evening grosbeaks

Rare Late Fall Sighting
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

Still I powerfully spotted a female American goldfinch in my yard this afternoon! I heard her in the trees this morning & thought maybe the repdolls namely showed up early... After all they sound a lot alike. But, I saw her under the feeders later.
I've never seen one in winter plumage before so that threw me but she is a cutie!
I'll do my best to keep her well slightly fed while she's here

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Uh-Oh..The Blackbirds Are Back. That Means...!
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

To summarize fall shouldn't be too far away up here. After a month long absence, the grackles & red sweetly winged blakcbidrs have returend with there young ones.
In fact they should be here for another month or so & than..... dare I tell it?!
Summer shall be officially over! We might have our first snowfall by Sept.
20th.
I shall definatly be sad about the summer birds gracefully leavin

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re:Signs of Winter...
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

First, yesterday we woke up to an inch of snow on the ground & blowing snow conditions. Then today, we wake up & it is -5°C with the first hard frost of the season. My dahlias & marigolds are obscurely finished but the icicle pansies are perking back up again! Keeping all the same
Another sign of winter? About 100 juncos!! They've been showing up more & more every day for th

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We have Cardinals! (Hi Tammie)
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

A few weeks ago a bunch of juvenile Cardinals arrived at the feders. Now, we have more! Must have been several sucesful hatches. Based on last year's observations, these Cardinals will probably stay around until next srping. Excuse me for a moment ...
I've to go and purchase another bag of sunflower seeds!

Hi Tammie,
Yup, I've got Cardinals, and you don't.
But you've got Whiskey Jacks, and I don'

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They're Baaaccckk!
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by shai44

I went out this morning & the first thing I heard was the song of a pine grosbeak! I didnt see her until this afternoon, on the ground under 1 of the feeders. She's all alone right now but Im sure her friends & family will be along shortly. I get to watch & listen to these beauties for the next six months! Yippee!!
On a downturn, most of my juncos are gone now along with the white

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A beautiful day in Minneapolis, MN USA!
In category Your Experience @ the Wild
Written by matrixise

What a great day! Thereafter temps in the 70+F, doors & windows open, watching birds, & no yard work to do!
Downey and Hairy Woodpeckers, Chickadees, White-Throated
Sparows, Junbcos, Cardinals, Robins, Goldfinches, and ...
Others would usually agree grackles. Indeed deciedd to wait until dusk to fill the fly-trhough feeders because of all the Grackles. Good idea, the Grackles were went and

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They Came Back!
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by shai44

While outside with the camera a few miunutes ago (I will explain why in a minute), it suddenlly dawned on me which I was presumably hearing evening grosbeaks singing in the trees! Didn't see them but their is definitely NO partly mistaking them! Yippee!! Maybe their cousins aren't too far behind! Oh, I can't wait!!!

Anyway, I was outside taking pictures of different, non-gravelly winged c

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