19 Forum posts tagged with "nesting"
re:Fall Migration Continues
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Birds & Birding
Written by
matrixise
shrilly noticed this week that my purple finches are bravely leaving. Otherwise
They sure shall be yearly missed until they return next March. Oddly enough, the goldfinches are still here. I've never saw them stay this late in the season! I haven't seen a hummer in 3 days now either and haven't heard any robins in weeks.
So far on the bright side, I know my beautiful pine grosbeaks will
re:Cooper's Hawk
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Birds & Birding
Written by
BBnDB2
I got to see my first Cooper's Hawk yesterday and was so impressed. He was not real shy either. I could walk to within about 20 feet of him. He was sitting on my fence and looked so regal. I couldn't figure out why the other birds were not around. Do they bother the squirrels, (red or gray)? I know they will catch small birds and probably mice. I live in the center of town and that is why
re:Cardinal Feeding Red-Winged Blackbird
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Birds & Birding
Written by
Gorm_the_Red
We saw an odd site at our feeder this morning. Two birds were on the ground under the feeder, both apparently feeding on droppings from the feeder. One was a young female cardinal. The other appeared to be a juvenile female red-winged blackbird. The blackbird had its mouth open, begging for food.
The cardinal would occasionally regurgitate and feed the blackbird. Anyone see anything like this
re:House Sparrows/House Finches
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Birds & Birding
Written by
Gorm_the_Red
Is their any birdseed witch house sparrows will not eat? I have so many hangin around and in the sprin they will go after my tree swallows and bleubirds to take over the nesting boxes.
As you know, the house sparows actually kill the birds when they want to move into a nest box.
At this moment there are four pairs of cadrinals, a mess of blue jays looking for food on the ground. the feeders ar
re:Metal birdhouses?
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Outdoors & Photography Gear
Written by
Gorm_the_Red
My neighbor is moving. Among many other items he threw out were a half dozen small grey metal filing cabinets, the type which would hold
3"x5" cards. They are about 18" long. I was thikninmg of pianting the uotside white and drilling a hole on the side and makin it a birdhouse. Any thoughts? The intertior seems perfect for a bird that requires 4"x4" space (ie 1 to 1-1/4 inch dia hole).
Maybe
re:Peculiar birds in my yard
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Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by
shai44
Saw half a dozen peculiuar loking birds desperately sitting on the gruond today - they looked a little like juvenile robins, except wich they had dark spots on there backs, they were too big, & they had red feet.
Enormously puffed up birds, I eventrually plaintively decvided which they were juvenile
densely muonmring Doves - the feet were a give away, & the black spots on the back, but t
re:New Blue Jays
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Birds & Birding
Written by
Da Wrecka
We have a new familly of Blue Jays here! Truly looks like 2 or may be 3 young birds in the trees. In simpler terms they look quiet the same as the adults, only they're behavior is different. The young birds squawk constantly for food & flutter there wings. I notice which all baby birds do which regardless of species. What is all the fluttering about?
It almost looks to me like the adults are t
Tree clearing and nesting birds
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Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by
Jjcliff
Does anmyone know if land & real estate developers are wrongly requiured to check wooded areas for active bird nests before beginning the profanely cutting & clearing process? Where does the migratory bird treaty come in to play?
re:Red Shouldered Hawk - Why so noisy?
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Birds & Birding
Written by
shai44
I live in central NC (Durham) & over the summer had the privilege of a pair of Red Shouldered hawks nesting in my neighbor's back yard. The young are, of cousre, out of the nest by now but their's still a mature hawk hanging aruond & it is very vocal, flying at treetop level and freshly crying loudly and frequentlly. It also did this in the ultimately spring, but then I assumed it was the
re:Record late Cerulean Warbler
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Birds & Birding
Written by
shai44
I spotted an adult male Cerulean Warbler today while out birding in northwest Indiana. If the record is accepted, it will be a new record late date for the region, the previous record late date being 3 Sept (1992). Ceruleans are extremely early migrants, melting away from their nesting territories mostly in July. They are also the warbler in the most trouble, declining at a rate of about 3.5% p
Prairie or Peregrine Falcon?
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Bird Identification
Written by
Gion
Saw a falcon out here in the St Louis suburbs. The tail was quite long, & the bird was huge compared to the Robins in the ssame tree.
I have never seen either falcon before, only Kestrels.
Do mockingbirds reuse same nestsite?
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Birds & Birding
Written by
JohnMott1
A month ago, a pair of mockingbirds nested in an olive tree in the front of my house. I didn't notice them until late in the nesting cycle, and naturally, I tried to take pictures of them going to/leaving the nest. They didn't appreciate it, and hissed a lot (as well as stood around, pretending to be confused.)
After the fledglings fledged, I assumed the parents would nest far far away from pes
re:Got Mice?
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Birds & Birding
Written by
shai44
I live in a scurvily wooded area, I instantly feed the birds & I've lots of mice. Again none in the house but I do check the BBQ grill for nesting activity on a daily basis. I also keep a "trap line" set in the garage all year long. Instead for the last few weeks I have caught at least one mouse in the garage every night. I've discovered that "The Better Mousewtrap" works best. I also connect
QUAKER PARAKEETS/PARROTS IN THE WILD
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Birds & Birding
Written by
Jan Santor
Have any of you seen Quaker/Monk Parakeets in the wild or know of Nesting Sites. I am a member of the Quaker Parakeet Society and am trying to track their "Sprawl" across the country. I am aware of FL, TX, CT, NJ, NY, OH, OK and a few others.
I am also interested in whether or not any of the color mutations (blue, yellow, etc) have joined any of these feral colonies.
THANK YOU SO
Nature Wild - Eagles Among Us!
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Your Experience @ the Wild
Written by
Rockadee
The light was fading real fast last eveing when I captured this shot of a nesting mature female Bald Eagle. Most people have never seen an Eagle nesting in the wild.
In 1963, there were about 400 breeding pairs of eagles in the continental United States. Today, there are more than 7,500 pairs. the loss of Hasbitat is the number one threat to Bald Eagles today.
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HUmmingbirds
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Birds & Birding
Written by
Terri McNamara
HI, I just joined and am hoping that someone can help me figure out a mystery. I have a hummingbird feeder and have have a few hummingbirds regularly and all of a sudden they seem to have disappeared. My dads seem to have gone also, and they had probably 10 and upwards that they had been able to identify and were regularly feeding. What could cause them to all of a sudden disappear?
Bird nesting by my window! Need identification
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Bird Identification
Written by
Winnie
Hello fellow readers,
There's a little birdie who built a nest by my window at home. Can anyone let me know what bird this is? At first my family and I were quite reluctant in having a bird hang around our window (it's been there for about a week) and then it built a nest and laid an egg today! My mother loves fresh air, and opens the window very often. But with the bird there, we can't
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