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Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:58 pm to
Posted by Dawgirl
Member since Oct 2015
6132 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:58 pm to
Buy an anti-squirrel bird feeder. Works great for me.

Amazon.com
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
24059 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:28 pm to
The neighborhood Coopers Hawk just showed up. Guess he's hungry too.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119507 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:43 pm to
Thread is worthless without pics
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64208 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

Thread is worthless without pics


On the contrary, this thread would be non-operational if everyone posted a pic of every bird they saw at their feeder.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54834 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:20 pm to
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They nest alot in my yard but like you said they often nest and the boxes get taken over by sparrows. I have seen myself put up a bluebird house and have the bluebirds bringing nesting materials to it within 20 minutes it is amazing. The sparrows are a constant pest to them though.

The sparrows don't seem to like that PVC house design I posted earlier. Something about the shape of the entrance, I think. That's one reason I'm swapping all of my houses over to them as they wear out. I have little doubt, though, that the sparrows will adapt.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21491 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:20 pm to
Cardinals, English Sparrows, Blue Jays, Grackles, Mockingbird (only to pester the others), Some type of tiny black and white bird idk
Posted by OWLFAN86
The OT has made me richer
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 5:31 pm to
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
3528 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:14 pm to
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Ivory Billed Woodpecker


yeah right. Some of us know better.....
Posted by ewilliams000
Castor Springs
Member since Feb 2012
1957 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 6:47 pm to
You forgot Crows. They love my table scraps. They are very suspicious of everything. They fly if they see me watching through my window. Sorry, I don't shootem. I just watch them.
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
3528 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 7:22 pm to
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Buy an anti-squirrel bird feeder. Works great for me.

124 bucks? It damn sure better work! I've yet to find one that works. I DID see a video of a guy that put electricity to a metal pole that the feeder was mounted to about 10 feet up and when the squirrels tried to climb it, it shocked the crap out of them. Very funny to watch. It didn't kill them but sooner or later they did give up.
Posted by highup7
Alex City, Al.
Member since Jan 2005
1834 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 7:46 pm to
For the past month I have a mockingbird outside of my bedroom window that sings all night. He bothers me but I'm not going to do anything about it because I love birds. I have two pairs of orange breasted waxbills as pets in my house. They are only slightly bigger than a hummingbird. I also have a pair of zebra finches that gifted me with two babies last year. The babies are adults now and they are both females. The zebras laid their eggs and raised their young in an empty seed cup.
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36140 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:42 pm to
Last outing

Yellow rumped warbler
Grey cat bird
Red bellied woodpecker
Anhinga
Palm warblers
Northern Cardinal
Ruby crowned kinglet
Common Gallinule
Western king bird
Fish crow
Brown pelican
Spotted sandpiper
Cormorant
double crested
Tufted titmouse
Morning dove
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Prairie warbler
American Robin
Little Green Heron
Pied-billed grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Muscovy Duck
American White Ibis
Osprey
Tri colored Heron
Turkey vulture
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
4805 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:54 pm to
What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.
This post was edited on 1/8/24 at 8:56 pm
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
24059 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 8:59 pm to
quote:

What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.


Posted by bluedragon
Birmingham
Member since May 2020
6684 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:05 pm to
Use your cellphone and take a picture. Then the internet or book.
Posted by highup7
Alex City, Al.
Member since Jan 2005
1834 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:11 pm to
Robins usually don't go to bird feeders to eat because they mostly eat insects and fruit such as berries. Believe it or not robins make their nests close to where people live. I learned all of this when I would go to Michigan to visit family. Up in that state you see gold finches, many robins and song sparrows. Those song sparrows really amazed me because they do have a pleasant song and they look like an ordinary sparrow. I didn't see any mocking birds. The gold finches are very beautiful.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54834 posts
Posted on 1/8/24 at 10:37 pm to
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Believe it or not robins make their nests close to where people live.

This one built its nest on top of the security light on my shop building this past Summer.


And a the year before that this dove built around the corner of the same building on a useless European Starling trap I built. That's a remarkably well-constructed nest for a dove.
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
586 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 1:35 am to
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Goldfinch
House Finch
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66364 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 7:07 am to
not sure how a bird feeder helps with the bird house issue but, thanks?
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15929 posts
Posted on 1/9/24 at 9:08 am to
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What’s the best way to identify the birds. We have a lot coming to our feeder right now. I’m kind of new to it.


I use the Audubon app. It has a Bird ID with the guide that will narrow down possibilities based on size, shape, activity, state, and month.

You can also log your sightings, pics, and locations if you'd like. It's a fun little tool to play around with, especially if you're just getting into it.
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