Author Topic: This weather is for the BIRDS! (Read 17830 times)

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #90 on:** May 23, 2018, 07:49:12 PM »

Did you see them on the feeders at the Cliff House?

LowRyter · « **Reply #91 on:** May 23, 2018, 07:54:50 PM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on May 23, 2018, 07:49:12 PM

Did you see them on the feeders at the Cliff House?

bunches of them,

I'll top that. On my way to Ark, I visited my cousin who's on 120 acres on Grand Lake. His hummingbirds acted like I've never seen before. They were so aggressive that they collided in the air and and I could hear them "click".

Then twice I saw one knock another bird off the perch. They fell like spinning rocks. The first time I looked on the ground for a dead one, then next time I saw him spread his wings and catch air in free fall.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #92 on:** May 23, 2018, 07:56:42 PM »

Yeah, they are territorial little boogers..

LowRyter · « **Reply #93 on:** January 25, 2019, 12:30:11 PM »

Well, the cold weather must've run a pair Blue Birds down from Kansas. Pretty rare in my back yard.

too cold for me BTW- had to take the shot through the window.

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #93 on:** January 25, 2019, 12:30:11 PM »

gearman · « **Reply #94 on:** January 25, 2019, 01:07:56 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on April 10, 2018, 07:36:41 PM

beautiful day here in flyover America.

This guy flew in just now. Can anyone tell me what a gray hawk with a white and brown body is?

Wish he was in better focus. <shrug>

Lunch

LowRyter · « **Reply #95 on:** January 25, 2019, 01:12:00 PM »

G-M, I posted lunch on another thread with this shot

gearman · « **Reply #96 on:** January 25, 2019, 01:29:48 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on January 25, 2019, 01:12:00 PM

G-M, I posted lunch on another thread with this shot

Yeah your post was more accurate.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #97 on:** January 25, 2019, 02:23:10 PM »

Got this action shot in the back yard the other day

davedel44 · « **Reply #98 on:** January 25, 2019, 03:02:57 PM »

Pair of Red Shoulder Hawks.
Lots of Raptors down here now.

Dave
Galveston

LowRyter · « **Reply #99 on:** July 18, 2019, 05:00:47 PM »

OK, now some birds are coming to my feeders (fast food) now that the hot weather has settled in. I have a couple of birds that I can't ID. Perhaps you guys can help.

This one looks like a big, striped wing and little bit blue, Mockingbird. I saw a photo of a Northern Mocking that looks a lot like it. I have no idea what this bird is.

Now this one is another unknown. I thought it might be a juvenile Thrasher but the coloring, eyes and beak are all wrong. It's also been quite friendly getting on my patio and planter stand. I believe it's a juvenile something. Is there a Speckled Robin?

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #100 on:** July 18, 2019, 05:02:53 PM »

Nice pics!
GliderJohn

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #101 on:** July 18, 2019, 05:04:38 PM »

Pretty sure that 1st one is a cow bird. You need an Audubon book!

LowRyter · « **Reply #102 on:** July 18, 2019, 05:13:06 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 18, 2019, 05:04:38 PM

Pretty sure that 1st one is a cow bird. You need an Audubon book!

It's not a Cowbird, we get plenty of Cowbirds. The have Blue/Black bodies with Brown Heads. I get so many that I don't take photos. Luckily they take off in the Spring after their squatter/orphan litter gets taken care of by other species.

LowRyter · « **Reply #103 on:** July 19, 2019, 11:47:24 AM »

Mystery birds.

yogidozer · « **Reply #104 on:** July 19, 2019, 12:12:07 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on April 10, 2018, 07:36:41 PM

beautiful day here in flyover America.

This guy flew in just now. Can anyone tell me what a gray hawk with a white and brown body is?

Wish he was in better focus. <shrug>

I believe that's a Sharp-shinned Hawk. When you startle them, they go kek-kek-kek-kek.
Likely see them near pine trees. Not very big, smaller than a Cooper's Hawk.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #105 on:** July 19, 2019, 03:09:31 PM »

These little fellers are eating us out of house ans home

yogidozer · « **Reply #106 on:** July 19, 2019, 03:20:11 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 19, 2019, 03:09:31 PM

These little fellers are eating us out of house ans home

John, I do believe they are a good sign.
Once after losing a beloved rescued companion, I was sitting on my deck, thinking about him.
A humming bird sat in front of, hovering for quite some time, as if he was giving me a sign that my buddy was ok, and not in any pain.
Might sound silly to some, but it was a comfort to me.
Many cultures believed animals, birds in particular are links between the afterlife, and current life.

LowRyter · « **Reply #107 on:** July 19, 2019, 03:34:41 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on July 18, 2019, 05:00:47 PM

OK, now some birds are coming to my feeders (fast food) now that the hot weather has settled in. I have a couple of birds that I can't ID. Perhaps you guys can help.

This one looks like a big, striped wing and little bit blue, Mockingbird. I saw a photo of a Northern Mocking that looks a lot like it. I have no idea what this bird is.

Now this one is another unknown. I thought it might be a juvenile Thrasher but the coloring, eyes and beak are all wrong. It's also been quite friendly getting on my patio and planter stand. I believe it's a juvenile something. Is there a Speckled Robin?

I am thinking
1) Mocking Bird
2) Scissor Tail (Okla State Bird)
3) I dunno.

