Feeding the Birds
#2491
#2492
I have house finches nesting in my front porch light fixture. They set off my motion sensor so I'm constantly getting alerts about motion at the front door and I really don't mind seeing them flying in and out but I do not enjoy the bird droppings in the middle of the porch.
#2493
I missed the building of the nest as I rarely use that door and the birds must have been flying in off camera. By the time I saw it, there were eggs in the nest. Now I think they're feeding babies so I'll leave them to it and get rid of the nest when the babies grow up.
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#2494
We have a cardinal's nest behind a hanging plant, one of those half-moon shaped ones, that is about 8' up on a trellis. It one noisy bird. Roxy and I chased a chipmunk off the screen behind it today. Hope the eggs make it. And later, Roxy killed a chipmunk; not sure if it was the same one or not.
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valentine (05-18-2024)
#2495
Large goldfinch population hanging around my thistle bags. Going through quite a bit of thistle what about the rest of you who feed the birds.
#2496
We seem to have no end to Rose-breasted Grosbeaks this year. Every time I look at a feeder is a male or female or both eating. Clearly some have made nests close.
#2497
I look for and rarely see Cedar wax wings. The other morning I was getting into my car at the Y and three or more flew out of a tree into a shrub right in front of me. No camera in the car
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JulieU (05-30-2024)
#2498
^5-30-2024. I've never seen three hummers at my feeder at the same time. They get very active after sunset. This was taken at 8:20 PM.
^5-27-2024. I didn't know about the Black Chinned hummingbird and that's one that has recently come to my two feeders. They aren't aggressive like the Rufous.
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#2499
Donna suspects the reason you see so many hummers at the same feeder is because there are so few flowers, etc. for them in the area. Your thoughts?
#2500
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I’ve had a birds nest up in the rafters in the back of my house for years and I just noticed it is now down on the ground. Wondering if the damn chipmunks knocked it down. Figuring leaving it be is the best move?