Got a Carolina Wren living in a nest above the light over the back door. It is sheltered over the light with a roof so it is out of the weather. I usually have one or a pair living under that roof somewhere over many years now.
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Nothing unusual about this, I know, but I did see a large flock of lucky wild turkeys today.

job lot had 18 skids of black oiled sunflower seeds
coming in
i had to return a 40 lb bag back to wally world
shoulda known better that for 18.95 it was to good to be true
it was soooo old the meats had separated out of the shells

Yeah, they had tons of sunflower seed but no large bags of niger seed. They had small bags, but they are not worth the price when you feed the birds all season long.

Suet has been out a couple of weeks now, and the only birds I haven't seen (as part of my regular contingency) has been the slate colored junco's.

@ these temperatures (ie below freezing) store bought suet
or REAL beef suet is better ..... not so good in a steady rain (week of rain)
as it tends to mold up...
Niger seed is good ....but clumps in rainy weather
better to buy FINCH FOOD somewhere and do an ocasional
broadcast by hand into all the dry or drier spots

bluebirds "finally"
 

always nice to brighten even the nastiest day
seeing bluebird's return and eat beef suet


the photo's came out SUCKY because of reflection off storm door

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6.../bbs%20006.jpg

~~ seeing the birds ~~
 

I also enjoy feeding the birds , i guess growing up in a farm environment, back in norwalk , and loving the out doors. i keep several suiet feeders filled year round. like you guys said big difference in suiet types. i found the best ,i like is located right in the meet- chicken area . fresh beef suiet . and i enjoy keeping several bird seed feeders up also . and allot of bird houses . it mellows you out when you watch them. Frank

Just had a huge flock of robins fly through my back yard. Rested for 15 minutes and flew on..

Just came home to see a big flock of Bluebirds in the tree next to the house.
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Big flock of Robins eating berries off the Viburnums now too. My compost pile draws in tons of birds too.
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i discovered when i moved from florida to atlanta one year
that the robins arrive 30 days before spring arrives.

this process repeated itself the same spring
when i relocated just afterwards from atlanta back to boston

the robins arrived 30 days before spring arrived
even though the snow storms were happening in both locations.

2/2/15... robins ?
 

.. wow ? while out snow-blowing my rear driveway near the lightly wooded area today ( southington-CT ) , I seen a small flock of robin's 14 + - , out and about . I sure wish them well ,when heavy snow falls I always spread extra seed out , in no snow areas for my feathered friends. Frank.

robins will eat finely chopped suet
they are not fond of hoping on snow tho

bittersweet berries is what sustains them
during the Last month of winter

yesterday i heard one here .... but
no flocks yet.

My bird of the week was a bald eagle that was picking up pickerel off the ice after a small ice fishing tourney on the lake. It landed between a gull and a crow and robbed their asses, it was pretty cool. Made a pass about 20 feet away from me.

heard and then saw my buddy the Caroline Wren this morning

Carolina wrens are my favorite bird in the yard. I had huge numbers of them for years then a few winters back when we really got smoked with snow they disappeared. I have had a handful this year, will be interesting to see if this snow makes them split.

god damned Vermin
 

i just got back from plowing the driveway
and shoveled the walks & clear the door swing area ect.

i go to un-burry my rubbermade trash can (birdseed can)
thats under a 1 1/2 feet of new snow....

and a rodent has chewed a whole right thru the LID

now i'll have to upgrade to a steel barrel :hs:

Had a good size red tail hawk almost come through the deck window doors try to grab a junco on the deck railing. Banked hard left and missed crashing...missed the junco as well. Keep watching for the replay since the juncos are back on the railing. Rather the hawk take a few squirrels as long as its in the yard.

i have so many birds that they descend down from the maples
.......it's like falling leaves in a windstorm

i have a red tail that will land on the roof peak
to grab a chickadee or junco or titmouse
on occasion as i find feather piles where it smacked into it

count birds? I have done this the past few years


http://gbbc.birdcount.org/?utm_sourc...009f-278108985

Bob that's a real task
i'd go bonkers trying to do that :spin:

FEEDING Bluebirds
 

they only will eat suet

sometimes it's available sometimes not
scored today!

this extra large basket found at walmart holds
$6.00 of suet all at once.... the other suet froze rock solid

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...1/bluesuet.png

small bird stomachs are really really small

so take your toaster outside and give it a

good shake and little birds eat it right up

Rav, that looks like a 1/2 inch opening. The squirrels were able to get through mine until I cut out pieces of 1/4 inch hardware cloth and lined it. Their little ugly sharp teeth can't get through to reach it and drives them crazy. :)

yeah i know.... was thinking along the same lines
might have to buy a piece of mesh....

friggan starlings are more of an issue as their feasting sound
draws more and more until it's like piranha

just a heads up:
Lowe's has the bigger suet baskets and they have
this slide over the top (something new)
landing deck to allow birds to sit and scarf suet....
new sound: (coming to a Bigfish gutter near you -lol)
this morning the woodpecker was drumming on the maple tree

Going to fill up the feeders today for the first time in 2 years. Feeling bad for the little buggers this year. I'll bet it only takes an hour before an air traffic controller will be needed.

I'm trying to figure out how to get to where the feeder will be placed... Chest deep snow where I want it, which is based on not hitting neighbor's property when I want to "discourage" squirrels.....

Good to be small. Most of the snow holds my weight. Got to all of them easy.
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Feel bad for the poor things, been feeding them bread all winter. Usually gone within an hour.
Saw my first Robin this am... Spring is comin'!!
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old dry cat-food thrown out at night
brings out the predators .... "hint"

i even feed Crows
using the broadcast method on top of hard snow
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...-GUYS/CROW.jpg

see that thicket behind the crow
i throw old apples to deer in there
and watch them BED down back in the canyon
redwings returned today

RARE Sighting
 

wish this was my photograph -it isn't of a Pileated wood pecker
but this is what i saw this afternoon hoping up a dead tree
across the canyon....just got a quick peek with the binoculars
and he left the area... unreal how big they are!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...1/pileated.png

enjoying the purple finches song.....
having an outside coffee on our
first 70 degree day
listen to it here....
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Finch/sounds

birds in full chorus now
that's my alarm clock
time to make the coffee
towhee's are back
still no catbirds

catbirds showed up today
two baltimore oriels arrived
rose breasted gross beaks are here too...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/rose.png

Saw my first hummingbird this morning. Also heard the catbirds too
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hearing your Hummingbird sighting
i made a batch of sugar water (6 cups boiled water to 2 cups sugar stirred clear)
located two feeders and set them up
have hummingbirds feeding today already

saw a B&W Warbler today
 

Also known as a Black and white Creeper
because they behave like the Brown Creeper

here's what it looks like. positive ID because i was
only 12 feet away with very powerful Binoc's

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...te-Warbler.png