Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #87, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Dave: I forgot, you asked what other birds we have here. LOL .. well our year round residents that visit the feeders daily are the Blue Jay, Brown Thrasher, Carolina Wren, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Tufted Titmouse.

We have a couple of different types of Hawks that are always around too. I have so many feeders out that I guess my backyard birds are easy prey. It's sad to see a hawk take a small bird, but it's all part of nature and the raptors have to eat too.

We also see Osprey and Seagulls on a daily basis, and quite often lately I've viewed a Bald Eagle flying in the neighborhood ... which is very exciting! I've seen flocks of White Ibis feeding along the roadsides lately. We are about 2 miles inland from the Atlantic and when we happen to be over that part of town we see Brown Pelicans, a few different types of Herons and Egrets and numerous shore birds.

I've been told that the Painted Bunting is a year round resident bird here but I only see it in the winter time ... there was a little female at a feeder early this morning. In winter we also get American Robins, American Redstarts, Brown-headed Cowbird, Cedar Waxwing, Chipping Sparrow, Common Grackle, Gray Catbird, Myrtle Warbler, Palm Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird ... the list is long and I'm sure I've forgotten a few, LOL. I love watching the birds and of course hearing them sing.

Not a Tropical LOL, but this is a picture I took on October 19th. This is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk that was hanging out in the backyard. He didn't seem concerned with me being there and just hung out in the tree for over an hour until another hawk started calling from the woods. He called back a couple of times and then flew off towards the direction of the other one .. I figured it was mama calling him home!