You are welcome. I enjoy photography and feel blessed to share. This is an awesome thread.
That is a tough question. Due to sheer rarity in my area (not quality of pictures) I'd probably say Whooping Crane, European Goldfinch, and Great Tit.What's your best ever bird sighting?
Can you even pick one or two?
I might need to think about it some. I am sort of a newb, only got interested a bit more seriously six years or so ago seeing different birds around a resort in Mexico. Also will have to think some to distinguish between "best bird" versus "rarest Minnesota bird" versus "best bird photo". Mexico will be easy, same bird, not a rare one just a best one. USA birds, I'll need to mull that over some.
Does your pond stay open in the winter?I wish the Canada Geese in the pond in our neighborhood would migrate south in the winter. Instead they stay around all year and poop all over the place. They have stayed away from our property but a few birds have wandered down the street and feels like it is inevitable that they get comfortable enough they become a nuisance in my yard too.
People will ice fish on it so it does freeze over but part of it probably stays open of its warm enoughDoes your pond stay open in the winter?
What's your water maintenance routine? I've thought about putting out a water source. I'm only about .25 miles from Beaver Creek, but couldn't hurt.Is it a bird or a cruise missle launched from a submarine?
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I rinse and fill them every morning (during the months that stay above freezing at night) and early evening. I scrub the lids down every couple of weeks to help with sanitization. I dug out a 2-3' deep hole and lined the bottom with some rock and then dropped a 6-8" diameter pole in the ground. I like the water feature to be about 3' so I bought 5 or 6' poles at the local Murdoch's Farm and Ranch.What's your water maintenance routine? I've thought about putting out a water source. I'm only about .25 miles from Beaver Creek, but couldn't hurt.
I'd pay good money for a squad of meat-eating squirrels if they have a taste for moles.
I have been fighting them for over 20 years. Green lasers, RC Cars and grocery string 12" off the ground is all that seems to work. It started out as two and it was good for about ten years, now its over a hundred last week on the nice days. What a nuisance. I have bb gun about 50 years old that shoots about 30 yards they dont like that either, but I have to aim about 3' over their head. I dont want to hurt them but I dont want them around either. Its like living by timber and complaining about deer. Its just part of it.I wish the Canada Geese in the pond in our neighborhood would migrate south in the winter. Instead they stay around all year and poop all over the place. They have stayed away from our property but a few birds have wandered down the street and feels like it is inevitable that they get comfortable enough they become a nuisance in my yard too.