#that eat at my bird feeder.

[notbecauseofvictories]

When I was younger, we had a clock in the garage that would sing bird calls every hour, instead of chiming or ticking or the regular things clocks do. (......I am fairly sure it was exiled to the garage by my mother, who hated the hollow, tinny sound of it.) Anyway, I mostly remember that clock because the mourning dove call was so distinctive---twoo, twoo, too too too, too too too. I can shut my eyes and hear that song, and it taught me to identify it with unerring precision, even though I couldn't pick out another birdcall to save my life.

To this day, mourning doves are one of my favorite birds. and when I caught sight of one perched delicately on my bird feeder I lost my ever loving mind and will take it as a sign of good things to come.

#they are so beautiful!! grey ladies!!! #sad and lovely and stately and flighty I love them!!!!!!!!! #I know it's very nerdy to get hyped over a bird but counterpoint: I have lost count of the sparrows #that eat at my bird feeder. #there are maybe 1-2 female house finches; 1 male cardinal; 1 female cardinal; 2 squirrels; 1 robin #AND ONE MOURNING DOVE I LOVE HER!!!

[blenselche]

doin' some bird sketching to renew my hand's muscle memory

taking my field arts class out to the vulture barn today after church

#bird art #bird sketches #bords #tfw half of my classlist are lutherans so we gotta wait like an hour for them to finally leave #just me and 7 other women sitting around my feeders with the house finches shooting the shit until the church next door lets the others go #our pastor neighbor is so long winded its gonna be a long wait uuuuuuugh #and then my dumbass sheep are gonna try and eat someones hair BET

[cluepoke-archive]

A couple weeks ago I found a male red breasted grossbeak hopping along my yard with an injured wing, we watched him for a week climbing up smaller trees and bushes for the night so he wouldn't have to worry about predators, and he actually recovered very well! He had a female grossbeak that seemed very buddy buddy with him the whole time and he's been flying really well (although I can always spot him because he still has trouble being precise in his landings)

Today while observing the red breasted grossbeaks i noticed the underside of the female that liked to hang out with the previously injured males wing was red, and it seemed odd to me because I had never noticed that before. Turns out upon closer inspection that this is an example of gynadromorphism! I haven't caught a picture just yet but Google dosent dissapoint

So. Happy pride month to the intersex bird in my backyard :] and her lovely boyfriend.

#i assumed their mates because she was ALWWWAYS AROUND #she would eat on the ground with him. istg these are the only two grossbeaks ive seen that eat on the ground like that #in my experiance they tend to stick 2 the feeders #birblr #birds #rose breasted grosbeak #suprised how resilient the grossbeaks can be!! i was a nervous wreck for a whole week making sure no cats came into the yard #and he didnt hurt himself hopping around... he got very good with his little feet! was so happy when he started flying :]

[ittybittybumblebee]

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pspspspspsps come here birdes

#no one will come to my feeder you all are UNGRATEFUL #get ya fuckjgnf food #come to me my lovlies there are so many seeds for you to eat #BIRDS GET OVER HERE

[minmos]

the feeding station in my yard has finished transitioning fully to the winter guests and well .... ive never seen so many dark eyed juncos and tufted titmice here before .... welcome ladies

#minmoment #ive also seen the carolina wren living in the yard there now >:) i heard him all spring summer and fall but hes only just started eating at #the feeders #im sooo excited for when i can start my seeds bc ive been prepping my bird garden .... im excited. feed them

[lycanqueer]

everything kinda sucks and i'm in a lot of pain but i can see like five or six different species of bird from where i'm sitting on the deck and i think everything will be okay eventually

#i'm trying to acclimate the local birds to my presence so they'll come eat at the feeder while i'm outside #the chickadees are the boldest usually but the male cardinals like to show off so sometimes they'll come close too #there's also a nuthatch and a bunch of mockingbirds and like three different kinds of woodpeckers #blue jays and mourning doves and the carolina wrens who look like squirrels who got magicked into birds #hawks and vultures overhead and once a great blue heron in the creek right behind the deck #it's funny but while robins are fairly common in this area i don't see them around the house ever #all the time out and about at work but never at home

[magistralucis]

#jackdaw #birds #corvid #cute #good morning 🌻🌻🌻 #so i have discovered in regards to our jackdaws #that unlike many of the other birds that visit our garden... these critters are Smart™ #not that our pigeons and sidney's family are not smart ofc. but the jackdaws fundamentally understand mankind cannot be trusted 🤣😭🤪 #maybe it's because they aren't tame yet? they don't fear us but they are wary of me hovering with the camera and will fly away #to the extent they recognize when we're nearing the windows for any reason by watching our shadows behind the curtain 🤣 #tl;dr this is the only jackdaw i've managed to take video of at length because he feeds with the pigeons on the ground #the others hang out on the standing feeder but not this one. he stays at the edges of the pigeon flock(s) and forages for seed #ryzhik hates him 🤦‍♀️ if he goes near ryzhik rushes in and tries to drive him off #but he continues to stick around. this was him after the pigeon flock had left and he was eating all the leftovers #a canny eyed creature)) #that's our newest garden drama. i hope to return with more exciting jackdaw vids sooner rather than later 😄 #may your sunday be a good one my friend! 💖💖💖💖💖

[hersheyfont]

Look at who visited me yesterday!

