Pictures of Birds at your feeders

[joepyeweed]

The bluebirds are beautiful.
We don't have any chipping sparrows here right now.
I like the snowman shaped feeder... but where is all your snow?

I had to bring a couple of my feeders indoors to thaw out, because I couldn't fill them - they were ice covered and frozen shut.

And someone unplugged the cord to my heated bird bath, so that froze over. I was lucky it didn't break... anyway - I cleaned it off and plugged it back in... but then we got just enough snow to bury it... you could see the melt spot where it is. I probably should get a taller stand for it. Its only a couple feet off the ground.

[MaggyNoLia]

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

The bluebirds are beautiful.

We have had some vivid ones the last couple of years.

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

We don't have any chipping sparrows here right now.

Well thank you. I had no idea what that little bird was.

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

I like the snowman shaped feeder... but where is all your snow?

LOL. Snow? I live in the Charleston area of SC. We rarely get snow here and if we do it is even more rarely measurable.

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

I had to bring a couple of my feeders indoors to thaw out, because I couldn't fill them - they were ice covered and frozen shut.

The only time my feeders come down is to clean them or if a hurricane is near. We don't get too many nights where it drops below freezing here and if it does it has usually warmed up past freezing by 9am.

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

And someone unplugged the cord to my heated bird bath, so that froze over. I was lucky it didn't break... anyway - I cleaned it off and plugged it back in... but then we got just enough snow to bury it... you could see the melt spot where it is. I probably should get a taller stand for it. Its only a couple feet off the ground.

I'm glad it didn't break. I'm sure if we lived where water froze regularly we would use a heater too.

[old34]

I have two that I would like to share. I love all of the previous photos. My second one comes no where near the others in quality, but I had to be quick (so the quality suffered. The first one I enjoyed because the goldfinches seemed so sassy, which is so unlike them.

[NEWisc]

One of my favorite birds is the Pileated Woodpecker. This female found our feeder about a week ago and has become a regular visitor. I made this feeder especially for them.

The photos aren't as crisp as they should be, they were taken through plastic film and window glass.

She spends a quite a lot of time just resting (photo 3) when she is not actively feeding.

The fourth photo is a male Hairy Woodpecker, one that insists on swishing the sunflower seeds out of the feeder instead of using the suet feeder.

[TheLorax]

The bluebirds, goldfinches and the pileated are beautiful. You guys take such nice pictures.

[joepyeweed]

I love the pileated woodpecker too, great pics...

We have them in the woods, but they won't come up to the feeder. I've been thinking I should get one of the longer board feeders with the tail support... that might bring them closer.

[MaggyNoLia]

Originally Posted by joepyeweed

I love the pileated woodpecker too, great pics...

We have them in the woods, but they won't come up to the feeder. I've been thinking I should get one of the longer board feeders with the tail support... that might bring them closer.

Pretty much the same thing here. They don't come to our feeders, but they love the older trees in the neighborhood. I too want one of those feeders after seeing those shots.

[LadySapphire22]

Do you have a pattern for that feeder you'd be willing to share? Those are great pictures.

[joepyeweed]

I don't have a pattern for them, but I've seen them at the Nature Center and at wild birds unlimited. Bascially its a suet cage feeder on a longer board so the long tailed woodpeckers have more support (like on a tree)...

here is a picture of one at wild birds unlimited... I am sure it would be easy to make something similar, for those handy-people out there...

http://www.shopwbu.com/product/part_...06.25753.0.0.0

[MaggyNoLia]

Originally Posted by TheLorax

The bluebirds, goldfinches and the pileated are beautiful. You guys take such nice pictures.

I just wanted to say something in regards to goldfinches. In the last two weeks the goldfinches here in the Charleston are of SC are starting to show more and more yellow. It's amazing the changes that are happening in a matter of days.