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From: Mish-she-gan
Originally Posted by valentine,Nov 17 2008, 05:53 AM
Do you have purple finches, Dave?
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Val, here's our list
Birds Spotted To Date In The Backyard
1. Blue Jay
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. American Goldfinch
4. Tufted Titmouse
5. Purple Finch
6. White-breasted Nut Hatche
7. Junco
8. Tree Sparrow
9. Northern Cardinal
10. Robin
11. Brown Creeper
12. Morning Dove
13. Hairy Woodpecker
14. Warbler
15. Flicker Woodpecker
16. Red-breasted Nut Hatche
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker
18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
19. Evening Grosbeck
20. Pine Sisken
21. Brown Headed Cowbird
22. Sharp Skinned Hawk
23. Ruby Throated Humingbird
24. White throated Sparrow
25. Red-breasted Grosbeck
26. Rufous Sided Towhee
27. Northern Oriole
28. Cedar Waxwing
29. Brown Thrasher
30. Indigo Bunting
31. Fox Sparrow
32. Song Sparrow
33. Great Crested Flycatcher
34. House Finch
35. Gray Cat Bird
36. Chipping Sparrow
37. House Wren
38. White-crowned Sparrow
39. Red Headed Woodpecker
40. Carolina Wren
41. Brown Thrasher
42. Crows
Birds Spotted To Date In The Backyard
1. Blue Jay
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. American Goldfinch
4. Tufted Titmouse
5. Purple Finch
6. White-breasted Nut Hatche
7. Junco
8. Tree Sparrow
9. Northern Cardinal
10. Robin
11. Brown Creeper
12. Morning Dove
13. Hairy Woodpecker
14. Warbler
15. Flicker Woodpecker
16. Red-breasted Nut Hatche
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker
18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
19. Evening Grosbeck
20. Pine Sisken
21. Brown Headed Cowbird
22. Sharp Skinned Hawk
23. Ruby Throated Humingbird
24. White throated Sparrow
25. Red-breasted Grosbeck
26. Rufous Sided Towhee
27. Northern Oriole
28. Cedar Waxwing
29. Brown Thrasher
30. Indigo Bunting
31. Fox Sparrow
32. Song Sparrow
33. Great Crested Flycatcher
34. House Finch
35. Gray Cat Bird
36. Chipping Sparrow
37. House Wren
38. White-crowned Sparrow
39. Red Headed Woodpecker
40. Carolina Wren
41. Brown Thrasher
42. Crows
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WOW, good job on bird id!!! I have a hard time telling the difference between the pine sisken and the goldfinches in the wintertime. I really enjoy the towhees hopping around. They're interesting to watch.
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We've seen a zillion bird ID books. By far, the best we've found, is "A guide to field identification Birds of North America" by Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun and Herbert S. Zim published by Golden Press.
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Originally Posted by zzziippyyy,Nov 15 2008, 01:39 PM
Stick a bunch of these up on the roof
http://www.gullsweep.com/
Hire a roofing contractor to permanantly mount them.
http://www.gullsweep.com/
Hire a roofing contractor to permanantly mount them.
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I put up a second feeder today since the birds were emptying the one daily. I also put out a suet cake. I used to make my own ... might just start that again. Cheaper than buying them at Lowe's when you consider gas and time factors.
The big wood pecker took a chunk of feathers out of one of the small birds who was waiting to feed. I have seen a bird kill a squirrel but not turn on their own.
It's a jungle out there!
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Originally Posted by plantpixie,Nov 18 2008, 02:04 PM
I put up a second feeder today since the birds were emptying the one daily. I also put out a suet cake. I used to make my own ... might just start that again. Cheaper than buying them at Lowe's when you consider gas and time factors.
The big wood pecker took a chunk of feathers out of one of the small birds who was waiting to feed. I have seen a bird kill a squirrel but not turn on their own.
It's a jungle out there!
One of the reasons I enjoy observing from inside. 