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Very busy at the bird feeder today! (30 Viewers)

Our yards continue to be busier than ever before. We had 20 species yesterday, plus 5 species of flyovers.

We haven't seen American Goldfinch and Pine Siskins in our yards for about a week, altho Pine Siskins are still in our area in large numbers.

Jeff
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We had 22 species in/over our yard here in Saint Joseph, Missouri yesterday and among the them was a lone, male COMMON REDPOLL (rare for Missouri when it does venture down from the north in the winter). Also some nice Red-breasted Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Carolina Wren, Brown Creeper mixed in with the other more mundane birds. The Common Redpoll was back again this morning around 7 am. A great bird for our yard!
 
Larry Lade said:
We had 22 species in/over our yard here in Saint Joseph, Missouri yesterday and among the them was a lone, male COMMON REDPOLL (rare for Missouri when it does venture down from the north in the winter). Also some nice Red-breasted Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Carolina Wren, Brown Creeper mixed in with the other more mundane birds. The Common Redpoll was back again this morning around 7 am. A great bird for our yard!
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Nice going with the Redpoll, Larry!
We still have Red-breasted and Brown-headed Nuthatches, and Cedar Waxwings, but our Am Goldfinch and Pine Siskins seem to have moved on.
Jeff
 
Good shot of the Sparrowhawk Jaff.

I had a look round my garden with my camera for the first time in a couple of weeks today. We've a stream at the end of the garden where, last Spring, two Wrens built a nest which was sadly destroyed by flooding following the torrential rain. This is the first time I've looked down there this year and would you believe it:

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This shot is within 6 feet of where their nest was last year so this is possibly one of the two birds who were flooded out. Great to see this bird, I just hope that if they build a nest in the same place they don't suffer the same fate.
 
looks like my Sparrowhawk has been thrown off my patch by the much larger female. I havent seen the male for a week now but the female has been for a few days.... kind of happy about this as she may keep the scanky street pigeons at bay.

Chaffinch making out like a flycatcher :eek!: with some success, saw it take some flying bugs (twice) then return to the same perch.

Goldcrest on the suet feeder, 2 LTTs, Cormorant over and a handful of Siskin, 7 Magpie, some very noisy corvids... Carrion Crows and Jackdaws being very loud and boisterous over head.

2 Pied Wagtails both yesterday and this evening, while a rare visitor here at least 3 Herring Gulls
 
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Jaff said:
Back again today. Woodpigeon or Collared Dove seeming to be the meal. Don't open the picture if you're having your tea. ;)
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Great shot, Jaff.

2slo said:
I had a look round my garden with my camera for the first time in a couple of weeks today. We've a stream at the end of the garden where, last Spring, two Wrens built a nest which was sadly destroyed by flooding following the torrential rain. This is the first time I've looked down there this year and would you believe it:


This shot is within 6 feet of where their nest was last year so this is possibly one of the two birds who were flooded out. Great to see this bird, I just hope that if they build a nest in the same place they don't suffer the same fate.
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Fingers crossed for this year, Mark. I'm sure a lot of people will be having similar thoughts after last year's washout.


Highlights here today were 6 Coal Tits, 3 Siskins and a Goldcrest.
 
Hi, very pleased this week. Yesterday had about half a dozen goldfinches came to the garden and landed on the tree altogether, and a couple of days ago had a bird that I wasn't sure of, and I have just found out it was a female blackcap. Two birds that I haven't seen in the garden before :)
 
Bananafishbones said:
looks like my Sparrowhawk has been thrown off my patch by the much larger female. I havent seen the male for a week now but the female has been for a few days.... kind of happy about this as she may keep the scanky street pigeons at bay.

Chaffinch making out like a flycatcher :eek!: with some success, saw it take some flying bugs (twice) then return to the same perch.

Goldcrest on the suet feeder, 2 LTTs, Cormorant over and a handful of Siskin, 7 Magpie, some very noisy corvids... Carrion Crows and Jackdaws being very loud and boisterous over head.

2 Pied Wagtails both yesterday and this evening, while a rare visitor here at least 3 Herring Gulls
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I read the part in bold as 'with' |<|

2 long tailed tits, coal tit and blue tit all on the same peanut feeder this morning. LTT's won by hounding the other two
 

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