Feeding the Birds
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Today we spent a little time at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Heron Rookery.
This is just two of the many trees loaded with nests
Dad watching over the nest.
This is just two of the many trees loaded with nests
Dad watching over the nest.
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Very cool, Dave! I'd love to see that!
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Kinda feeding related. I noticed recently that the swarms of blackbirds (such as red winged, cowbirds, grackles, starlings) we were getting at dawn and sunset had disappeared. There were hundreds of them roosting in the trees down below the condo. Decided to look it up and found out that the birds only do this in the winter. By March they are usually gone elsewhere. Turns out it is a phenomenon of coastal areas along the mid-Atlantic (DE, VA, NC). The birds apparently do this for protection against predators (safety in numbers) and to communicate about food sources. They are great communicators. They are very messy when swarming around, so it is nice that they are gone.
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Deb, we get all of the ones you mention! That is the group we HATE because they want to take over the feeders. Yeah, we have them right now in a small number but it will get bigger!
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A little more bird watching for inside the house today.
Our little Blue Bird of happiness. We have about six that shoe up twice a day. They take turns at the suet feeder.
This guy has me worried. Either there is something dead in the woods next to the house or he saw my last physical report. There are several in the woods and they take turns warming up on the neighbors roof.
Our little Blue Bird of happiness. We have about six that shoe up twice a day. They take turns at the suet feeder.
This guy has me worried. Either there is something dead in the woods next to the house or he saw my last physical report. There are several in the woods and they take turns warming up on the neighbors roof.