Bird Migration and Misc Birding Thread

[madguy30]

Have not heard a crane yet. Only still the weird sighting back in late January but I wonder if those went back down south with the cold snaps.

I'm guessing it really picks up over the next week or so.

Cranes started coming back and robins too.

Always very welcoming sights.

 

[mkadl]

Usually over 10 pounds of niger seed each year last year was 1/2 a tube all winter. This year 3-4 inches. I even bought fresh last month at a larger store because I thought it was bad. Goldfinches are my favorite especially the later it gets. Not that I like the colors. Maybe I should buy the seed at Wamart they might be used to that seed?

 

[Fishhead]

Usually over 10 pounds of niger seed each year last year was 1/2 a tube all winter. This year 3-4 inches. I even bought fresh last month at a larger store because I thought it was bad. Goldfinches are my favorite especially the later it gets. Not that I like the colors. Maybe I should buy the seed at Wamart they might be used to that seed?

I have no proof , but finches seem to be very thin this year. I’m in Minnesota and I have not seen as much as I have in the past

 

[imaclone2]

I've had a redheaded woodpecker at my feeder. Very unusual to see that bird.

 

[MTCyclone43]

I've had a redheaded woodpecker at my feeder. Very unusual to see that bird.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Splish-splash, I was taking a bath

Summer Tanager in a resort garden water feature a couple of weeks ago near Playa del Carmen. Near dusk so guess it was bath night.

 

[DSMCy]

Going to put out a hummingbird feeder this year for the first time
When should I get it set up (West Des Moines)?

 

[wxman1]

Not a great shot but cardinal came to visit my feeder during the snow yesterday.

 

[MTCyclone43]

Thanks to all for sharing and contributing to this thread. Happy Birding this spring, summer, and fall- all.

 

[RezClone]

Birds Aren't Real.

 

[baller21]

Anyone else seen all the eagles sitting out on the ice by the mile long bridge at Saylorville? I’ve never seen so many in one place. Is this a regular thing this time of year?

 

[jsb]

My mom said she had 2 red-wing blackbirds this weekend and usually they are 6 weeks from now after the regular blackbirds.

 

[ESciGuy]

Going to put out a hummingbird feeder this year for the first time
When should I get it set up (West Des Moines)?

https://www.hummingbird-guide.com/hummingbird-migration.html

 

[BoxsterCy]

Went over to Como Park in St. Paul and got a look at the Twin Cities current V.I.B. (Very Important Bird). Pygmy Nuthatch, similar to our local White-breasted Nuthatch but not supposed to be here in Minnesota. Flitty little bugger, best image I could get of it.

 

[2122]

Usually over 10 pounds of niger seed each year last year was 1/2 a tube all winter. This year 3-4 inches. I even bought fresh last month at a larger store because I thought it was bad. Goldfinches are my favorite especially the later it gets. Not that I like the colors. Maybe I should buy the seed at Wamart they might be used to that seed?

Walmart seed works good for us. They turnover their stuff fast.

 

[2122]

I have no proof , but finches seem to be very thin this year. I’m in Minnesota and I have not seen as much as I have in the past

I'm in So. Minn., and I'd agree.

 

[Kinch]

My mom said she had 2 red-wing blackbirds this weekend and usually they are 6 weeks from now after the regular blackbirds.

Saw two red-wingers in southern Iowa today.

 

[Kinch]

I provide a mix that has a variety of bird seed to our winter friends, including cracked corn. During the cold stretches, birds aren’t picky and will eat all I put out. With warmer weather, they don’t eat very much of the cracked corn. Seems like peanuts are the first to go, then suet pellets, then sunflower seeds. Suet cakes are very popular. Saw a red headed for the first time in a while this weekend.

 

[2122]

Past three days here in So. Minn., I've seen large flocks of snow geese high overhead, heading for the tundra

 

[2122]

Sandhill cranes are back here in So. Minn. Heard one fly over house this morn, making that prehistoric sounding call.