The Bird Feeder

So far we've seen:

Tufted Titmouse
Junco
American Goldfinch
Red Wing Black bird
Chickadee
Mourning  Dove
White Throated Sparrow - one of my favorite sounds!!
American Crow
Blue Jays
Common Grackle(which I loathe like Lolkl loathes wolves)  

Northern Flickers
Blue birds
Pileated Woodpeckers
Robins
Cardinals
Blue Jays

I think Phil would be very disappointed w/ your lack of respect for song birds and nature!  

U must B joking....Phil would find that Larry  

I've been seeing incredible amounts of Snipe...good year for them

YES!  Pine Siskin at the feeder!!!

Hey Scotty what's that bird in your avatar? Why'd you pick it?

Why, that's a Bicknell Thrush!  And I picked it cause it's a species of special concern which Whiteface protected in the 2005 unit managment planning process.  Which I think is a very noble action!

forgot to list the following winter time visitors:

white breasted nuthatch
downy wood pecker
hairy wood pecker
northern cardinal

ditto on sj & gebbys list,also mocking bird ,cedar waxwing, grackle. at the pond mallard ,wood duck,ring necked duck, kingfisher.havent seen the heron or bittern yet.in the sky vulture, red tail,coopers & sharpshinned hawks, woodcock. recently saw northern harrier & kestral out of the truck window not the house window

looking out the living room window at a hen turkey pecking away40 ft from me

I've only seen cedar waxwings one year since I've moved north into Essex Ctny. I loved to watch them polish off the mountain ash berries during winters at home in Rensselear Ctny.  Beautiful bird!

this morning a green heron perched on a branch in one of the ash trees for five minutes giving us ample time to look and study its features with binoculars before he flew over to the pond.interesting bird actually baits minnows with food to draw them close to snatch them

Soon the Humming Birds will be around....love watching those tuff lil bastards


Oh, and first day off turkey season starts tomorrow ....think I may keep an eye out for one of those too

i have a bald eagle living near me now..  I see it get chased up the creek by a bunch of crows.    Then I'll see it coming back on it's own..   Also saw it eating some road kill across the street... Thing is pretty big.

Also got some coopers hawks around taking out our doves..  

I dig raptors..

Nice!!! I’ve only seen 2 bald eagles in my life. One was last year while playing golf (we had one nesting along the banks of the Tioughnioga river), and the other was years ago driving thru the Montezuma swamp. Amazing creatures!!!!

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I dig raptors..

i agree ,find them very intriguing . i will usually stop what im doing to give them a long look

a pair of canada geese are out in the little pond this morning.not sure I want them around all the time , they can be real messy