Ornithology (Bird) Thread

[Waukonda]

That is indeed a very fine white throat. My first white-throat was in 1965 resting on a slight window ledge at my 5th floor office window over-looking
Michigan Ave.

Thanks for sharing that memory, I always enjoy reading your Chicago references.

Check out this tidbit.

[wlf]

Ughh. Sad, I don't want my wife reading that Ike.

[doglegg]

That is indeed a very fine white throat. My first white-throat was in 1965 resting on a slight window ledge at my 5th floor office window over-looking
Michigan Ave.

Thanks for sharing that memory, I always enjoy reading your Chicago references.

Check out this tidbit.

Very interesting Ike.

[Waukonda]

The ground feeders are quite active this morning.

[doglegg]

The ground feeders are quite active this morning.

Thanks for sharing.

[bighomer]

I've noticed these birds all seem to be swollen up.

[Ripster]

I've noticed these birds all seem to be swollen up.

Big H , noticed the birds do that up here when it’s cold out . They puff out their feathers . Maybe that’s what you’re seeing with the colder weather. It’s a way of insulating themselves.

[Boji]

I've noticed these birds all seem to be swollen up.

Big H , noticed the birds do that up here when it’s cold out . They puff out their feathers . Maybe that’s what you’re seeing with the colder weather. It’s a way of insulating themselves.

Probably so, when it was way below zero here the sparrows were about as wide as they were long.

[bighomer]

You got it ripster, ole wampus does something similar always looks fatter on a cold morning.

[doglegg]

I look that way after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[PringleTree]

I'm really loving all of these bird pics. I had to give up feeding the birds in my yard a couple of years ago. There's a cat rescue in a home about a hundred yards or so down the street from my house. The owners let the cats roam free. I just got tired of chasing away cats (bombing them with water balloons) stalking the feeding birds in my yard, and also tired of ocasionally finding feathers where one was successful.

Chris J.

[Waukonda]

I look that way after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[bighomer]

I look that way after Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Good chance it wuz because of the cold weather.

[Quick Steel]

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Also had a brief visit from a Carolina Wren.

[Boji]

If I put suet out like that I’d have at least 2 squirrels attacking it in 5 minutes or less. Dang tree rats!

[Quick Steel]

They stole the suet cage! One day I will replace it.

[doglegg]

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Also had a brief visit from a Carolina Wren.

They all seem appreciative QS

[Quick Steel]

Thanks, Doglegg.


A Carolina Wren followed by the Red-Belly with a dark spot I do not recognize.

[Waukonda]

Thanks, Doglegg.


A Carolina Wren followed by the Red-Belly with a dark spot I do not recognize.

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Very nice pics, Garry. I haven't had Carolina Wrens this Winter. That dark spot on the RB is probably some sort of gang symbol, keep a close eye on that one!

[Quick Steel]

Will do Ike.

[Quick Steel]

Just now visited by a Mockingbird; I think a female. Enjoying some suet.

[Boji]

The robber of my suet

A little later a downey woodpecker and a nuthatch nicely shared.

[Quick Steel]

Boji, Since I scarred off a squirrel the other day, none have been back. But they are sort of entertaining in their own way even tho they are a hassle.

[wlf]

Our squirrels around here must have stored a passel of nuts. It seems only one has found the bird feed my wife laid out.

[doglegg]

Thanks, Doglegg.


A Carolina Wren followed by the Red-Belly with a dark spot I do not recognize.

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Knice pics QS. Maybe just changed the oil in his car.