Spring Is Upon Us

[smurfy]

no orioles or hummers in cold spring yet! them head diving tree swallows are back though!!!! no bluebirds yet either.

[smurfy]

Have the first hummingbird and bluebird tonight. Cardinals are going nutz!

[RainyEye]

Saw a Hummer and male Oriole at the feeders here this AM in EP !

[Jim Almquist]

No Hummers yet but did have a nice Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak at the feeders.

[smurfy]

Orioles and red breasted grosbeaks found cold spring says momma!!

[Hawg]

Oriole in Brainerd! 1st sighting just now.

[Hawg]

Two red breasted grosbeaks here now too. 

[eyeguy 54]

cool, have not seen one here yet.  Pair of wrens showed up today. 

[IceHawk]

4 male orioles on the feeders tonight and 3 hummers.

[eyeguy 54]

cool!  grosbeak just popped by. first of the year.  couple quick pics and off to the trees. 

[Tom Sawyer]

Horrible year for these guys already. Don't forget the DEET!

 

Edited May 9, 2018 by Tom Sawyer

[eyeguy 54]

deet and spf 30 or higher.

[delcecchi]

Permethrin treat your clothes

Edited May 9, 2018 by delcecchi

[delcecchi]

Found this lying deceased on the patio.

 

Any identification?

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Catbird....

[delcecchi]

12 minutes ago, Tom Sawyer said:

Catbird....

Thanks.

[Grainbelt]

I put out an oriole feeder yesterday. 

[Grainbelt]

A sign of spring for me is when the mallards return. They hang out in the yard till mid june then off to the nest.

[eyeguy 54]

a harris sparrow stopped by yesturday but I was too slow with the camera. neat bird

 

[JBMasterAngler]

Had 2 pairs of rose breasted grosbeaks in my yard. That was cool. 

 

Another cool sight...I look out at my feeders, and all in the glance, I see the black/white of a woodpecker, the orange of an oriole, yellow of the goldfinch, and blue of a blue jay. Was a nice smorgasbord of birds!

[delcecchi]

For some reason there have been no birds today, unlike the past week.    Did they all go up north for the opener?   

 

I even put out some oranges near the grape jelly to see if anything will eat them this year.   

[Wanderer]

Sitting on the patio tonight my wife says “Looks like these two are gonna... yep, a pair of Downey Woodpeckers makin’ babies.  

[Grainbelt]

9 hours ago, delcecchi said:

For some reason there have been no birds today, unlike the past week.

 

I noticed the same thing, I thought it was because I was out in the garden all day which is by my feeders.

[smurfy]

Same here. Birds were awful scarce yesterday.

[eyeguy 54]

havnt seen the purple finches for a few days. all else is normal. found the red belly new home in one of the willow trees. tough spot for a pic but will try. grosbeaks still chowing the sunflowers.