[dadipentak]

just four tines to hold fruit...like a grappling hook

Interesting--how long do the oranges last on that--that is, how often do you need to replace them?

[ccc_]

we have a half dozen orioles and a couple of catbirds eating the oranges on a regular basis
finches occasionally

so one full day

keep in mind we have two regular oriole feeders (jelly and fruit) up as well

catbirds, robins and orioles (plus a soon-to-be diabetic squirrel) eat the jelly first

[dadipentak]

Thanks for the info, ccc!

Here's a female cardinal doing a pretty good job of hiding among the Red Bud seed-pods

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[ccc_]

we've lived here for about forty years
actively fed wildlife for thirty+

when we built a pond and ten or so feet of stream it changed everything

our yard turned into a kind of demilitarized zone for everybody except the neighbors' cats and the hawks who consider it a smorgasbord

the reason for the story is this robin
it is building a nest in the corner of our yard...a first

just across the fence a pair of orioles are using fibers from one of our hanging planters to start a nest in a mulberry thicket
close to a family of house finches who brought their FOY young to the feeders yesterday

I don't know if it is a maturation of a habitat or something else but it is changing the interaction of the birds here
much more territoriality...much less give and take
it should be interesting

while I was typing this an oriole stopped by for more building materials

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[dadipentak]

[Riggomatic]

Thanks for the info, ccc!

Here's a female cardinal doing a pretty good job of hiding among the Red Bud seed-pods

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Nice catch! It is amazing how well she blends in.

[photolady95]

I had a Mockingbird find the peanut sap this morning and eating her a bit she flew to our Persimmon tree to clean her bill/beak.

[photolady95]

More yard birds:



European Starling:


Mockingbird. They'll show up when I put fresh water out.


Mourning Dove:


And one of my resident Red Bellied Woodpeckers:

[Riggomatic]

The hummingbirds are back

[normhead]

The hummingbirds are back

Here too, no images yet though.

After a weeks absence from the blind and lots of rain I finally got out today to see who's around.

Male Evening Grosbeak


Female Evening Grosbeak


Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak


Female Purple Finch


Male Purple Finch ( what you looking at?)


Red Breasted Nuthatch


Grackle


Male Redwing Blackbird


Female Redwing Blackbird


Black Capped Chickadee


Blue Jay


White throated Sparrow


Dark Eyed Junco


Another sparrow to be identified later.

[jacamar]

Another sparrow to be identified later.

Chipping.

[Riggomatic]

Here too, no images yet though.

After a weeks absence from the blind and lots of rain I finally got out today to see who's around.

Male Evening Grosbeak


Female Evening Grosbeak


Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak


Female Purple Finch


Male Purple Finch ( what you looking at?)


Red Breasted Nuthatch


Grackle


Male Redwing Blackbird


Female Redwing Blackbird


Black Capped Chickadee


Blue Jay


White throated Sparrow


Dark Eyed Junco


Another sparrow to be identified later.

Wow! Quite the assortment you've got going on. I never did see the male rose breasted grosbeak, but my father-in-law said they had the males and no females. About 20miles away, but he only saw them briefly at the feeders.

[normhead]

Wow! Quite the assortment you've got going on. I never did see the male rose breasted grosbeak, but my father-in-law said they had the males and no females. About 20miles away, but he only saw them briefly at the feeders.

We saw Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers and Goldfinches as well. They didn't stop by when I was in the blind.

[Sqideyes]

Brown Honey eater

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I heard a " tapping " noise on my dining room window, raised the blind, and found this baby rainbow lorikeet admiring its reflection in the window. It was just out of the nest, and unable to fly. As I found out from Wildlife Victoria, these pretty little parrots climb down the tree and learn to fly from the ground. BAD IDEA WITH CATS AROUND !! There was a bush close to the window, so I moved a branch close enough for it happily jump on it. Thanks for viewing.