Birds in your Garden

[Tetters]

@DrCase Our wrens have such tiny beaks. How do those ones feed to need a huge one like that? Do they dig around in holes or something? .....or maybe they dig their beaks into other bird's business - much like people do?

 

[DrCase]

@DrCase Our wrens have such tiny beaks. How do those ones feed to need a huge one like that? Do they dig around in holes or something? .....or maybe they dig their beaks into other bird's business - much like people do?

I’m not sure Tetters …. Maybe so they can reach in thick tree bark .

 

[Tetters]

This one is just for @Jersey Devil .....

 

[Jersey Devil]

Wot? Come on now JD pull your socks up. What's wrong with birds? Must try harder

Meant no harm Just some caustic NJ humor. Boda Bing

 

[Jersey Devil]

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 !!

More like... "Hey... What the @*#!"

 

[Tetters]

Thought you might like to have a look at these....

 

[Sheal]

Chaffinch




Brambling

 

[Anniekay]

Chaffinch

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Brambling
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Those birds are beautiful !!

 

[Jersey Devil]

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Hubba Hubba

 

[Tetters]

Hubba Hubba

What the heck does that mean? Is it a part of the American language?

 

[Anniekay]

What the heck does that mean? Is it a part of the American language?

That's what men say, when a woman they are viscerally attracted to walks past. Usually accompanied by drooling !!

 

[roadrunner]

I see these tiny woodpeckers, I think they're Downy woodpeckers, not only peck at wood but also fibrous plants, such as Canna lily and Banana plants.

And below is a Carolina Wren taking a bath

 

[Anniekay]

Southern Mockingbird. Ours have a bit of a tawny yellow color whereas others are more light grey instead. They are very, VERY aggressive about their nests and will attack other birds, like crows, particularly, if the crow is within their sight. They attack humans, dogs, cats, even deer that are getting close to where their nest is built.

And they are Very loud !! Can copy almost any sound they like. I have on that makes a sound like a squeaky door.!!


Blue Jay. They love to steal cat or dog food left outside. I find their feathers in my yard all the time.


Purple Martin. They nest in martin houses or bottle gourds and eat lots of bugs.


Painted bunting. You can see them at feeders but otherwise you rarely see them since they prefer to stay way up in the trees when perching.

 

[Anniekay]

Sandhill Crane. One late afternoon I counted how many flew over my barn to their roosting area, which they did invariably every night, directly over the barn. They come in groups of 8-12 at a time, so pretty easy to count. I counted 123 of them that day.

 

[Zigs]

We had a Magpie in our Pudding tunnel

 

[Tetters]

@Zigs - for goodness sake, tell them the magpie story

 

[Zigs]

@Zigs - for goodness sake, tell them the magpie story

I left the door open because a Pheasant had nested in there.



Trouble is, the Magpie found the nest and started stealing the eggs. The Pheasant abandoned them after that

 

[DrCase]

 

[Tetters]

Cor, they are all so different to the birds we have here. So, the Chickadee is an insect eater, and of course, the House Finch rather likes those seeds.
I am a bit surprised the large carving behind them doesn't make them witless with fear

 

[Sheal]

Dr Case your Chickadee is similar to our Coal Tit.