Any other "bird feeders" here?

[CanadaRAM]

We get lots of birds, I'm trying to recognize them by their songs. We have a Bewick's Wren that overwinters here, he sounds soooo sad.... a falling minor progression "I'm sooo saaad."
A million sparrows of various types, robins (American style), thrushes, Oregon Juncos, hummingbirds, starlings, one that we havent identified yet which we call Chip ('cause that's what he yells at us as he hides in the shrubs outside our front door), all manner of marine birds, the occasional hawk, osprey and eagle, and a rookery of Great Blue Herons... they fly over our house morning and evening between the trees and the feeding grounds, like a bunch of slow flying 747's. And a whole bunch of tiny kinglets and tits that fly in in great, undisciplined flocks and 'peep' at each other while hanging upside down and sideways from tree branches, vines, whatever.

 

[2nyRiggz]

there aint no birds in manhattan except ghetto pigeons....respect the pigeons in the street or they might poop on your head


Bless

 

[iGary]

there aint no birds in manhattan except ghetto pigeons....respect the pigeons in the street or they might poop on your head


Bless

You can raise them to another level and call them by their proper name, if it makes you feel better: Rock Doves.

 

[Applespider]

You can raise them to another level and call them by their proper name, if it makes you feel better: Rock Doves.

Nah, their proper name is "Rats with Wings"

 

[iSaint]

We get lots of birds, I'm trying to recognize them by their songs. We have a Bewick's Wren that overwinters here, he sounds soooo sad.... a falling minor progression "I'm sooo saaad."
A million sparrows of various types, robins (American style), thrushes, Oregon Juncos, hummingbirds, starlings, one that we havent identified yet which we call Chip ('cause that's what he yells at us as he hides in the shrubs outside our front door), all manner of marine birds, the occasional hawk, osprey and eagle, and a rookery of Great Blue Herons... they fly over our house morning and evening between the trees and the feeding grounds, like a bunch of slow flying 747's. And a whole bunch of tiny kinglets and tits that fly in in great, undisciplined flocks and 'peep' at each other while hanging upside down and sideways from tree branches, vines, whatever.

What a great variety of birds!

'Chip' might be a Blue Jay, who will hide in the bushes while defending territory. The 'chip' would be an angry call in defense.

Here's another identification site with recorded calls.

 

[mad jew]

We get the usual common European imports flying through the garden but the coolest bird I've ever seen at my place was a stray emu. It didn't go near the feeder but it was very interested in my pet bird (also an emu). Man I miss living on a station.

 

[barneygumble]

Well where to start

Rainbow lorikeets, i think the record is 76 at one time, they are difficult to count when they are this thick. Think 5 times this

Cockatoos, affectionitly known as dodo birds for the way they walk, one in particular comes and bites your toes until you feed it, up to 30 at a time

Bower birds, both satin and regent, undoubtably my favourite species. These guys are very shy though, all their girls come along too

Regent, the single most beautiful bird you will ever see

Satin

And many others but it will take to long, they include catbird, magpies, noisy minors, wattlebird, kookaburra's, buish turkey's, oh and snakes goanna's etc etc

What can io say i love where i live, i wish i had my own photo's but there are on my pc

 

[2nyRiggz]

those are some colorful birds....reminds me of my trip to the bronx zoo.


Bless

 

[yellow]

there aint no birds in manhattan except ghetto pigeons....respect the pigeons in the street or they might poop on your head

Not entirely true.. There's red-tailed hawks in manhattan.

 

[iGary]

Not entirely true.. There's red-tailed hawks in manhattan.

And perergrine falcons, too.

 

[stevep]

Impress us with further knowledge by identifying which Nuthatch that is!!!

Its the only sort we get in the UK (as far as I know). There are other sorts (pygmy and white-breasted I think, possibly US residents???).

Steve, did you take this picture? It's fabulous!

It is rather good isn't it? And I can't claim any credit whatsoever - it comes from someone called Sandra Holmes who is a member of the Fordingbridge camera club, in Hampshire, UK.

This thread prompted me to go out and buy some more bird seed and another feeder yesterday!

 

[yellow]

I saw a very fat bluebird sitting on the feeder on the back this morning! I was rather surprised, as I thought they'd be further south this time of year.

 

[stevep]

A resurrection of this thread in honour of the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch event in the UK. Go to http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ for details - in essence you count up the number of species you spot in your garden in a one hour time slot and record the results on the RSPB on-line survey.

 

[puckhead193]

i manage to snag this picture before it flew away. I think its a cardinal

 

[pknz]

I usually chuck the bread part of my lunch off the deck onto the back lawn if I haven't eaten it, either that or the compost. Sparrows, blackbirds, rainbow lorrakeets (they don't seem to eat the bread) and some other UFO's.

 

[emw]

It seems almost blasphemous to post this given that Gary has been told to remove his feeders, but...

 

[cyberddot]

I've fed birds frequently, but we don't use a feeder very often because we can take a trip to the beach or a hike through the woods and see lots without the hassle of feeder maintenance (we rent a shabby house close to the beach). I have photos of birds I've fed, but I cheated, since...

...this snowy plover chick was rehabilitated as part of my former job:



...this Common murre was part of the flock I cared for in the aviary for 10 years:



..and the Gyr/Peregrine hybrid was one of my friends during my falconry years (all legal like). I watched her grow up:



Now I let the binoculars do the work.

Yea! for being young enough to start a whole other career track and getting to enjoy bird watching again!

 

[UberMac]

We don't have a feeder on a window or anything. BUT we (me and my dad ) make bird food (nuts, seeds, bread, raisins, lard) and put it into some hollowed out coconuts we have in our trees/orchard. It's nice to see them at this time of year.

Usually we get a few sparrows, blue tits, robins, pheasants, the odd Moor Hen, greater spotted woodpeckers (pretty) and some blackbirds . I'm not too hot on the subtleties of birds though so we might get some much more exciting birds that I don't even know about!

Uber

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

I see tons of Tits around my yard...

...That sounded pretty wrong.

 

[puckhead193]

I see tons of Tits around my yard...

...That sounded pretty wrong.

are you hue hefner (sp)