Birdwatchingandmore

07/16/2024

Now we have a pair of Carolina Wrens in our yard. They are so sweet.

07/16/2024

This bird feeder works. Too bad they stopped making it. My Blue Jays love peanuts from it as Linzy's pictures show.

07/16/2024

05/30/2024

My hummingbirds are finally back. Probably just the first time I've seen them in this year.

05/12/2024

The Orioles are back. Got my hummer feeder up just in time.

I didn't have an orange but did have a Clementine. So I opened it, stuck it on a small branch on the trees in backyard. They both found it and the feeder. See pictures. It's 1 of each.

05/10/2024

Two mourning doves. I think it's the he that's grooming the her.

05/02/2024

Time to get out those hummingbird feeders. They're usually back around May 8th.

05/02/2024

Today we have a pair of red breasted Grosbeaks. I managed to get a picture of them both at the feeder.

04/08/2024

I also have a pair of white crowned sparrows this morning.

04/08/2024

I have a bird in my backyard this morning I never heard or saw before. Birdnet app helped me identify it. It's a Ruby Crowned Kinglet. Looks like a female goldfinch with a stunning red crown on the top of it's head. A first for me. Couldn't get a picture unfortunately.

03/08/2024

Grackles are back and cleaning out my feeder. But so are red winged blackbirds. Maybe Orioles tomorrow?

02/20/2024

It's Feb 20th. My neighbour has 2 birdhouses and the birds are taking grasses into them for nesting. A little early, I'd say.

02/16/2024

Went out back the other night at 430 because I couldn't sleep. I sat and listened to the call of a Hoot Owl. No wonder the birds at the back are thinning out. As much as I tried, I couldn't find where it was perched.

01/23/2024

01/19/2024

Snow accumulating and birds everywhere. A flock of mourning doves and 2 male cardinals waited for me to take their picture.

There were 4 pairs of cardinals at the feeder the other day at dusk. Two of the males chase each other.

01/07/2024

The birds in this tree are Robins. And on January 7th.

01/05/2024

I have a flock of 8 blue Jays eating me out of peanuts in the shell faster than I can put them out.

12/28/2023

I think the robins are telling us something. Mild winter??? It's the end of December and the temp is
11 C today.

12/28/2023

I have 4 robins in my yard today. Here's a picture of 3 of them

11/26/2023

Cut a blue spruce today at BellyAcres Tree Farm on Read Rd. They are birders too.

11/25/2023

Murmuration. A flock of starlings in a moving formation. Only happens in fall.

11/14/2023

Coots is something I've never seen before. Aggressive little water birds. The 2nd picture shows a type of duck not unlike our mallards but larger. These were taken at a pub on a pond near Wingerworth.

11/14/2023

I just came back from England. The most fascinating birds I saw there were the Magpies. I think they must be the cousins of our blue Jays. Saucy, vocal and a delight to watch. Their black and white colouring makes them easy to spot.

09/30/2023

Visiting UK right now. Thought I'd share a few birds I've seen. .... English Robin, Wood pigeon and Magpie

09/30/2023

In the UK right now. Thought I'd share what I've managed to see.

English Robin, a Wood pigeon which are twice the size of ours and a Magpie

09/10/2023

My back veranda has an alcove leading to the door where I have a wicker chair. I had Jays yelling for peanuts because I feed them peanuts in the shell. I have to use a grabber to reach feeder down from eavestrough to fill. Got that done. Headed back to door and sitting on the back of my chair was a Jay. He flew right over my head and turned to the feeder. He got there first. Scared the crap out of me. It's like we had reversed places.

09/10/2023

Came outside last week at 6:45 am to a ruckus of Blue Jays yelling. About 15 of them. Call was an alarm sound. I couldn't see any predators though. They flew off over the house into the tallest tree at front and the level of sound rose dramatically. I went to see what was going on. The tree had at least 40 Jays in it yelling their heads off. Now I knew something was up. I clapped my hands really loudly which I can do and out of the tree flew a Peregrine Falcon heading for the apt building roof down the street with all the Jays flying behind it. What a sight and I was the only one outside.