Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Alice_Bee]

My 5 year old granddaughter was helping me dig and collecting little empty shells when she found this one. I had her set it on a moist rock and wait, it was worth it.

 

[j.w]

Pretty colored little thing

 

[JBtheExplorer]

A late entry for Squirrel Appreciation Day. I looked up in my neighbor's tree hole a few minutes ago and saw two squirrels mating. One squirrel sat at the opening of the hole while the other went up the tree and gathered nesting material.

 

[Alice_Bee]

Pretty colored little thing View attachment 126040

My granddaughter's face when it popped it's head out would have made a better pic maybe.

 

[Burd]

Here’s a handful of a Robins that stayed through the winter. I saw 5. They we’re driving king for an hour. They know where the heated bird bath is.

 

[Burd]

The Goldfinches stopped coming all of a sudden. I washed out the feeder, still nothing. I then dumped out the seed and started over, they are all back. Prob a dozen in all.

 

[Alice_Bee]

The Goldfinches stopped coming all of a sudden. I washed out the feeder, still nothing. I then dumped out the seed and started over, they are all back. Prob a dozen in all. View attachment 126093

what kind of seed?

 

[Burd]

niJer Thistle. Small thin black seed. The thistle that falls on the ground, the juncos and doves clean up. The old seed must have been stale. The young ones seem to like the bag, Hey also have upside down feeders for goldfinches. They will swing upside down to eat.
some store have a cheap tube that’s filled ready to hang. Look in your bird feed isle.

 

[Alice_Bee]

I've got one of the tubes and I think I bought thistle and I never saw a bird at it. No goldfinches near me, just House and Perrin's and tufted titmice usually show up to nest about the time my pollen sub feeder is empty - they nest in it.

I'm not home enough to supervise that feeder. but I may refill with fresh seed and see if it empties itself. Thank you

 

[Burd]

Purple finches and house finches love it too. Also pine Siskins. I had one Siskin at my old place one day. Never saw another.

 

[Alice_Bee]

The house finches are eating my black oil sunflower seeds. but the glass and screen between me and the feeder when they are on it are not good for pictures.

 

[Burd]

I’ve only seen one once At my last home. Pinesiskin, anyone see theses?

 

[j.w]

I've seen them here and also these Crossbill's that are relatives of the Pinesiskin I believe. All Finches. They love hanging out on this tree by my pond eating the seeds or whatever is on them.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

I’ve only seen one once At my last home. Pinesiskin, anyone see theses?View attachment 126094

Some years we get a lot, some years we seem to hardly get any at all. Don't see them in the Summer months at all, really, just in the cooler months.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Lots of bird action around the feeders lately. I'm playing around with a new telephoto lens & thankful to have such cooperative models!