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Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 2:13 PM
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My Pine Warblers have left. That might be my favorite Winter bird as they are so active and friendly. They prefer my suet mix and dried meal worms. They will also eat crushed peanuts.
I still have a few White-throated Sparrows and a few Chipping Sparrows left, not many. They eat millet. After they are all gone, millet is not much in demand just some for Cardinals and Doves.
My main everyday friends (Chickadee, Titmouse, Cardinal, and Wren) are of course a year-round constant. They pay me no attention.
After a time on the porch playing tunes, have had 3 types of Woodpeckers (Redheaded, Red-bellied, and Downy) almost constantly on the Suet. Right now a Blue Jay is on it.
The Finches (House and Gold) are a year around constant at the Sunflower feeders. I guess they eat the bulk of the food I put out.
Just had to fire my air soft pistol at some CowBirds. I hate them.
The White-breasted Nuthatch and my 3 Crows have been by (feed the Crows cat food).
Every few minutes my Bluebirds are on the meal worms, and nibble on the suet. They have paired off for nesting and run off the competition. I have 3 pair guarding different feeders (back yard, front yard, and boat dock). After nesting will have many the rest of the year.
That about covers it except my Squirrel just showed up for peanuts.
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Orange Immortal [64284]
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I've had a ton of Yellow Finches over the past week.
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Apr 14, 2025, 2:27 PM
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Still seeing the usual cardinals, sparrows, nuthatches, brown thrashers, and occasional blue bird or blue jay.
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Orange Immortal [64284]
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Just realized it's Goldfinches. I've always called the Yellow Finches.***
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Apr 14, 2025, 2:36 PM
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Re: Just realized it's Goldfinches. I've always called the Yellow Finches.***
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Apr 14, 2025, 3:27 PM
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Names are names.
For decades call all my Tufted T I Tmouse -- "Hooter".
You are not allowed to post the bird's actual name here as many would be offended.
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CU Medallion [20687]
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What do you call a juvenile Tufted T I Tmouse?
Apr 14, 2025, 7:58 PM
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Jailbait.
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 2:28 PM
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Pine Warblers still hanging in the Midlands over the weekend - caught a glimpse of one earlier today. And was extremely fortunate to spot my first Hooded Warbler earlier. I've been picking up its calls on Merlin recently and got a great view of it hanging around for a bit in a Dogwood.
A Pileated has been around the past week. Several sightings, and their calls are out of this world. Red-Bellied, Downy, and Northern Flickers are pretty common. Hear a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker occasionally but haven't spotted one yet this year.
My main draw is being in an old woodland area of oak and pine with some deep yards nearby where neighbors have let thickets grow up. I keep two baths filled regularly, one in ground and another on a pedestal. I can't squirrel proof the suet well so it's hit and miss, but two feeders are protected and get a lot of traffic.
Go Birds!
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 2:42 PM
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I have a feeder for Squirrels. They don't eat that much and are as much fun as the birds. I keep peanuts and Sunflower in it. I like my squirrels.
Critters I keep out as they destroy feeders are possums, rats, and coons.
I do that with an electric wire around the post that runs Dusk to Dawn.
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 4:56 PM
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Had Squirrels in the attic a few years back (the old thin mesh at house vents were pushed in) and these guys had a fun running around a making noise for a short time. I guess they thought they had their own "squirrel cave" but no TV.
Had to hire a "Critter Getter" to get them out then replace the mesh with stronger small box wire.
The tried their best to get back in through the year until finally they gave up.
Smart and resilient little boogers they are.
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in the attic
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Apr 14, 2025, 4:58 PM
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Most times that is Flying Squirrels.
Those are cute little things that hunt at night and nest in bird houses.
 I have many.
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 4:48 PM
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I'm up North but we get a wild variety of birds
Can't stand grackles as all they do is hog the feeder and keep the smaller and other birds from visiting the feeder
Have plenty of blue jays, cardinals and a wide variety of smaller birds
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 5:14 PM
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I have a drove of cowbirds that come by every year and stay for about a month. Sometimes there are I estimate 75-100of them. Then they leave and once in a while a pair will come by. As crazy as it sounds you are not supposed to harm them cause the are migratory birds. They are a real nuisance. They sorta remind me of another nuisance bird that ranges in cootlumbia!
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not supposed to harm them
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Apr 14, 2025, 5:37 PM
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They are parasites.
They are too lazy to work.
They lay their eggs in another bird's nest and abandon them.
The Cowbird chick is stronger than the Wren, Chickadee, Hooter, etc and gets all the food. The others in the nest starve and die.
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Re: not supposed to harm them
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Apr 14, 2025, 5:58 PM
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They probably breed behind a dumpster.
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Cowbirds are named as such because they would follow along herds
Apr 14, 2025, 8:13 PM
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of cattle and bison. Their parasitic nesting habits, dropping eggs in other species' nests where their hatchlings would eat all the food and grow big while the other smaller nesters would die out, was a species survival must. Mom and Dad would continue on with the herd - didn't have time to stick around to nest and brood. Without that trait the species would be extinct by now, so no air gun targets.
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so no air gun targets.
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Apr 14, 2025, 8:30 PM
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If I could them all - would.
If I could kill enough to make a difference - I would.
I cannot, so I don't kill any.
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
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Apr 14, 2025, 7:28 PM
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I don't know all the birds around but enjoy them. I especially enjoy listening to the whippoorwills at night. I heard a lone bird for the first time up here, April 10th. Last night I heard several different ones around the woods nearby.
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Re: Bird Watching - mid April
Apr 14, 2025, 9:51 PM
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Haven't heard one in years.
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