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  • Re: The thread for birds and birding

    There are a pair of beautiful red birds nesting near my house. They are both extremely bright colored so I assume they are not cardinals (the female tends to be duller). Any theories? This is central Maryland.
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    • Re: The thread for birds and birding

      Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
      Smallest bird ever at my feeders: ruby throated hummingbird
      Largest bird ever at my feeders: great horned owl (perched on top, looking down at the buffet*)
      Largest bird seen from my living room window: bald eagle (soaring about 300 yards away)

      *the squirrels cleaning up scraps on the ground below the feeders had no idea ...
      Now I have six turkeys that have taken over the "clean up the scraps" role from the squirrels.
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      • Re: The thread for birds and birding

        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
        There are a pair of beautiful red birds nesting near my house. They are both extremely bright colored so I assume they are not cardinals (the female tends to be duller). Any theories? This is central Maryland.
        I've had scarlet tanagers at my feeders. Maybe?
        https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scarlet_Tanager/id
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        • Re: The thread for birds and birding

          Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
          I've had scarlet tanagers at my feeders. Maybe?
          https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Scarlet_Tanager/id
          I think that's them! Except that female is almost yellow, so maybe my couple is LGBT.

          They are gorgeous.
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          • Re: The thread for birds and birding

            The tanagers are very shy. They make my goldfinches seem pushy.

            BTW ...

            Male Scarlet Tanagers ... blood-red bodies set off by jet-black wings and tail. The yellowish-green, dark-winged females ...
            Pretty sure that's a hetero couple you have.
            Last edited by The Sicatoka; 06-16-2016, 04:14 PM.
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            • Re: The thread for birds and birding

              We have a hawk that soars over our house on occasion. The other birds will swarm it and drive it off.
              We now have rose breasted grosbeaks, cardinals, cat birds, gold finch, chicadees, titmice, 2 dif kinds of woodpeckers, house wrens, brown and blue nuthatches, and--Yay!!!-- hummingbirds.

              Also a few turkeys.

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              • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                Originally posted by leswp1 View Post
                We now have rose breasted grosbeaks ...
                Those love safflower (not sunflower, safflower). Get a feeder like this. They'll sit in the bottom, take a seed, shell it in their beak, spit the shell, eat the seed, repeat. Better than television.
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                • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                  Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
                  Those love safflower (not sunflower, safflower). Get a feeder like this. They'll sit in the bottom, take a seed, shell it in their beak, spit the shell, eat the seed, repeat. Better than television.
                  They are gobbling the sunflower seeds clinging to the posts of our regular feeder.

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                  • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                    Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
                    Pretty sure that's a hetero couple you have.
                    No, I was saying my female is red while theirs is green. So either I've got a trans female or the second one is just the interior decorator.
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                    • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                      Had an "all things great and small" morning out the window today:

                      At the liquid feeder (suction cup mounted on my picture window) was a hummingbird; behind that, on top the pole feeder 40 feet away was a great horned owl.

                      I got some awesome photo opportunities, but only had a cell phone at hand.
                      Last edited by The Sicatoka; 08-24-2016, 10:10 AM.
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                      • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                        That is cool!!

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                        • Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
                          Had an "all things great and small" morning out the window today:

                          At the liquid feeder (suction cup mounted on my picture window) was a hummingbird; behind that, on top the pole feeder 40 feet away was a great horned owl.

                          I got some awesome photo opportunities, but only had a cell phone at hand.
                          Very cool.

                          I have two hummingbird feeders outside the window to my new office. I have a ton of hummingbirds at them. I have to fill them at least three times a week right now.

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                          • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                            Have 3 different birdbaths. 2 on the deck and one in a Garden next to deck are almost always full to the brim an get plenty of action. Have another one under the vibernum in the front. It was almost empty d/t drought. Filled it this AM and went out on an errand. Just came home. It is like a super highway. At one time- 2 flickers, a blue Jay, 2 Robins, and a catbird. Underneath, trying to get at it, a pair of goldfinches, some type of sparrow and another type of finch. As I sat there also saw 2 hummers feuding over the tall red sage (grows to bush like proportions), a few chickadees, some type of thrush, a wren, and a flock of grackles. Pretty cool. Finally opened the car door to go inside and it was like someone dropped a bomb. They all took off at once and scattered.

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                            • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                              Originally posted by The Sicatoka View Post
                              Had an "all things great and small" morning out the window today:

                              At the liquid feeder (suction cup mounted on my picture window) was a hummingbird; behind that, on top the pole feeder 40 feet away was a great horned owl.

                              I got some awesome photo opportunities, but only had a cell phone at hand.
                              Man, that is great.
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                              • Re: The thread for birds and birding

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Man, that is great.
                                My chipmunks and squirrels may disagree with you.

                                I've also seen a bald eagle recently over my place.

                                And in some sort of message to a North Dakota fan, I've seen either a Cooper or sharp-shinned hawk lately. Pretty sure it's a Cooper because it's more crow sized than blue jay sized (and I have both of those also).
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