Insect feeding
Hooded Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Insect feeding
Hooded Warbler Insect feeding
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Insect feeding
Europasian Collared Dove
Great Horned Owl In tree behind house
Eastern Towhee
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Pine Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow ground feeding
Wood Thrush Thicket
Purple Martins (Fly-over)
Eastern Screech Owl
Orchard Oriole
Robin
Winter Wren

and the House Sparrow pests

Heath's Almond Woodpecker suet is a favorite in our yard. We get it from Amazon a couple of dozen at a time.

We used to have a flock of common flickers show up once a year and eat all the berries off the tallow trees, then disappear for another year.