4/29/2014 -- Wabbaloo
The kids say they saw a painted bunting at our feeder today. I wasn't able to get a picture, and didn't see it long enough to ID it. Stay tuned...
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Carolina Wren babies arrive
4/14/2014 - Wabbaloo
Looks like the 5 or 6 eggs in the nest that a pair of wrens built in one of our rosebush containers hatched yesterday or today. The kiddies actually discovered them this afternoon after pre-school, so what a momentous discovery for them.
Picture attached, which is actually a snapshot from the 90-second video my wife took with her Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7. This is a _great_ camera! Has 12x optical zoom, lots of settings. The second picture is a pic of one of the wrens.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and unidentified bird call
12 April 2014 - Wabbaloo
Got a good pic of the ruby-throated hummingbird today.
Wednesday, I got a glimpse of something that first struck my ears, as it was a call I had not heard before in my yard. I recorded the call with my camera, please give it a listen to see if you know what it is:
I was in the backyard when I heard the call, so I followed the sound to near the garage, where I spied the bird on top of a security camera, but then it flew away immediately into the tall tall trees. I was never able to get a picture. The only thing that I could register before it flew off was that the head looked somewhat pointed (???) and that it was a dark-colored bird. I continue the hunt...
I was in the backyard when I heard the call, so I followed the sound to near the garage, where I spied the bird on top of a security camera, but then it flew away immediately into the tall tall trees. I was never able to get a picture. The only thing that I could register before it flew off was that the head looked somewhat pointed (???) and that it was a dark-colored bird. I continue the hunt...
Saturday, April 5, 2014
EGGS! In a plant!
4/5/14- Nicholas
We have discovered eggs in a Carolina Wren nest that is in a knock-out rose container!!! There are several in there. The nest is cleverly built as a roof over the soil, with a "side opening."
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| A Carolina Wren nest with eggs. |
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
//UDPATED// Spring 2014 - here's what we have so far this year
4/2/2014 - Wabbaloo
With spring here, I figure I should resurrect our birdwatching blog.
In the backyard bird area, we have a pole with two tube feeders (one with niger, the other with a mix; they bring the finches, titmice, chickadees, and what appears to be a common swift) and a traditional feeder with the sunflower seed mix (cardinals and titmice). We also have a hummingbird feeder, and saw our first hummingbird this year on 14 March 2014.
Our cardinals:
Our finches:
We have a mealworm feeder which has only seen Carolina wrens visiting it. The wrens have built a next inside a large plant container which houses a knockout rose bush. If I recall correctly, these are our wrens:
We've been visited by a ladder-backed woodpecker on the other side of the yard a few times, and we occasionally see white winged doves.
The common swift I believe I'm seeing at the feeder coincides with the building of a nest on the other side of the house. Haven't seen them at our feeders in the past, kind of interesting. Not 100% sure it's a swift, but it looks pretty close. I've reached out.
Looks like we have male and female brown-headed cowbirds. See http://nature.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bird/msg04195646760.html?2 for my question on Garden Web's Birdwatching Forum. Here are 3 pics:
Also, the chickadees have started using the little birdhouse that's been hanging up on a post for years in the backs.
We have NOT seen the return of the male and female painted buntings that we've had in the past!
Both feeders:
Stay tuned for further updates. Will get a pic of the swift nest, the wren nest, the chickadees in the bird house, and I think the cardinals are building a nest as well.
With spring here, I figure I should resurrect our birdwatching blog.
In the backyard bird area, we have a pole with two tube feeders (one with niger, the other with a mix; they bring the finches, titmice, chickadees, and what appears to be a common swift) and a traditional feeder with the sunflower seed mix (cardinals and titmice). We also have a hummingbird feeder, and saw our first hummingbird this year on 14 March 2014.
Our cardinals:
Our finches:
We have a mealworm feeder which has only seen Carolina wrens visiting it. The wrens have built a next inside a large plant container which houses a knockout rose bush. If I recall correctly, these are our wrens:
Looks like we have male and female brown-headed cowbirds. See http://nature.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bird/msg04195646760.html?2 for my question on Garden Web's Birdwatching Forum. Here are 3 pics:
Also, the chickadees have started using the little birdhouse that's been hanging up on a post for years in the backs.
We have NOT seen the return of the male and female painted buntings that we've had in the past!
Both feeders:
Stay tuned for further updates. Will get a pic of the swift nest, the wren nest, the chickadees in the bird house, and I think the cardinals are building a nest as well.
Friday, January 3, 2014
New System!
1/3/2014 - Nicholas
We have a new bird feeder system: a pole with four "arms" to hang bird feeders from and one on top of the pole and a flower-shaped bird feeder. Hopefully there will be ore birds now!
We have a new bird feeder system: a pole with four "arms" to hang bird feeders from and one on top of the pole and a flower-shaped bird feeder. Hopefully there will be ore birds now!
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