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Weekend Birdies…

magpie — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:40:26 +0000

Our birdy feeders have been seemingly sparse lately, or so we thought but then we realized we have attracted bully birds to our porch. The crows have always been a welcome bird. For the most part they do not harm or disturb the other little birds. We began feeding them and then branched out to other birds. Soon, we had many birds and the pigeon showed up. Again, they came but did not disturb the other birds. They ate and left. So, we did not fret about them. But now a host of House Sparrows and a chattering of European Starlings have showed up and well, these birds are menacing. They swoop in and frighten off the small birds. They even chased off our frequenter female Downy Woodpecker today. =/ We are going to take the bird feeders down till these birds leave. Then try again.

Here are some of the birds we saw this week–both good and bad:

Update to the Great Backyard Bird Count

magpie — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:43:13 +0000

I watched for an hour and a half and this was my official count:

5 House Finches (2 males, 3 females)

3 Dark-Eyed Juncos

2 Red-Breasted Nuthatches

2 Downy Woodpeckers (One male, one female)

5 Chestnut-backed Chickadees

A dozen or more Black-Capped Chickadees

1 Stellar’s Jay

5 American Robins (1 male, 4 females)

3 dozen or more Mallards

1 – 2 dozen American Crows

4 Song Sparrows

3 Spotted Towhees

More Weekend Birdies…

magpie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:56:55 +0000

The Chestnut-Backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) likes the feeder, too.

Weekend Birdies!

magpie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Yes, they were here again…eating at the feeder. Here are the latest photographs of our usual birdies…

Stellar’s Jay, the House Finch, and the Red-breasted Nuthatch…

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee

Originally uploaded by birdyonmywindow

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Birdy Utopia!!!

magpie — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:19:24 +0000

OH! YAY! Since we put out the peanuts without shells and the new bird feeder, we have had so many new visitors. These wonderfully interesting feathered friends we have seen stop in…

Stellar’s Jay **
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Black-Capped Chickadee
Brewer’s Blackbird **
Crows (on a regular basis)
American Robin
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Spotted Towhee
Hummingbird (not certain which one — he was a passerby)

The two birds with asterisks are the ones we have not yet been able to photograph. Don’t worry! We will be continue to try! =) The rest you can see in the gallery below.