Mourning dove
Thursday birds and boys…
Attracting goldfinches with thistle socks
Greetings, and welcome back everyone! What’s been going on for us lately in the backyard is goldfinches! We hadn’t had much of them throughout the summer, but we recently made a feeding change that has really helped…check it out below.
We’ve traditionally used one of the thistle socks that you get can at the bird stores [...]
Hawk versus mourning dove and finding a tiger swallowtail butterfly!
It’s an eclectic mix of pictures today on Dave’s Bird Watching Blog…I don’t usually start with house finches, but I really liked the contrast of pink and green in this picture on the left. We’re seeing a fair amount of finches right now at our plate. Occasionally, we even see one of these guys below. Now, I [...]
Eastern bluebirds return…part two!
Okay, I’ve got some time now, so let’s get started with those beloved bluebirds! By the way, I’ve got a ton of pictures for you today, and four of them are from you all, which is great! Well, Thursday morning we were sitting at the breakfast table with the usual birds outside, when all of a [...]
Ant guard or bird drinking fountain?
Hi again! Sorry for the delay in posting this week…hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. We were inside painting a lot, so I haven’t spent too much time out on the deck recently. I did catch this mourning dove at our seed plate today. My wife nicknamed it “Hoover” because it sucks up seed like [...]
Bluebird pictures and a towhee!
Greetings! Lots of fun bird pictures to show you today, and of course the bluebirds are the headliners, except for this very cool butterfly that landed on some really bright green leaves in our backyard. Butterflies aren’t birds, but they do fly, and it adds some fun color right at the top! This blog gladly [...]
Bluebirds are back…plus how to keep squirrels away!
Yeah! Our birds are back! I guess all it took was a day or so to realize that the food supply was back home, and then everyone was here again. We’ve seen both adult bluebirds and the juveniles from the first brood, but no sign yet of our new bluebird fledglings. Last time they stayed [...]
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