Very busy at the bird feeder today! (11 Viewers)

[Brian2]

Congrats on the Waxwings!!!!!

Cheers!

 

[Bananafishbones]

Waxwing today.....first of the year. B B B

That's first for the garden...seen loads whilst out and about

:t: jammy so and so

 

[Bananafishbones]

5 Siskin hanging on in blustery winds, Pied Wagtail also of note

 

[roger1234]

all the usual suspects here on a very blustery day

 

[JeffMoh]

Yesterday I visited a friend who lives in Houston and has created an amazingly successful bird habitat in her backyard. The latter is probably 15 yards wide and 25-30 yards long. Her many feeders, water features and plants currently are hosting 6 species of hummingbird as well as many more common birds - Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, House Finch, Northern Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove etc. etc.Just shows what you can do with a medium-sized garden!

Our yards are much smaller and (because of homeowner association rules) are mainly lawn, thus limiting our bird appeal. However, our feeders and two birdbaths are still currently bringing in 20+ species almost every day. Most exciting for us are uncommon winter residents - Rufous Hummingbird, Pine Siskin, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Brown-headed Nuthatch.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[JeffMoh]

After a little over a month, I've attracted the following at my backyard feeders, feeding a quality seed mix in one, and Nyjer in the other.

Carolina Chickadees
Tufted Titmice
Northern Cardinals (3 pair)
Downy Woodpecker (1; I think)
Dark-eyed Juncos (eating drops)
Some sort of Sparrow (also eating drops)
White-breasted Nuthatch(es?)
Pine Siskins
House Finches
American Goldfinches
Eastern Bluebirds (1 pair; they didn't eat anything... just stopped to see what all the fuss was about.)

Since my Finches seemed to really "discover" the Nyjer feeder yesterday, I've had mobs of them! (It took them about a week to find the thing...) I have a flock of about 20 as I type this!

That's nice selection of birds in a short time! Have you tried suet feeders? Ours are our most popular feeders. Hummingbird feeders might be worthwhile, too. Now that more people around Houston put out more hummingbird feeders through the winter, we're seeing a lot of different species. At present there are 8 species reported in our area.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Larry Lade]

We have been averaging about 14 species at our bird feeder in our yard this winter.
So far today we have had:
American Robin
European Starling
House Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch (* Brenda got that one, I missed it.)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin (15)
Brown Creeper
House Finch
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Cardinal
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch

 

[NovaBird]

So envious of those who get so many different birds at their feeders. We have much less of a selection here, especially in the winter!

That being said, today I have seen the following:
Black capped chickadees
Mourning doves
dark-eyed juncos
bluejays
gold finches
Evening Grosbeaks (hurrah! I love it when they stop by!)
hairy woodpecker

Other sightings, not at my feeder:
ring-necked pheasants
bald eagles
ravens
crows

 

[Cheshire Birder]

So envious of those who get so many different birds at their feeders. We have much less of a selection here, especially in the winter!

That being said, today I have seen the following:
Black capped chickadees
Mourning doves
dark-eyed juncos
bluejays
gold finches
Evening Grosbeaks (hurrah! I love it when they stop by!)
hairy woodpecker

I think most of us Brits would settle for any of those over here.

CB

 

[bongofury]

I think most of us Brits would settle for any of those over here.

CB

+1:t:

 

[Bananafishbones]

11 Siskin now, ths equals the highest garden count, also 6 Rook taking my burnt toast from the snow covered lawn

 

[Missyburd]

I've had the wonderful spectacle of between 150 and 200 Starlings gathering on the field outside...and on the feeders, plus c.80 Redwing with a few Fieldfare chucked in for good measure.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Fieldfare added to the garden yearlist. A Reed Bunting made a reappearance first thing.

CB

 

[roger1234]

11 Siskin now, ths equals the highest garden count, also 6 Rook taking my burnt toast from the snow covered lawn

Great news about the siskins dave, just had my first one of the winter

 

[roger1234]

13 redpolls 18 goldfinches, 12 greenfinches,8 chaffinches, Siskin,7 blackbirds, 6 collared doves are the highlights this morning

 

[Bananafishbones]

Great news about the siskins dave, just had my first one of the winter

Cheers roger

A few images attached

 

[Bananafishbones]

A great morning: about time too!

Goldcrest, 5 Siskin, Song Thrush feeding on fatcake on the patio :t: Lesser Redpoll and 2 LTTs

Then a quick visit for some local ish Waxwings .

A big staement here and unconfirmed (for now) but pretty convinced I had 2 (yes 2) Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers over the garden at 09.00am this morning heading in the right direction for the patch that they frequented last year. I need to catch up with them in the next few days to satisfy myself for a tick....

 

[roger1234]

Nice pics dave, 2 male and 1 female bullfinch to add to the list

 

[Larry Lade]

Dave, I especially enjoyed the photo of the Bohemian Waxwing! It is still my nemesis bird. One of these days I may get one (even if I have to go to Canada to get it)!

 

[bongofury]

Good pics BFB and a potential well done with the LSWs.