Originally I thought the Mockingbird and Scissortail were the same bird, but I am correcting that. The Okla Scissortail is quite large and quite blue from what I normally see. I still don't have a clue at all for the third bird and frankly I am still unsure of all 3.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #108 on:** July 19, 2019, 05:30:52 PM »

Quote from: yogidozer on July 19, 2019, 03:20:11 PM

John, I do believe they are a good sign.
Once after losing a beloved rescued companion, I was sitting on my deck, thinking about him.
A humming bird sat in front of, hovering for quite some time, as if he was giving me a sign that my buddy was ok, and not in any pain.
Might sound silly to some, but it was a comfort to me.
Many cultures believed animals, birds in particular are links between the afterlife, and current life.

I'll just keep believing that's my old buddy Bix out there suckin' up my granulated sugar water

He was the best!

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #109 on:** July 19, 2019, 05:34:25 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on July 19, 2019, 03:34:41 PM

I am thinking
1) Mocking Bird
2) Scissor Tail (Okla State Bird)
3) I dunno.

Originally I thought the Mockingbird and Scissortail were the same bird, but I am correcting that. The Okla Scissortail is quite large and quite blue from what I normally see. I still don't have a clue at all for the third bird and frankly I am still unsure of all 3.

Mocking birds are the most OBNOXIOUS birds!

LowRyter · « **Reply #110 on:** July 19, 2019, 05:36:17 PM »

Where are the bird experts?

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #111 on:** July 19, 2019, 07:36:00 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on July 19, 2019, 05:36:17 PM

Where are the bird experts?

Ahem........"ornithologists"

Lannis · « **Reply #112 on:** July 19, 2019, 10:22:54 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on July 19, 2019, 03:09:31 PM

These little fellers are eating us out of house ans home

Us too. We use WAY more sugar making up syrup for the hummingbirds than we use ourselves.

We make up a quart of hummingbird food each week, and feed it through our two feeders (one in back and one in front of the house to accommodate the rampant territorialism of these busy little fellers). A quart of syrup has about 3200 calories in it, and a working hummingbird needs about 7 calories a day (they supplement the glucose with insects for the protein they need) to support himself (or herself for a sitting hen). This 7 calories a day is equivalent to a 150 pound person consuming 155,000 calories a day, so they need to keep their strength up.

How these little buggers save up enough to get themselves across the Gulf of Mexico at 30 MPH I don't know, but they do it every year.

They're a lot of fun to watch, and they're not scared of anyone or anything - nothing can catch them. If you sit the feeder on your patio side table right where you're sitting, they'll come right up to within a foot of you and eat.

Lannis

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #113 on:** July 20, 2019, 06:22:45 AM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 19, 2019, 10:22:54 PM

Us too. We use WAY more sugar making up syrup for the hummingbirds than we use ourselves.

We make up a quart of hummingbird food each week, and feed it through our two feeders (one in back and one in front of the house to accommodate the rampant territorialism of these busy little fellers). A quart of syrup has about 3200 calories in it, and a working hummingbird needs about 7 calories a day (they supplement the glucose with insects for the protein they need) to support himself (or herself for a sitting hen). This 7 calories a day is equivalent to a 150 pound person consuming 155,000 calories a day, so they need to keep their strength up.

How these little buggers save up enough to get themselves across the Gulf of Mexico at 30 MPH I don't know, but they do it every year.

We had a nest in a forsythia bush one time. When they sleep they are dead to the world.

They're a lot of fun to watch, and they're not scared of anyone or anything - nothing can catch them. If you sit the feeder on your patio side table right where you're sitting, they'll come right up to within a foot of you and eat.

Lannis

LowRyter · « **Reply #114 on:** July 20, 2019, 09:38:50 AM »

anyone know what those 3 birds are??? ?

sib · « **Reply #115 on:** July 20, 2019, 10:39:50 AM »

Quote from: Lannis on July 19, 2019, 10:22:54 PM

...they're not scared of anyone or anything - nothing can catch them....

I've read and seen pictures of them getting snagged by praying mantises. The mature insects actually weight more than our ruby-throated hummingbirds.

LowRyter · « **Reply #116 on:** July 21, 2019, 06:23:35 PM »

OK, back to three birds I posted, anyone can ID them?

Lannis · « **Reply #117 on:** July 21, 2019, 06:34:12 PM »

Quote from: sib on July 20, 2019, 10:39:50 AM

I've read and seen pictures of them getting snagged by praying mantises. The mature insects actually weight more than our ruby-throated hummingbirds.

Wow, I suppose they DO have one predator then.

I've lived around here all my life, but I've never seen a praying mantis that was big enough to tackle one of our hummingbirds. We must have a different breed of praying mantises.

If I DO see one lurking around a hummingbird feeder, I'LL show him who the bull goose predator around here is. I like our hummingbirds.

Lannis

KiwiKev · « **Reply #118 on:** July 22, 2019, 02:10:03 PM »

Quote from: LowRyter on July 21, 2019, 06:23:35 PM

OK, back to three birds I posted, anyone can ID them?

Number three looks like a Starling to me but probably not as our birds
Are generally different from yours in the US. I do love the humming birds when we visit our boy in LA.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #119 on:** August 24, 2019, 09:04:08 AM »

Hoards of hungry hummers at my home this morning!

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