DrCase
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I pay more attention to birds in the winter
We have a few feeders just out are den windows
We have a few feeders just out are den windows
Birds in your Garden
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roadrunner
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Birds are cool
DrCase
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Birds are cool
Great job
Anniekay
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Very cool @DrCase and @roadrunner !!
I can only copy/paste the ones common to me, no camera.
Carolina Wren. They are easily recognized and differentiated from Sparrows. They are fatter and they constantly twitch their tail up and down, up and down. I'm chasing them out of my potting shed spring and summer, as they love shelters for nest building. When I was on the farm with my good husband, they made a nest in my riding helmet under the pole barn twice a year. My husband insisted I have a helmet.
Well, gee, can't wear it, can't disturb the birdies, now can I ?
There are lots of very old, old, rotting and dead trees in my town, thus we have lots of these and other Woodpeckers tapping on the trees, the light poles, the lights on the light poles, on my metal roof !! etc.
You can't miss 'em, you hear them all the time.
Too many more to list: mockingbirds, vultures, crows, blackbirds, cardinals ( which they call "red birds" here in the South) Barred Owls you hear nightly, even had a wood duck with an orange bill in my tree, hawks big and small, etc.
I can only copy/paste the ones common to me, no camera.
Carolina Wren. They are easily recognized and differentiated from Sparrows. They are fatter and they constantly twitch their tail up and down, up and down. I'm chasing them out of my potting shed spring and summer, as they love shelters for nest building. When I was on the farm with my good husband, they made a nest in my riding helmet under the pole barn twice a year. My husband insisted I have a helmet.
Well, gee, can't wear it, can't disturb the birdies, now can I ?
There are lots of very old, old, rotting and dead trees in my town, thus we have lots of these and other Woodpeckers tapping on the trees, the light poles, the lights on the light poles, on my metal roof !! etc.
You can't miss 'em, you hear them all the time.
Too many more to list: mockingbirds, vultures, crows, blackbirds, cardinals ( which they call "red birds" here in the South) Barred Owls you hear nightly, even had a wood duck with an orange bill in my tree, hawks big and small, etc.
Cor, you have some very lovely and different birds there in the USA. Quite a few of our birds here come under the title LBJ's (little brown jobs} It is a dark and dinghy day today, and taking photos is not my favourite pastime, but my favourite birds to watch here now are these ....(photos pinched from tinternet)
very small wren 
robin red breast 
blue tit 
fire crest - I haven't been able to spot one of these now for years. although we occasionally see the goldcrests that nest here. They are very shy and are seldom spotted. These last two are our smallest birds.
very small wren robin red breast blue tit fire crest - I haven't been able to spot one of these now for years. although we occasionally see the goldcrests that nest here. They are very shy and are seldom spotted. These last two are our smallest birds.What a brilliant thread to start @DrCase, and it's good to ''see'' you again @roadrunner 
@Anniekay those dead and decaying trees in your neighbourhood are so very important to the ecology there. They support so much wildlife. I read a plaque once in the New Forest in the South of England which was placed by a dead and decaying tree, telling the passers-by about the creatures that were depending on it. God created such a perfect system.
@Anniekay those dead and decaying trees in your neighbourhood are so very important to the ecology there. They support so much wildlife. I read a plaque once in the New Forest in the South of England which was placed by a dead and decaying tree, telling the passers-by about the creatures that were depending on it. God created such a perfect system.
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Anniekay
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They do vary here in how dark they are but none have grey on their heads.
Jersey Devil
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Awesome shot
Anniekay
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I had to go back to summer 2023 in my IPhone to find this picture of this:
He was Wayyyy up on the top of a light pole across the street from me. I'm not sure, but I think he might be a gray hawk. Whatever he is he's really big !!
No, it was actually spring, early spring.
He was Wayyyy up on the top of a light pole across the street from me. I'm not sure, but I think he might be a gray hawk. Whatever he is he's really big !!
No, it was actually spring, early spring.
DrCase
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My kids got me this feeder camera last Christmas, .
I had to get a new phone a few months ago and just got it connected again
DrCase
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What a brilliant thread to start @DrCase, and it's good to ''see'' you again @roadrunner
@Anniekay those dead and decaying trees in your neighbourhood are so very important to the ecology there. They support so much wildlife. I read a plaque once in the New Forest in the South of England which was placed by a dead and decaying tree, telling the passers-by about the creatures that were depending on it. God created such a perfect system.
I have been thinking of starting a birding thread for a while now …. Thanks Tetters
Sheal
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Anniekay
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Sheal
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Maybe distant relatives @Anniekay - in more ways than one. 
Below is our Song Thrush - very similar to the Mistle Thrush. Their speckled breasts are supposed to be slightly different but I tell them apart by their face markings. The Mistle has two faint stripes going down from its eye which I find easier for telling them apart.
Below is our Song Thrush - very similar to the Mistle Thrush. Their speckled breasts are supposed to be slightly different but I tell them apart by their face markings. The Mistle has two faint stripes going down from its eye which I find easier for telling them apart.
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That Mistle thrush reminds me of what my rescue bird looked like as I was able to release him into the wild again. Melvin (in the photo competition) made a friend in the rescue area who was a little Greenfinch -they were released together, and they were seen together for a couple of years afterwards which was proof of their friendship. It started as such a sad beginning, but ended wellMaybe distant relatives @Anniekay - in more ways than one.
Below is our Song Thrush - very similar to the Mistle Thrush. Their speckled breasts are supposed to be slightly different but I tell them apart by their face markings. The Mistle has two faint stripes going down from its eye which I find easier for telling them apart.
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Jersey Devil
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A birding thread...? IDK I think its for the birds... (sorry, had to do it)
We got birds here in Jersey too but they usually consist of middle fingers. Not appropriate for public display
DrCase
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Carolina Wren
Anniekay
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Lookit the expression on that Wren's face !!
Looks like he's critiquing the seed supply saying: " Well, I just don't know. Kind of sparsely provided. Not many of my favorites here .
" I can't help it, what a face !!
