Bird Migration and Misc Birding Thread
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I have the images of a UFC style scrap in my water feature between a Pine Siskin and a European Starling.
Every fall I drive a fence post in the back yard. Place a galvanized pipe a bit bigger than the post and have my big feeder on top of the 10' galvanized pipe. 3' below the feeder, I loosely riveted coil stock to the pole. No squirrels ever 10-15 years. Yes that is an Oak tree, 14 + feet circumfrence 4' off the ground. There is hardly ever a daylight minute without several squirrels in our yard. Necessity, mother of all invention.Get this - it's undefeated.
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"Yes, most of the summer I watched hummingbirds leave quickly when a bee or yellow jacket approached. I also saw more honeybees at our birdbath this summer than I've ever seen."I am a writer/editor by profession and really don't like articles in which the authors say the same thing repeatedly -- like this articleSo I skimmed it quickly. BTW, I typically see articles written in this manner on sites where the "author" is rewriting someone else's work or restating info from a fact sheet or other publication, to sell as some type of content for paying sites.
But I digress.
Yes, most of the summer I watched hummingbirds leave quickly when a bee or yellow jacket approached. I also saw more honeybees at our birdbath this summer than I've ever seen. These past few weeks are different -- I've seen two hummingbirds on the same feeder (a third one approaching means they all leave) and way more bees, yellow jackets, etc. just in the past couple of days. I'm thinking the birds decide they'll take the chance now as they build up energy for the long migration just ahead.
My water feature was always had yellow jackets hanging around. Moreover, I would find them dead in the water feature during water change overs.
Cool shots. That a juvie starling, not a pine siskin, though.
I haven't been on the trout streams yet but the few years I've seen robins hanging around feeder springs in January.
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There is always a flock of robins in Theo Wirth Park all winter. There are a couple of very small springs, more like year round seeps, so there is water which is a big plus for them.
I'll have to dig out my "ice fishing robin" and post it here.
"Look at the food cache I discovered" I call this "The Flat Top." The birds love it.
I'd wonder if they're also finding aquatic insects under rocks or plants in those springs.
The Northern Flicker on one of my water features.
Dang you get some good pics!
