What's at your birdfeeder?

“This evenings thunderstorms brought 2 pairs of Baltimore Orioles to sip on strawberry jelly, a pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks, many gold and purple finches, ruby-throated hummers and a blue jay at my birdfeeders all at the same time...quite amazing considering I've not seen much of orioles or grosbeaks this summer...”

“My cat.”

“I've got an aggressive goldfinch in my back yard. If I interrupt his morning bath in the koi bin, he just sits there and tells me off. Nice. I do like to watch him dive bomb bazillions of bugs each day though. My house finches are thinking of building another nest in one of my other hanging pots. Joy. Those birds are super noisy at 5:30 in the morning. I guess it's better than what my neighbor Becky has; she's going to have a baby any day now, and each morning there's 5 crows waiting outside her bedroom window, cawing for their breakfast. Her husband started feeding them toast bits about a month ago. She likes the birds but wants to kill her husband.”

“Every time someone floats this thread, someone always mentions a well-fed cat...”

“Yup, but I have a bear at my feeder.”

“has anyone come up with a bear proof bird feeder? That is to say one that is something other than hanging the feeder like a bear bag.”

“The only bearproof feeder I've seen was hung outside of a second story window.”

“Nimblefoot, you have my sympathy...bears and feeders are one of my pet peeves...”

“Northern Harrier....

...maybe should stop feeding the birds for awhile?”

“a cat”

“Something stole our suet feeder over the weekend, that or it blew away in the wind we had Sunday. It was fully loaded with a pound of suet too. I've searched the hillside for it, but couldn't locate it. So- what got it off the tree without leaving a mark on the rather tender bark? It's a young curly willow by the way.

Other than that, we have bazillions of purple and/or house finches, sparrows, cardinals, titmice, and 3 persistent mourning doves.”

“Treebait, do you have deer in your yard? I have a female and her doe come by to eat dinner out of the feeder occassionally.

Saw some bluebirds checking out the birdhouse. No finches yet, but lots of cardinals.”

“we had mouring doves at the feeder this morning, first time I've seen them there.”

“A female and her doe? What are you smoking, CD?”

“The squirrels carry away our suet feeders. Fortunately they leave them in the yard for refill.
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“lol... I meant to say fawn you dork.”

“The deer (if any) leave the feeders alone. The suet feeder's hook was wedged onto a branch, and not easy to remove.”

“squirrels.....”

“Oh, I thought you were talking about a gay couple.”

“Lesser Goldfinches. They like our new feeder.

Mocking Birds are singing at night.

I've seen Starlings at the grocery store, but not in our neighborhood, thank God.

Lots of hawks and falcons, they are catching doves and pocket gophers lately, and even mice. A couple of Red Tails tried for the ducks last week and missed. It's a good thing, Steve would be sad if they got the ducks.”

“Cats!”

“bad BAD cats!”

“That is true. Every time we fill up the feeder the birds come, but then so do all the stray cats.”

“i'd be on the porch with a pellet gun. i hate cats.”

“I did at first, but then my oldest step son brought home a kitten. At first I said "NO WAY" but they begged and pleaded so I gave in. He is now about 7 years old, stays in the house, gets a bath every 2-3 weeks and sleeps with me. He kinda grew on me, but when he is gone....NO MORE!”

“yeah, i can see how that would happen. i feel for ya. my husband is allergic, so it's not going to happen here though.”

“Yeah we have to vacuum almost everyday just to keep up with the cat hair. Hate it.”

“that's one of the worst parts. that and when they walk all over your kitchen counters.”

“That's one thing I can say, he is smart and he knows where he can and can't go. I have never caught him on the counter, and only once on the table and he got smacked, and as far as I know he has never got back up there. Of course when we ain't home there is no telling where he is climbing on. But like I said, when he dies, that's it.”

“unless someone else in your family gets a hankering”

“The whole family loves him. My Mom and Dad hates cats, but after a few visits they actually go out of their way to play with him. Looks like all the other TTers are in hibernation. Guess it's time for me too.
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“yep, no one is late night here anymore. sometimes Euro stops in, her hours are way different.”

“Sparrows and Mockingbirds.......”

“a whole flock of red winged blackbirds who ate probably 2 quarts of black oil sunflower seeds in one day...”

“Rabbits and pheasants and a bunch of other noisy wothless birds. The bird feeder is a great cat attractor, I have gotten 11 since I set it up. Great practice.”

“cats are the best reason to haul out the pellet gun.”

“I had about 20 noisy little chickadees today. 4 different varieties.”

“There are different varieties of chickadees?”

“there are dozens of kinds of sparrows and finches!”

“Lemmee see; mourning doves, of course, eastern screech-owls, rufous hummingbirds, carolina chickadees, tufted titmouse, downy woodpeckers, red-bellied woodpeckers, northern flickers (AKA Yellowhammer, the state bird of ALabama), ladder-backed woodpeckers, carolina wrens, robins, catbirds, northern mockingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, european starlings, common grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, blue jays, cedar waxwings, rose-breasted grosbeaks (rare visitors), northern cardinals. indigo buntings, dark-eyed juncos, house finches, chipping sparrows, lark sparrows, house sparrows, wilson's warblers, hooded warblers. and a pidgeon-sized hawk that I have been unable to identify so far. I put a stool in front of the back door so my cats can watch 'em...kitty TV, LOL.

Pamela, we need to have a talk about your hatred of felines...”

“i am accepting feathers from all birds if anyone wants to send them my way. I decorate my hat with them. only feathers that have fallen, don't kill any birdies for me, please!

keep your felines though, lol!”

“Girl, what are you doing up so late (early?) and why is this site now on Left Coast time???”

“I've got cardinals duking it out for control of backyard territory, and a family of bluebirds residing on my neighbors' rooftop.

The barometer is dropping fast this morning, along with the temperature. Many of the smaller birds are already heading for cover.”

“downy woodpeckers, red-bellied woodpeckers, common flickers, hairy woodpeckers, pileated woodpeckers, blue jays, northern cardinals. dark-eyed juncos, house finches, purple finches, black capped chickadee, house sparrows, white breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch and lots of American gold finches...”

“Dude!”

“Mata, i want your birdie feathers!”

“it can get better in summer when I have Baltimore orioles, rose breasted grosbeaks, ruby throated hummingbirds and indigo buntings along with the above list...”

“well last weekend we noticed our family of morning doves were back making there nests. It was so cool to see them looking for twigs and such. This is our fouth spring here and my my the family really has gotten bigger. tree is getting fuller!”

“I just bought a larger birdfeeder, LOL, another small one, and a bird house on a post...oh, and a wire cage to put my bird cakes in...

I want to put out some pieces of embroidery floss and see if we get some colorful nests.”

“Matahari, have you actually seen the pileated woodpeckers? I haven't heard any in my yard, but they're all over my favorite hiking spots in TN. I've never seen one but they can be heard for miles.

BTW, I hope you're feeling better soon.
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