Today I saw (birds) 2016 - Page 3 - Wildlife Gardeners

EllenW · 03-29-2016, 03:00 PM

I've been here 16 years. In the past year I had 2 Pileated sightings here for the first time. My trees are mature now. I'm hoping to see more. That must have been really fun to watch the nesting linrose.

Kildale · 03-29-2016, 04:28 PM

Have not seen them nesting but they bring the young ones around for feeding each year. Taken on the sundeck.

gymell · 03-29-2016, 07:42 PM

A couple of years ago we had a family of 4 coming to the feeders. They were so fun to watch.

Kildale · 03-30-2016, 01:20 PM

A couple of images of water birds today. A local lagoon has the birds from the prairies staying here for the winter. So we have a bufflehead and two female lesser scaup.

katjh · 04-10-2016, 05:53 PM

Not wooded enough here for the pileated to come visit, but we don't have to go far to see them. We do have red-bellied, downy and hairy and the occasional flicker. Maybe if I keep adding trees to my back yard, the pileated will come?

gymell · 04-15-2016, 08:53 AM

Today at work I saw a yellow bellied sapsucker, and some field sparrows. I always enjoy picking out different native sparrows, there are so many species and fun to notice their subtle differences.

Yesterday in my yard I had this guy singing his heart out for a girlfriend.

First bluebird in the yard this year, though I've been seeing them around town elsewhere since before St Patrick's day.

EllenW · 04-15-2016, 02:24 PM

What a nice visitor the bluebird is gymell

linrose · 04-17-2016, 10:02 AM

Beautiful bluebird! We have a nest started in one of our three boxes, I have to check for eggs soon.

Yesterday I saw (heard first!) our first hummingbird of the season. Time to put up the feeder. Luckily the honeysuckle and jessamine are blooming for them now.

havalotta · 04-19-2016, 02:52 PM

The thrasher is back! Saw him-her quite a few times sure hope theystick around to nest as I sure enjoy listening to them. eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail

EllenW · 04-19-2016, 08:18 PM

Thrashers are awesome havalotta. I hope they hang around there

03-29-2016, 03:00 PM	#21
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	I've been here 16 years. In the past year I had 2 Pileated sightings here for the first time. My trees are mature now. I'm hoping to see more. That must have been really fun to watch the nesting linrose. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

03-29-2016, 04:28 PM	#22
Kildale Heron Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: British Columbia. Canada	Have not seen them nesting but they bring the young ones around for feeding each year. Taken on the sundeck. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Have a browse of my nature site The Nature Inn

03-30-2016, 01:20 PM	#24
Kildale Heron Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: British Columbia. Canada	A couple of images of water birds today. A local lagoon has the birds from the prairies staying here for the winter. So we have a bufflehead and two female lesser scaup. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Have a browse of my nature site The Nature Inn

04-10-2016, 05:53 PM	#25
katjh Hippie Gardener Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Michigan	Not wooded enough here for the pileated to come visit, but we don't have to go far to see them. We do have red-bellied, downy and hairy and the occasional flicker. Maybe if I keep adding trees to my back yard, the pileated will come? __________________ One with the earth, with the sky, one with everything in life. I believe it will start with conviction of the heart. ~Kenny Loggins~

04-15-2016, 08:53 AM	#26
gymell Grub Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Twin Cities, MN	Today at work I saw a yellow bellied sapsucker, and some field sparrows. I always enjoy picking out different native sparrows, there are so many species and fun to notice their subtle differences. Yesterday in my yard I had this guy singing his heart out for a girlfriend. First bluebird in the yard this year, though I've been seeing them around town elsewhere since before St Patrick's day. Attached Thumbnails

03-29-2016, 07:42 PM	#23
gymell Grub Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Twin Cities, MN	A couple of years ago we had a family of 4 coming to the feeders. They were so fun to watch.

04-15-2016, 02:24 PM	#27
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	What a nice visitor the bluebird is gymell __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

04-17-2016, 10:02 AM	#28
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Beautiful bluebird! We have a nest started in one of our three boxes, I have to check for eggs soon. Yesterday I saw (heard first!) our first hummingbird of the season. Time to put up the feeder. Luckily the honeysuckle and jessamine are blooming for them now. __________________ “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.” ― Terry Tempest Williams

04-19-2016, 02:52 PM	#29
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	The thrasher is back! Saw him-her quite a few times sure hope theystick around to nest as I sure enjoy listening to them. eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

04-19-2016, 08:18 PM	#30
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	Thrashers are awesome havalotta. I hope they hang around there __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

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