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| YellowRose |
Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 06:21:55 AM
I feed the birds on the ground in my backyard for two reasons. One is I want to attract the ground feeders - cardinals, brown thrashers, and blue jays. Two there are so many squirrels that tear up feeders that I just gave up on having feeders and now I feed enough on the ground for birds and the pesty squirrels. This morning the first feeder was the red headed woodpecker that I see on my neighbor's trees. After he left a pair of blue jays came followed by three young blue jays. Then several cardinals showed up. So much color this morning.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 3:51:14 PM
Sara, that is such a wonderful story about the history of your home! It brings a piece of our national history along with it which makes it special. Such a real treasure.
Connie, I will try and bring a few of Warren's bird photos here soon. We love our birds!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 2:44:32 PM
Winnie,it would be wonderful if you could share some of Warren's amazing
bird photos here!
Connie |
| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 2:42:20 PM
Sara,it means a lot to me, he passed away in 2005.
Nancy,you have a lot of wonder in your backyard! I love looking closer too with the binoculars!
Connie.
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| Nancy Joplin |
Posted - Apr 21 2024 : 1:51:24 PM
In our yard we are lucky enough to have so many birds. We use feeders, birdbaths, bee and butterfly watering stations, and hummingbird feeders. We are still learning what all of the birds are, but we have had house finches, black phoebes, mourning doves, and many others that we are trying to identify. My husband and I are going to start photographing them to help us with the job of identifying them little guys and gals that visit our backyard. We each have a pair of small binoculars that we use right now, so we are looking forward to using the cameras that we have. Can't wait to get some photos of our little darlings!
Nancy 8352 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 20 2024 : 05:10:52 AM
Connie, how wonderful to live in the home your grandfather built.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 6:15:55 PM
Sara,I agree Homes are born, your home has an amazing history! my grandfather built homes all his life,My house I live in now wasn't he last one he built! It has the heart of My grandfather in the walls. I can't imagine living anywhere else as long as I'm on the earth!
Connie |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 2:05:24 PM
I love houses with a history of the people who lived in them or why & how they were built. My house was born (I tend to think of houses being born rather than being built) during WWII on Camp Maxey Army Training Base west of Paris. After the war it was moved into Paris so my house is as old as I am.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 1:52:27 PM
Lisa, me too, I love being in the country where I can hear them much better. How exciting to own a wildlife painters home!
Connie W. |
| nubidane |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 1:35:15 PM
I am will all of you! I just love the sound of of the birds all day long, especially in the wee morning hours.
Dawn, there are squirrel proof feeders that I have had luck with, but those buggers are pretty crafty when it comes to trying to get that forbidden snack.
We have had many crows this year, more than usual. I always think of the Hitchcock thriller, The Birds.
We bought our house from a famous wildlife painter (John Ruthven) who was most famous for his bird paintings. Our house was his studio, and I always say that the birds are plentiful because they are hoping to pose for a portrait. LOL> |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 09:24:51 AM
Connie, we have chicken hawks, don't know about turkey hawks, maybe in west Texas.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 08:59:06 AM
Sara, we have birds that size, they are called Turkey Hawks. They are huge! Like you said your black birds are, about 2 feet!
Connie W. |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 06:47:52 AM
Connie I used to see a redheaded woodpecker but haven't seen or heard it this year.
Dawn, I know it was special to see the herons. Before I moved to Paris 12 years ago. I lived 100 miles west on a half acre, surrounded by 18 acres of grass land. One morning across the street from me I saw a pair of blackbirds. They were huge so I looked them up. They were American crows and stood 2' tall. They stayed around for several days then I never saw them again.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 19 2024 : 03:42:09 AM
The birdies wake me up around 3:45 a.m. every morning. We live in a wooded area and in my backyard is a forest preserve. Last night a pair of herons landed on a tree limb in our backyard! We were fortunate to see them fly in and then each settle on the same branch. It was really an amazing sight, I've never seen herons land in a tree before. They are always fishing on the shoreline in the rivers and lakes here.
Wish I could find a bird feeder that the squirrels can't get into. I've sadly given up trying to put a feeder up out there, the squirrels steal everything!
Dawn in IL
"In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours." – Mark Twain.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 5:53:20 PM
I live all the Bird stories! I cannot imagine a day without feeding my Birdies! I love to watch them from my window especially the male cardinal feeding his female.
We have lots of woodpeckers,
finches, tufted titmouse, blue
Jay's, Redbird, robins, finches, morning Doves and a Bluebird who has been coming for years. He us so beautiful!
Connie W.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 1:13:43 PM
While I was at my kitchen window today, I saw a brown thrasher splashing in the birdbath. I always feel fortunate to see one because they are shy and for the most part stay in the shadows. A brown thrasher, a songbird, is akin to mocking birds and are built like them.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Jokamartell |
Posted - Mar 06 2023 : 6:56:23 PM
Sara, what are crackles??
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
| windypines |
Posted - Mar 05 2023 : 4:39:26 PM
What a lovely way to start your day Sara. Enjoy as often as you can!!
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 05 2023 : 08:02:17 AM
It's 55 here but I found a couple of feet of sunshine on my back deck, so I sat and drank my morning tea. I heard the red-headed woodpecker before I saw him high up in my neighbor's 50' or over pine tree. When the sun hit his head I could see his red feathers. I watched him for a good while until a flock of crackles flew in and scared him off. Crackles are such nasty birds.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Dreamer42 |
Posted - Aug 09 2022 : 4:09:42 PM
Our lavendar hills are starting to dry and go to seed from our heat we've had this summer, finchies are here a bit early, but, I tell ya, it's one of my favorite times of year to be able to sit on my patio and watch all the little finches frolic and feed on our lavendars!
Dreamer42
Farmgirl Sister #7038 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Aug 09 2022 : 2:32:37 PM
Michelle, love your feeder? I've given up on having a hummingbird feeder because of the ants.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Aug 09 2022 : 2:08:15 PM
 . Got maybe 10 hummers here. The most we have ever had. So fun to watch them.
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Aug 09 2022 : 10:13:18 AM
Yes, I love feeding all our birds as well. There are some different birds here than we had in Colorado but some are the same. I have my bird book with great photos so we are able to identify the ones unfamiliar to us. Love our new life in Oregon!
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012 and February 2018
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple !!
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| Marcy |
Posted - Aug 09 2022 : 10:00:36 AM
I have fed our backyard birds for years. I almost always feed them at the same time, so some of them actually wait in the trees in our backyard for their food. I love feeding the birds along with the squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs, and the occasional deer. The other day a mama deer came by with her little one, it was so adorable.
hugs,
Marcy
Farmgirl #170
FGOTM August 2012
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give...Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Aug 08 2022 : 07:10:05 AM
Because we have such warm weather year around, there is lots of food for birds of all categories and other critters. Those of you who live further North have a limited warm season and that determines the food supply for many birds. Florida is also a stopping point for migrating birds and a home for many during the cold months where you see them in the summers only. Luck has nothing to do with it at all. Mother Nature has provided habitats for countless species down in this state for year round and seasonal needs. While I complain about the constant hot weather, the birds demonstrate that they are happy and thriving. My husband loves to take photos of birds and he hikes around preserves close by and gets all these amazing photos of ducks, and all sorts of little marsh birds that are not in the city area where I live.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Aug 05 2022 : 11:58:08 AM
Wow Winnie! I would love to visit your yard and see all those birds.
I love cardinals and wish we had some here. They are my favorite bird.
Krista |
