Northeast birds

Cool

such fun to see the owls.

Great sighting!

It's so cool to hear them right up close too!

awesome cool, luvs! We have heard great horned owls a few times over the years and it makes us feel hopefully 'kind to nature' in our very suburban area.

love owls

About 40 turkey's & 3 of these

I couldnt get close enought to show the flock

when we have snow, our cardinals show up as well. A male was singing yesterday, I had noticed that one was getting aggressive under the feeder.

Still unable to get to the feeder, but I'm putting out seed on the wellhouse....it's all gone, don't know if the birds ate it, or the wind blew it away.....nice photos, Sherrie.

I some was windblown, I bet they found the seed on the ground. We had a quartet of cardinals among other birds at the feeder.

lots of bird activity yesterday and today
was reading a bad of Niger seed at the garden show today and it said "niger seed, imported to be used instead of our native thistle"...what the heck does that mean?
Do we not have native thistle in this country anymore? were we running out of thistle?

BIRDS FEEDING IN THE SNOW STORM TODAY.

Have a wonderful evening,
John

flowAjen: I have been feeding Niger seed for years. Don't think you can get a native Thistle any more. At least 25 years have been using Niger seed. Photo is Bluebirds feeding on Meal Worms.

Have a great evening,
John

BIRDS FEEDING AFTER THE SNOW STORM.

Enjoy your evening,
John

Wonderful photos, John....really love the one of the bluebird in the snow....

Agreed!!

Every time I see a cardinal I think of my mom cuz they were her favorite

I feel that way about Mockingbirds and my dad.

Pretty sure this is a Peregrine Falcon, in our backyard
This is my son's favorite bird so he was really excited, was there for about 1/2 hour never saw it fly away

Looks like. Have seen them in Manhattan.

Nice!

Great capture!!

Nice Jen!! Funny, I had a visitor too, in the tree off the back deck .

Nice!

I used to go to the little farms south of here.Feb.is when the Short Eared owles are migrating .Its such a thrill to see them.

I've never seen an owl sitting in a tree....have seen one in the road, though......not sure if that's a peregrine....they have a streaked breast & distinctive eye marking...here's the illustration from Sibley...

I think I just saw a snowy owl I tried to get a picture but it was too far and it took flight as I walked out the door. What ever it was it was big, white with black stripes.

The sun on him was definitely washing him out.
The juvies are more streaked but I've seen lots of pics where on some the belly is more white

Info from whatbird.com
"Breast may vary from white to spotted and barred"
like this one in flight def has more white

this is one is seriously darker

2 Carolina wrens around this morning. Only one appeared while we were doing the bird count. Mr. Hairy wp on the suet feeder this afternoon.

How do you count birds, and know you didn't count one twice?

Yeah - I know I would count the same on over and over. The bird would toy with me.

I would count what I saw at the feeder, once they flew away I stopped counting that species. The only ones I knew were the same birds were the woodpeckers and wrens, usually one at a time and the wrens were always in a pair so I know they were the same. I never really have a big flocks like some do other than the house sparrows.

Would be easier if you shoot each one you see. No double counting... ;)

I've been practicing....but I don't shoot birds. Mister fox keeps coming up on my back stoop with one of the neighbors chickens, tired of seeing him so close. I'm sure the neighbors are tired of losing chickens too!

Nice to have fresh chicken delivered!

Ha ha ha!! Never thought of it that way.

Last year a fox cleared out almost all of my nieces flock, love them but they can be a nuisance for chickens.

You have to count the # of the same type at the feeder. There were 4 cardinals on the ground for instance. After they flew away I didn't count any single cardinals which re turned. Chickadees are difficult as they grab a seed & instantly fly off, while finches sit & eat.