We had an American Goldfinch visit our thistle/nyjer feeder! Yes, I know that American Goldfinches visit thistle bird feeders throughout the U.S., but they are uncommon in our area. Our bird feeders usually are visited by the Lesser Goldfinch.
Tomorrow we participate in the Portal Christmas Bird Count. We will post the results when we get them.
Coffee mugs are filled. The curtain in front of the sliding glass doors is open. Bring on the birds! Oh oh some of the bird feeders are not completely full. It seems that the Pine Siskins and Lesser Goldfinches have about emptied the thistle feeders. The quail have very little bird seed in either platform [...]
Mother Nature must have read my blog about watching the snow flakes. Yesterday morning she graced us with a dusting of snow that stayed until about 9:30 before melting.
Bird Feeders in the Snow
You can see snow sticking to our cedar platform feeder, our recycled platform feeder, our recycled oriole feeder, our stainless steel thistle feeder, our triple [...]
OK, Ok, I know that everyone up north would not consider this really snow. I was born and raised in South Dakota so I do know what a real snow storm is and I apologize to all of you who now live in South Dakota. I understand that you had to have the National Guard called out to [...]
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