Birds Everywhere!!!!

[Hawg]

I have squirrels so big Cub would be proud to sell. You guys don’t tell Boar or I’ll have a stand in my back yard with a Weber burning underneath it.    BIG NEWS - this post got me up to “Rookie” !!!!!!!

Edited November 19, 2021 by Hawg

[smurfy]

1 hour ago, Hawg said:

I have squirrels so big Cub would be proud to sell. You guys don’t tell Boar or I’ll have a stand in my back yard with a Weber burning underneath it.    BIG NEWS - this post got me up to “Rookie” !!!!!!!

 Boar usually finds his stuff laying on a road!!!!!!!!!

[Mike89]

had about 50 swans on the lake this morning!!! 

[smurfy]

Bird activity sure slowed down, few here and there then a few woodpeckers come around. Did see a pile of mallards on the open water of the horseshoe chain yesterday.

Edited December 3, 2021 by smurfy

[fishingstar]

here on star lake the bird activity is up the last 2-3 weeks. a lot of finches, woodpeckers, blue Jay's and barn sparrows. I have to fill one feeder every day with sunflower seeds and cracked corn. Yes the one squirrels help a lot. The affiliated wood peckers have started to come back every day around 3 30 every day.  It is nice to see them back.

[smurfy]

star lake?????  up in the dent / perham area?????????

[fishingstar]

no Litchfield

[smurfy]

57 minutes ago, fishingstar said:

no Litchfield

closer to me then i thought........i'm in cold spring. richmond born and raised.

 

i asked because my wife's parents grew up in that area by dent!!!!!!!

[Hawg]

I had something new today. I have a few house finches on my feeder that are the orange variant. Never knew there was such a thing, really pretty birds. 

[Mike89]

don't think I've seen that before either, cool!!!  

[Hawg]

Smurfy, I’m thinking my mystery birds were House Finches more and more. Maybe I didn’t get the right pictures. When they are mixed they look incredibly similar. I think Purples have a touch more definition in their wings but body shape is a little different. 

[smurfy]

bird visits arent fast and furious but seeing a few at the home front. some different variety of woodpeckers chickadees and finches.

 

at the cabin its all chickadees, blue jays, a few woodpeckers and squirrels. seen 3 of the 4 back squirrels which is cool. sure wish our flying squirrels where still around!!!!!

 

the eagles and crows or whatever them dam things are sure didnt take long to polish off the fish guts on the lake either!!!!!!!  

[chaffmj]

A small flock of Pine Grosbeaks visited the feeder Xmas day!

 

 

[smurfy]

Those birds are so cool  so are the evening grosbeaks 

[Ronnie D]

Im gonna need more birdseed. 

Filling the feeder yesterday & this joker crept up behind me & starts putting. Never saw him before and i live in da hood.

[smurfy]

running water this morning for my coffee, i noticed all kinds of birds in my neighbors birch tree. looked at the feeders and couldnt figure out why they werent on them???

 

got my binocs out and figured out why.........there musta been 30 or so cedar waxwings there!!!!!

[chaffmj]

Just got back after being away for a few days when this lone White breasted nuthatch showed up and just sat under the feeders looking out for about a half hour while I was eating my lunch.

 

 

 

 

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, chaffmj said:

Just got back after being away for a few days when this lone White breasted nuthatch showed up and just sat under the feeders looking out for about a half hour while I was eating my lunch.

 

 

 

 

Probably waiting for that person-to fill the dang feeder now that their back! 

[chaffmj]

I know these are not birds but here is what come in to get the seeds the birds spill.

 

 

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, chaffmj said:

I know these are not birds but here is what come in to get the seeds the birds spill.

 

 

Cool, how much snow you got up there now?

[smurfy]

4 hours ago, chaffmj said:

I know these are not birds but here is what come in to get the seeds the birds spill.

 

 

we have the same thing at the cabin...usually at night, at least when we are there.

 

here at home my feeders have been really busy with finches!!!!!!!!!!

 

we arent by Ely.......but we have close to 24 inches of snow in the talmoon, Marcell area!!!!!

Edited January 17, 2022 by smurfy

[chaffmj]

7 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Cool, how much snow you got up there now?

 

I would say at least a couple of feet. 

[leech~~]

18 minutes ago, chaffmj said:

 

I would say at least a couple of feet. 

So probably the lake is full of slush? ☹

[chaffmj]

1 hour ago, leech~~ said:

So probably the lake is full of slush? ☹

 There is some slush, but it isn't all over B-side. Alot of people have been out on the lake the last few days for the trout opener. 

[chaffmj]

Back to birds. Here is a picture of a flock of pine grosbeaks at our feeders. Not the best pic.