Winter time birds at our bird feeders (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade

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• Nov 18, 2014

• #1

Today at our backyard feeders (more or less in the order seen):
House Sparrow
European Starling
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Blue Jay
Dark-eyed Junco
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
House Finch

 

SueO

Well-known member

• Nov 19, 2014

• #2

Very nice, Larry. Going to stay at my Mom's in Southern Cal at the end of December for an extended period. I look forward to putting up some feeders and bird baths and finding who comes to visit. Hopefully, I will turn my 85 year old Mom into a birder.

 

stuartvine

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• Nov 19, 2014

• #3

Our 95 year old is. When she comes to visit she takes over the big leather chair and has it turned round to face the window so she can watch the birds on the feeders

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Nov 20, 2014

• #4

This morning the avian visitors to our backyard feeders were:
Dark-eyed Juncos
House Sparrows
American Goldfinches
White-breasted Nuthatches
European Starlings
Tufted Titmice
Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Black-capped Chickadees
House Finch
Downy Woodpecker

* I also put out an electrically heated bowl filled with water in lieu of our on-going freezing temperatures. Hope the birds appreciate some water for drinking/bathing.

 

stuartvine

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• Nov 20, 2014

• #5

On ours (UK)
House Sparrows
Starlings
Long-tailed Tits
Great Tits
Blue Tits
Jackdaw
Collared Doves
Wood Pigeons
Feral Pigeons
Robin (European)

 

SueO

Well-known member

• Nov 20, 2014

• #6

stuartvine said:

Our 95 year old is. When she comes to visit she takes over the big leather chair and has it turned round to face the window so she can watch the birds on the feeders

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That's great!

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Nov 20, 2014

• #7

It seems the birds have not found the water yet, as I have not seen any around it.

 

lazza

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• Nov 21, 2014

• #8

Larry Lade said:

* I also put out an electrically heated bowl filled with water in lieu of our on-going freezing temperatures. Hope the birds appreciate some water for drinking/bathing.

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Wow, that beats my daily trip into the garden with a kettle during the winter!

The only typically winter visitor to turn up in our garden so far this year are a couple of mistle thrush, as all the other visitors are the usual all-year-round species (coal tit, blue tit, great tit, house sparrow, dunnock, blackbird, robin, woodpigeon and magpie). Having said that, the blackbird numbers have been very high this week, so I guess there's been some immigrants arriving!