Duffman Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Today's sign of spring at the office. leech~~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech~~ Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Duffman said: Today's sign of spring at the office. Got any Tips tricks and helpful hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 more sand hill cranes here and on the ground feeding.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingstar Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 seen a gopher on the way home from work today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 3/25/2018 at 5:06 PM, smurfy said: well i was told by parents and grandparents the blue heron were!!!!!! must be the german thing! anywho..........i did see my first blue heron today and a killdeer!!!!!!!!! so it must be when the loons are back spring truly arrives!!!! I’ve seen a few blue herons in the twin cities area and even my first loon of the year on Sunday! It will have to stay on the river for a little while from the looks of the weather though coming up. Still quite a bit of ice on the lakes. smurfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 just watched a blur heron land on the lake, first one of the year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoppers Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 not a good sign when the snow geese are flying south today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 36 minutes ago, knoppers said: not a good sign when the snow geese are flying south today. they call that OH NO!!!!! too funny!! knoppers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delcecchi Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I remember hearing a story about the giant Canada Geese here in Rochester some years back. They had some collared so knew where they went. It was a nice spring and one day, most of the geese that wintered on Silver Lake were gone. A day or two later, they were back. Tracking indicated they had flown to Hudson's bay only to find the area ice and snow covered... So they flew back to Rochester. Took a couple days round trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
half-dutch Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/24/2018 at 8:48 AM, smurfy said: spring truly really doesn't arrive till the ole slew pumpers show up........... blue herons. i have noticed more birds lately at the feeders so its a good start. that all all this snow forecasted didn't show up either!!!!! First shypoke Sat evening flying down Minnehaha Creek toward Meadowbrook Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 lots of activity today on the feeders bobberineyes and chaffmj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 snow now there?? good pic'c!!!! eyeguy 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Is that a purple finch or house finch? I had several show up at my feeders for the first time of the season today, and couldn’t determine which they were. Also, found a dead redpoll by the feeders. Poor guy wonder what happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 9 hours ago, JBMasterAngler said: Is that a purple finch or house finch? I had several show up at my feeders for the first time of the season today, and couldn’t determine which they were. Also, found a dead redpoll by the feeders. Poor guy wonder what happened to him. 4 purple finch. I will see if I can get a pic of both when more come thru. We have a few house finches around all winter. Female purles are pretty easy to spot and they will be with the males. Darker lines than the female house finches. maybe more will pop by today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 here are a few pics from 2 springs ago that I had on here. Purple House House both both Mike89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMasterAngler Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Nice pics. I’ve had some house finches this winter then! I just assumed they were redpolls with more color than the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 house almost twice as big as redpolls also. here is a good page with info. https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/solve/faqs/how-to-identify-small-red-finches.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingstar Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I was thinking the same thing with the warmer weather I think the redpolls have went north all I have seen the last day or two are gold finches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 those are sweet pictures eyeguy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 thx glenn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 slow today but starting to see a few birdies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 posing for me again. trying to open the window for pics. sneaky Mike89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JBMasterAngler Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 My feeders have been super active today. Unfortunately I had a trio of starlings show up that’s the first time I’ve seen them in this neighborhood since I moved here 2 years ago. I’ve been joking about shooting the squirrels with a pellet gun, but if starlings and pigeons start showing up, I really will have to break it out! eyeguy 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeguy 54 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 CHOOT EM ! ! LOL cmon, guys, share some pics please! Mike89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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