Alright so i don't have a decent camera to take pictures of the new birds in my backyard so you will have to trust me...
I built a new tray feeder for the other side of the yard, stocked with black oil sunflower seeds, in hopes of drawing new visitors to the yard. It is about 7 feet off of the ground and very near some large trees. it is on the opposite side of the yard from the other feeders and i think its location brought some attention. Not only have i got the ever-present dozen dark-eyed juncos, the handful of house sparrows and song sparrows, bushtits, those darned starlings, a bewick's wren, black capped chickadees, and chestnut backed chickadees, western scrub and stellars jays, now i have more frequent visits from our red-breasted nuthatch, a townshends warbler has been visiting, a house finch was seen yesterday, and a winter-colored american goldfinch pair was eating from the nyjer sack yesterday morning.
My wife and kids have caught on to backyard bird watching too. It is often they who sight a new bird first. my wife told me on friday that she was in the side yard near the tray feeder and there were swarms and swarms of birds out there whooshing past her, and she mentioned she saw some birds with orange on them. i assume she meant the color. I haven't seen any orange colored birds yet, but i am keeping my eyes open. The kids, Duncan 6 1/2 and Archie, 3 1/2, have spotted flickers in the yard, duncan spotted the downy woodpecker on the pine tree during the december snows, and archie caught first sight of the goldfinches yesterday on the nyjer sack.
Just as i was wrapping this up, i spotted a starling on the suet feeder and i picked up the binoculars to get a close up view of this pretty though pesty bird, when a male red shafted northern flicker jumped on the feeder as well.
I built a new tray feeder for the other side of the yard, stocked with black oil sunflower seeds, in hopes of drawing new visitors to the yard. It is about 7 feet off of the ground and very near some large trees. it is on the opposite side of the yard from the other feeders and i think its location brought some attention. Not only have i got the ever-present dozen dark-eyed juncos, the handful of house sparrows and song sparrows, bushtits, those darned starlings, a bewick's wren, black capped chickadees, and chestnut backed chickadees, western scrub and stellars jays, now i have more frequent visits from our red-breasted nuthatch, a townshends warbler has been visiting, a house finch was seen yesterday, and a winter-colored american goldfinch pair was eating from the nyjer sack yesterday morning.
My wife and kids have caught on to backyard bird watching too. It is often they who sight a new bird first. my wife told me on friday that she was in the side yard near the tray feeder and there were swarms and swarms of birds out there whooshing past her, and she mentioned she saw some birds with orange on them. i assume she meant the color. I haven't seen any orange colored birds yet, but i am keeping my eyes open. The kids, Duncan 6 1/2 and Archie, 3 1/2, have spotted flickers in the yard, duncan spotted the downy woodpecker on the pine tree during the december snows, and archie caught first sight of the goldfinches yesterday on the nyjer sack.
Just as i was wrapping this up, i spotted a starling on the suet feeder and i picked up the binoculars to get a close up view of this pretty though pesty bird, when a male red shafted northern flicker jumped on the feeder as well.
How cool! Sounds like you guys are getting a pretty decent selection of birds over there!
ReplyDeleteHow funny to find out we are neighbors. We are just off a 114th and Glisan. Are you guys close by?
we are super close, just near ventura elementary which is at 117th and burnside.
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