Birds Everywhere!!!!

[chaffmj]

4 hours ago, Mike89 said:

just watched a loon eat it's super...  fun to watch them swallow the fish!!    also seeing several very young eagles to..  interesting seeing how they change color as they get older!!

 

This isn't the best pictures but her are a couple of pics of a female hooded merganser eating with some common goldeneye nearby.

 

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by chaffmj
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[chaffmj]

Snow bunting.

 

[Wanderer]

You’re getting some great pics of birds - some I don’t see.  That’s probably the first time I’ve seen a pic of snow bunting except maybe when I was a kid and looking through one of my dad’s bird books.

 

Looks like that hen hooded is munching a crayfish.  That’s what I see them eat when they’re coming through my place.

[chaffmj]

12 hours ago, Wanderer said:

You’re getting some great pics of birds - some I don’t see.  That’s probably the first time I’ve seen a pic of snow bunting except maybe when I was a kid and looking through one of my dad’s bird books.

 

Looks like that hen hooded is munching a crayfish.  That’s what I see them eat when they’re coming through my place.

 

I thought the same thing about what the duck was eating.

[chaffmj]

Butts up!

 

[chaffmj]

It took me awhile to find Mr. Grumpy hiding among the reeds on the Burntside river.

 

[Grainbelt]

Found a Oriole feather walking the dog this morning.

[chaffmj]

Walking in the woods this morning I came across this White Throated Sparrow.

 

 

 

[chaffmj]

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

 

[JBMasterAngler]

Saw a rose breasted grosbeak at the feeders this morning. Nice to see them back.

[chaffmj]

Ring-necked ducks paired up.

 

 

Edited May 2, 2020 by chaffmj

[Mike89]

was just watching 4 pelicans out front and seen something new to me!!  the wind is low today so they are a ways and they lay their head on their back and snooze a way..  they drift close to shore they paddle out and do it again...  

[Hawg]

Had my first oriole in Brainerd this morning. First Cardinal last Friday. 

Edited May 5, 2020 by Hawg

[delcecchi]

On 4/30/2020 at 9:48 PM, chaffmj said:

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

 

Are you sure?   Looks like a hairy to me.   

 

[chaffmj]

12 hours ago, delcecchi said:

Are you sure?   Looks like a hairy to me. 

 

The hairys I have seen around here have a large white spot on their back and don't have the red on the throat.

Like this picture below of a hairy.

 

[delcecchi]

12 hours ago, chaffmj said:

 

The hairys I have seen around here have a large white spot on their back and don't have the red on the throat.

Like this picture below of a hairy.

 

Could be.   Looking at pictures on the net,  hard to tell.    I hope the yellowbellies stay away from here, they are hard on the scotch pines.   

[chaffmj]

1 hour ago, delcecchi said:

Could be.   Looking at pictures on the net,  hard to tell.    I hope the yellowbellies stay away from here, they are hard on the scotch pines.   

 

 I agree with you that it is hard to tell from pictures and when I saw it at first I thought it was a hairy. until I saw it from the front and then it was very clear to me that it was a yellow-belly. 

[delcecchi]

9 hours ago, chaffmj said:

 

 I agree with you that it is hard to tell from pictures and when I saw it at first I thought it was a hairy. until I saw it from the front and then it was very clear to me that it was a yellow-belly. 

I defer to your sight.   I hadn't realized they looked so much alike before.   I still hope they stay away from my scotch pines and white pines.   

[smurfy]

Seen my first wren and Oriole today!!

[smurfy]

This morning I've been watching a dozen yellow finches by the feeders. They sure are busybodies.

[Hawg]

Had a bunch of cedar waxwings, my 1st red breasted grosbeak, and a couple goldfinches in the last few days. No numbers of anything yet though. Also had a couple visits from this young lady. Smallest cubs I have ever seen outside a den. 

[smurfy]

thats cool......yea them are little fellers for sure!!!!!!!! i've never seen cubs that small either. must not have a curfew???????

[delcecchi]

we had, for the first time in many years, some rose breasted grosbeaks today.  They hung around the sunflower feeder for a long time, then left. I hope they come back and weren't just stopping for a snack on the way through.  

[GSC]

Saw 2 female Grosbeaks and a male Oriole this AM! Nice to have them back!

[chaffmj]

Here is a grosbeak from a few years ago. I haven't seen any yet this year.