Carman 13 July- 1 Aug
An Oriole visited our Oriole feeder with a large chunk of food last week. Try as it might it was unable to force this food into one of the feeding ports on the feeder. It tried for about 5 minutes. The Oriole finally gave up and flew away. Was surprised that it didn’t soak its food in our bird bath which was only a few feet away from the Oriole feeder.
Have changed from bin type feeders to tube feeders as the birds were scattering the seed and emptying the bin feeders in a few hours. The tube feeders hold just about as much seed but it takes the birds pretty much all day to empty them.
Sparrows have now taken over the feeders, challenging any bird that approaches.
Earlier today there were more than 50 Grackles on or near our front lawn.
Sightings:
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
Oriole
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Red Wing Blacknbird
Grackle
House Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brown Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Grey Catbird
Pine Siskin
Goldfinch
Purple Finch
House Finch
Crow
Brewers Blackbird
Crow
Black Capped Chickadee
Robin
White Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Winnipeg 29 July
We make an unexpected trip to Winnipeg last week to photograph a bird of a different sort. The Andrew Mynarski V.C. Memorial Lancaster Bomber paid a visit to the Western Canada Aviation Museum. We positioned ourselves at the end of the runway and got some pictures of it as it came in to land, then a few more when it parked at the museum. (Picture attached)
Anyone interested in reading about Andrew Mynarski V.C. may use this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mynarski
Fort Whyte Center 29 July
We watched a Muskrat feeding in some floating vegetation on one of the ponds. (Picture attached)
We also saw a Ground Hog in a tree. (Picture attached)
Sightings:
Western Kingbird (Picture Attached)
Eastern Kingbird
Black Capped Chickadee
Song Sparrow
Mallard
Wood Duck
Canada Geese
Double Crested Cormorant
Yellow Warbler
Unidentified Flycatcher
Robin
Red Wing Blackbird
Pelican
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Stephensfield July
Sightings:
Bank Swallow
Barn swallow
Mallard
Red Tailed Hawk
Robin
Red Wing Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Black Tern
Chipping Sparrow
Crow
Mourning Dove
Goldfinch
An Oriole visited our Oriole feeder with a large chunk of food last week. Try as it might it was unable to force this food into one of the feeding ports on the feeder. It tried for about 5 minutes. The Oriole finally gave up and flew away. Was surprised that it didn’t soak its food in our bird bath which was only a few feet away from the Oriole feeder.
Have changed from bin type feeders to tube feeders as the birds were scattering the seed and emptying the bin feeders in a few hours. The tube feeders hold just about as much seed but it takes the birds pretty much all day to empty them.
Sparrows have now taken over the feeders, challenging any bird that approaches.
Earlier today there were more than 50 Grackles on or near our front lawn.
Sightings:
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
Oriole
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Red Wing Blacknbird
Grackle
House Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brown Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Grey Catbird
Pine Siskin
Goldfinch
Purple Finch
House Finch
Crow
Brewers Blackbird
Crow
Black Capped Chickadee
Robin
White Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Winnipeg 29 July
We make an unexpected trip to Winnipeg last week to photograph a bird of a different sort. The Andrew Mynarski V.C. Memorial Lancaster Bomber paid a visit to the Western Canada Aviation Museum. We positioned ourselves at the end of the runway and got some pictures of it as it came in to land, then a few more when it parked at the museum. (Picture attached)
Anyone interested in reading about Andrew Mynarski V.C. may use this link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mynarski
Fort Whyte Center 29 July
We watched a Muskrat feeding in some floating vegetation on one of the ponds. (Picture attached)
We also saw a Ground Hog in a tree. (Picture attached)
Sightings:
Western Kingbird (Picture Attached)
Eastern Kingbird
Black Capped Chickadee
Song Sparrow
Mallard
Wood Duck
Canada Geese
Double Crested Cormorant
Yellow Warbler
Unidentified Flycatcher
Robin
Red Wing Blackbird
Pelican
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Stephensfield July
Sightings:
Bank Swallow
Barn swallow
Mallard
Red Tailed Hawk
Robin
Red Wing Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Black Tern
Chipping Sparrow
Crow
Mourning Dove
Goldfinch
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