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re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:36 pm to cajunangelle
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:36 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
I heard a rumor a few years ago avian flu took out blue jays. I have only seen a few in the past couple of years
We have some nesting on the other side of our privacy fence and they seem to have bounced back some locally.
For OP, been doing a little birding in the area and suppose I'll post a couple of mine I've seen here in the Louisville/Jefferson County (KY) area.
American Goldfinch (Beckley Creek Park)
Blue-winged Teal (Beckley Creek Park)
Common Yellowthroat (Beckley Creek Park)
Yellow Throated Warbler (Beckley Creek Park)
Black Vulture (Broad Run Park)
Prairie Warbler (Broad Run Park)
Red-Tailed Hawk (Broad Run Park)
Turkey Vulture (Broad Run Park)
Broad-Winged Hawk (Turkey Run Park)
Song Sparrow (Turkey Run Park)
Hairy Woodpecker (Backyard)
Northern Cardinal (Backyard)
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:05 pm to BluegrassBelle
I don't care for how that Cardinal is eyeballing me. 
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:16 pm to pussywillows
There were 2 or 3 little blue herons at the pond a few weeks ago...they kept chasing each other off...also a walnut sphinx moth at the house a few times...not a birb, but almost big enough
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:27 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:Saw me a couple eating some carrion the other day.
Turkey Vulture
Wingspan is surprising long on those birds when they take flight
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:37 pm to pussywillows
quote:
also a walnut sphinx moth
That's one I hope to spot this year. I have a black walnut tree, just need the moth now.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:46 pm to pussywillows
Still so many crane flies, and they keep making more crane flies!
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:46 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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Saw me a couple eating some carrion the other day. Wingspan is surprising long on those birds when they take flight
I have a soft spot for them. We’re close enough to three large parks that we see them fairly often. They have the absolutely most derpy head but a really pretty wing pattern/spread when they fly.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:51 pm to BluegrassBelle
I almost ended three or four turkey vultures last week. I came around a blind curve on a road that runs through a bottom. Six or eight of them were crossing the road at their leisure. They gave no fricks, and didn't even attempt to flap a wing. They just strolled across the road. I'm convinced they do it out of sheer disrespect, and the killdeer do it because they're just dumb.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:53 pm to greenbean
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I have bird feeders out, but gettin very little action, what are you guys feeding to draw in birds?
Sunflower chips and peanuts are my workhorse seeds.
I like to buy single large bags of shelled sunflower seed, black oil sunflower, peanuts and millet. I put certain mixes in certain feeders.
Meal worms are great especially for attracting bluebirds other insectivores.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:57 pm to North Dallas Tiger
quote:
North Dallas Tiger
I have these from early April out at Broad Run Park (The Parklands) here. They're all over the place there (about 10 minutes from my house).
Derpy head + cool wingspan/feather pattern
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 1:59 pm to BluegrassBelle
That is awesome. I don't know how y'all are able to get those photos like that. By the time I get the camera app opened and the zoom right the birds are usually long gone
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:04 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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That is awesome. I don't know how y'all are able to get those photos like that. By the time I get the camera app opened and the zoom right the birds are usually long gone
I'm using a DSLR camera (Canon Rebel T7i) with a EFS 55m-250mm camera lens. It does a lot of the work. I have it on a quicker shutter setting and honestly half of the battle is pointing and getting several shots.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:04 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
I heard a rumor a few years ago avian flu took out blue jays. I have only seen a few in the past couple of years.
We are covered up with bluejays in East Texas.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:12 pm to North Dallas Tiger
When I first got into birding I listened to couple of podcasts that were fun and educational
1.) Talkin' Birds
2.) American Birding Podcast
1.) Talkin' Birds
2.) American Birding Podcast
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:24 pm to cajunangelle
quote:
cajunangelle
I went and grabbed a couple of picks from the backyard at lunch and you must've spoke this guy into existence. He's almost never around the feeder long enough for me to get good shots of him.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 2:27 pm to BluegrassBelle
Some other backyard shots from lunch today:
Downy Woodpecker (Female)
House Finch (Male - they have a nest in my wreath over my living room window)
Red Bellied Woodpecker
White-breasted nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker (Female)
House Finch (Male - they have a nest in my wreath over my living room window)
Red Bellied Woodpecker
White-breasted nuthatch
Posted on 4/24/24 at 3:47 pm to North Dallas Tiger
quote:
When I first got into birding I listened to couple of podcasts that were fun and educational
1.) Talkin' Birds
2.) American Birding Podcast
I'll throw in a couple for general Nature.
The Nature Guys and Nature's Archive are good. For plants there is one that has a huge back catalogue of episodes called In Defense of Plants. A more technical bird podcast that I listen to occasionally is The Science of Birds.
If you want one all about pollinators I found one called PolliNation done by the Oregon State University Extension Service.
Nature guys is great because they pick a single topic for each episode and go in depth into it. Be warned, though, one of the guys (a great naturalist and teacher) passed away midway through the podcast and it was sad. They're still going, though, with revolving expert guests filling the void left by his passing.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 9:37 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:Exactly the same situation I saw them the other day. Giving zero fricks on a main road. I was outside observing and scolding cars that drove too fast.
I almost ended three or four turkey vultures last week. I came around a blind curve on a road that runs through a bottom. Six or eight of them were crossing the road at their leisure. They gave no fricks, and didn't even attempt to flap a wing. They just strolled across the road. I'm convinced they do it out of sheer disrespect, and the killdeer do it because they're just dumb.
Those birds are like crows in a way bc they will stare at you and give zero fricks
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:49 pm to AUCom96
Actually only have 2 squirrels. The raccoons will clean it out at night. We have heavy bird traffic and try to only put out what they will eat in one day. Just add new food each morning
Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:41 pm to BluegrassBelle
Brown headed nuthatch with a seed.
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