#aviary #my bird feeder #bullock's oriole #they're supposed to eat fruit and not hang out at a seed feeder like this #Youtube

[dendrochronologies]

i am not immune to advertiséments for bird feeders. but god i wish i was

#the joy of the bird feeder the curse of EXPENSIVE BIRD SEED. #IS ANYONE ELSE GOING THROUGH A 5LB BAG A WEEK OR IS MY THIRTY SPARROW FLOCK JUST INSANE #having a runt cat is easy i give her leetle tiny baby nibbles and she is sated for approximately four hours. #meanwhile THE BIRDS EAT ONE IMPERIAL POUND OF SEEDS PER DIEM

[lamby-grahamy]

The family of foxes that has their kits under our shed yearly is here!! Spring has officially begun!! The kits have opened their eyes and yesterday was their first outing as far as I can tell. They are so WIGGLY. They’re climbing (and falling) all over each other and all over the place. If I could get good photos for you guys, I would. Unfortunately, my phone can only take pics of them that are the same quality as sightings of Bigfoot.

#every time the parent lies down outside the den #the babies start climbing all over them #it’s great #also the chipmunk population is gonna take a hit #which is good bc they are messing with the foundation of the house by chewing little nests into it #AND there will be fewer squirrels eating at our bird feeder #mmm free pest control + nature’s cutest babies?? hell yeah #1st and 3rd pics are my dad’s

[lordofthecoffee]

There is a great horned owl calling from the line of pine trees right across the street right now and it's just so cool. I don't even have to go outside* to hear it, it's that loud and distinct.

* I mean, I still did. Except it's cold and dark and it's not like I can see anything anyways so it's cool that I can still listen without having to stand out on my stoop

#please eat the rat that comes under my fence please eat the rat that comes under my fence #home sweet home #at the bird feeder #not really but I'm still counting it anyways

[theygender]

I'm reading up about hognose snakes rn and I want one SO BAD but I can't have one both bc my gf has a phobia of snakes and also bc I don't think I have the heart to feed it mice 😭

#i dont think ill ever really have the opportunity to get a snake with my gf's phobia #but if i did it would need to be an insectivore #apparently hognose snakes can also eat eggs but id imagine an egg only diet wouldnt be very nutritionally balanced for them #and im not about to buy an animal just to neglect it #(they can also eat amphibians and lizards but that can introduce parasites to them AND i still dont think id have the heart for it) #theyre so cute tho omg. they crawl in between your fingers and take little sippy sips from water #ideally their startle responses wouldnt be something id ever see bc i wouldnt want them to get stressed out but even THOSE are cute #they flatten themselves to the ground like a pancake to make themselves look Bigger but they actually just look cute #they flare their neck out to pretend to be a cobra but when baby snakes do it its adorable #instead of biting to ward off predators they hit them with their noses #and if that doesnt work they full on play dead. LITERALLY roll onto their backs and loll their tongues out #and if someone flips them back over when theyre doing that theyll roll back onto their backs again like noooo dont look at me im deeaaad #they get really excited about feeding time too and apparently some of them will open their little mouths like a baby bird #mice are one of their main prey sources in the wild and to my knowledge they don't eat fish #but when they're babies you gotta teach them to eat frozen/thawed mice by putting juice from a tuna can on it like you're weaning a kitten #once they get past their picky toddler stage tho they'll come up to the front of the cage and beg for food #i want a snek so bad 😭 #someone who can take really good care of a snake without getting in their feels about feeder mice please get one so i can hang out with it #rambling

[ittybittybumblebee]

Any birdie?? 👀👀👀

Not yet

#asks #anon #birdie come here eat form my bird feeder pelaseeeeeeee

[yardsards]

toh has legit rocketed cardinals way up in my fav birds list. flapjack my beloved.

#eliot posts #toh #i visted my parents this weekend #and since retiring my mother has gotten REALLY into birdwatching #she has like five birdfeeders out in the yard #(i mean. better than her previous hobby of getting piss drunk all the time) #(or her other hobbies of watch true crime that triggers her anxiety. or spending time in her facebook echo chambers) #anyway there were SO MANY cardinals out there and i was internally like #OMG FLAPJACK!!! #idk if they've quite surpassed mourning doves as my fav local birds but yeah #also she gave me a birdfeeder and some seed. specifically the kind that cardinals like #im not gonna put it out yet bc of the avian flu that's going around #they say it's a low risk to songbirds and you probably only have to put bird feeders away if you have poultry #not because it spreads via bird feeder but because it attracts so many birds to ur yard that could infect ur chickens #but i'm gonna wait a bit just to be safe #dont wanna get my cardinal friends sick #might toss out handfulls of seeds at some point bc mourning doves prefer to eat off the ground #and they'll be spread out enough to not have the birds clustered around one feeder #idk

[askaeristheflower]

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#my dad is getting soft in his old age #mija fill up the humming bird feeders. #I just feel so bad when they come by and have nothing to eat #my dad is in his retired hero arch and I’m here for it

[elesianne]

The last week has been very good for bird-spotting in our garden. I've got three feeders up now, including two suet ball feeders in the big willow at the bottom of the garden. They attract more timid birds that don't dare to come to the seed feeder in the cherry tree close to the house.

I love all the birds and critters I see in the garden, even the blackbirds even though they eat all the cherries before they're even ripe.

#I think the greenfinches are my favourites #they come to the seed feeder and eat and chill out there for ages. often in couples #birds #cute animals #my photos