Birds Everywhere!!!!

[chaffmj]

Black-billed magpies.

 

[smurfy]

we have them around the cabin......see them during the fa// but more so during the winter months!!

[Wanderer]

20 hours ago, chaffmj said:

Black-billed magpies.

 

Saw one of these as we were cruising by Red lake yesterday.  I think they look pretty cool.

 

We had a pair of Canada geese fly over us last weekend in, well, Canada.  Pretty surprised to see them that far already.

[Mike89]

sand hill cranes are back!!

[Wanderer]

22 minutes ago, Mike89 said:

sand hill cranes are back!!

Haven’t seen or heard those yet!  Snow geese were migrating over a couple days ago.  More and more song birds are showing up.  Plenty of robins.

 

Friends were snow goose hunting in SD last weekend and doing well.  I had an invitation but just couldn’t take the time to join this year.  Maybe next.

 

Still seeing a few early divers plus mallards.  A friend in Princeton had wood ducks last weekend.  He’s glad he got his boxes done the weekend before.

[snagfinder]

Lots of cranes flying over lately. Yard was full of robins yesterday afternoon. Early morning sounds like mid april. Swear i heard frogs from by the river this morning.

[Wanderer]

Cardinals this morning.

[smurfy]

17 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

Cardinals this morning.

i've heard a few recently........have had them on and off this past winter at the feeders!!!!!

[Wanderer]

Ice is going off the lakes around Cross Lake.  Big Trout still has a good sheet on it though.  Edges are rotted out.

 

No birds so far but it’s windy!  5 deer on the property.

[Wanderer]

[Mike89]

got this from another site for all of the hummingbird lovers!!     

 

 

https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2024-map.htm

[snagfinder]

My daughter wanted to put up a bird feeder so fleet farm trip Saturday morning it was. Yesterday we had so many birds in the yard it was unreal. A few that i dont think I have ever seen before.  Must have had a 100 robins at one point and about 50 yellow wing black birds. Few cardinals a pair of flickers and all kinds of little winged things.

[Mike89]

grey herons are back!!

[Mike89]

seen a pair of loons fly over the lake last night!!!   

[chaffmj]

 

 

[Mike89]

pelicans are back

[smurfy]

4 hours ago, Mike89 said:

pelicans are back

yea i seen some of them worthless things in the puddle on 23 going into st cloud this afternoon!!!!!

[Mike89]

11 hours ago, smurfy said:

yea i seen some of them worthless things in the puddle on 23 going into st cloud this afternoon!!!!!

it was only 1 at first but as time went on it slowly built up to a couple dozen of them...   

[Wanderer]

On 4/6/2024 at 3:23 PM, chaffmj said:

 

 

Aqueduct?

[Wanderer]

16 hours ago, Mike89 said:

pelicans are back

They’re cool… right up until they wipe out a good panfish population.

[chaffmj]

1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

Aqueduct?

 

No, it is the underside of a bridge, but it does kind of look like an aqueduct.

[chaffmj]

On display and did not want to get off the side of the road.

 

[Wanderer]

8 hours ago, chaffmj said:

On display and did not want to get off the side of the road.

 

This one doesn’t show up - on my phone anyway.

[Mike89]

17 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

This one doesn’t show up - on my phone anyway.

or at home

[chaffmj]

1 hour ago, Mike89 said:

or at home

 

1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

This one doesn’t show up - on my phone anyway.

 

I'll try it again.

On display and did not want to get off the side of the road!

 

 

Edited April 23 by chaffmj