new visitor

Thinkmaybe someone could be so kind as to identify our newvisitor at the finch feeders.

jack

don't know what happened to the photo.

jack

This message was edited Jul 16, 2008 6:39 PM

I am going to try this again.

I give up and would like to have this message deleted. First time trying to upload from the laptop and it seems to not wqnt to send the pic. even though it says it has. Back to the desktop.

jack

don't know what's going on, now it shows up.

This message was edited Jul 16, 2008 6:46 PM

I think your bird is a Red Crossbill

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Red_Crossbill.html

This site is having technical problems tonight, which is pretty rare, thankfully

Yep, Red Crossbill. Very rare for one to visit a feeder! There must be a major shortage of spruce cones locally.

Resin

I'm wondering if the recent fires in Cal has caused them to seek food wherever they can get it.

We live in the middle of woods on the coast, plenty of spruce and pines and there have been several fires but none real close although the smoke was pretty smelly at times.

jack

Thought I would add these to this little line.
Got about 5 pics.
jack

What a neat little bird.

here is the next one, notice who is peking around from the back. The crosbeak is a finch so will eat any seed if their preferred is not available

Know this is not a bird, but is just a bit over from some of the feeders.
Think it is a hornet nest. If not a hornet, it is one of that type of insect.
jack

Yikes! Be careful while gardening! That looks like our white faced hornet's nest. Ours are aggressive. Hope yours aren't.

That looks scary... thankfully we dont have anything like that here

Cool bird.