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The weather right now is cold and windy (temp highs hovering around 20F, lows to 5F, NE gusts to 30). Harsh conditions for the little guys. There's been a huge flock of siskins (100+) with a few redpolls mixed in mobbing my feeders.
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Saw a huge flock of somethings in a yard behind the house across the street from me. Couldn’t make out much detail, they were backlit.
So I got my binocs out to look at them when they finished their synchronized flying display and landed in the mostly bare tree they were flying around. Sure enough, their sillhouettes told me they were Cedar Waxwings. Always loved them, never saw them until I moved south.
Oh, Cedar Waxwings.. so absolutely beautiful. Their feathers always look so smooth.. I wonder what it would feel like to touch one. Lucky you.
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Early in the morning darkness today I was woken up by a pack of coyotes just out back. They make the strangest yipping howls, then they all go silent.
I've always thought that coyotes make all the strange combination of sounds in order to sound like there are more of them than there really are. Not sure if that is biologically correct.
In my neck of the woods, over the past few weeks I've been privileged to be hearing so many beautiful song birds as they start all their early spring activities. It may still be cold, but the sun is higher in the sky and they know it.
I've always thought that coyotes make all the strange combination of sounds in order to sound like there are more of them than there really are. Not sure if that is biologically correct.
You're correct. I once thought there must be a huge pack in my backyard. They carried on like a frat party... all two of them.
It’s been raining all afternoon. Out the window I can see the top of a tall tree, and there is a flock of small birds, probably finches or wrens, flapping their wings and seeming to frolic in the rain. It’s been dry here, so I guess they’re taking advantage of the moisture. Robins are in the yard looking for worms.
It’s been raining all afternoon. Out the window I can see the top of a tall tree, and there is a flock of small birds, probably finches or wrens, flapping their wings and seeming to frolic in the rain. It’s been dry here, so I guess they’re taking advantage of the moisture. Robins are in the yard looking for worms.
Rocky the Raccoon is completely, totally unafraid of me. He's up on my tray bird feeder, and I literally spent the past 10 minutes trying to shoo him away, first through the window, then I went out my back door to try to shoo him away, and he just sits there munching away, trying his best to ignore me. I've gone, like, less than 10 feet away from him and he still just ignores me. I thought about grabbing the hose and giving him a good spray but I'm not sure how he'll react. For all I know he'd ignore that too. At one point I grabbed my guitar and strummed it loudly which got him to go away a little bit, but not very far, and as soon as I went back in he went back to the feeder.
I put most of my feeders away these days because of him, but there's usually a little stuff left in the tray feeders. Would be nice if he left that alone.
I put most of my feeders away these days because of him, but there's usually a little stuff left in the tray feeders. Would be nice if he left that alone.
If you really want him to move on, clean up all of the food including what falls to the ground.
It must be mating season for the Hawks. They have been crazy noisy and following or chasing each other.
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