Creating A Bird Sanctuary In Your Yard

March 5, 2005 | sweetliberty

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Dysart,
My Mocker is still here but not paired up yet. I think there's a Crow that keeps eating the fruit though. I keep putting out more. Yesterday, I went shopping and couldn't believe they want $4.00 for a tiny container of Blueberries or Cranberries. I have to find a farm stand around here. I have to be able to get fruit less expensive. I planted a couple of Blueberry bushes last year. I hope they produce fruit this year. :)

[MamaTexan]

It's hard to make a mental note of details on a first sighting of an unfamiliar bird.

Isn't that the truth! Especially when you only see them on occasion.

You're right about the Kildear, those are exactly what we have. I guess I'm going to have to invest in cable. With dial-up, I've usually managed to reply before the pictures all show up! LOL!

No, I don't usually have a camera in the car, although popping a cheap disposable in the glove-box probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Wonder if the film could take the Texas heat?

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Bykrbyb,
Welcome to the birding forum. Sweetliberty started a great thread. My husband said, politics and garden/birds, I'll never see her again. LOL!

I go looking for birds but at wildlife sanctuary not on someone's property. Gees, Those people who trespass have nerve.

Your pictures of the Killdeer and the eggs is wonderful!

[MamaTexan]

Morning GodBlessUSA!

I didn't look hard enough.

LOL! Sometimes it takes several days to look through all the info pulled up by an extensive Google search!

Goldfinches are wonderful little birds! I think thats what took be a bit to figure out what they were. For some reason I expected Goldfinches to be, well GOLD....not a yellowy pea green color.

Thanks to my FReindly FReeper FRiends, I now know the green color is their winter plumage, and the gold is for the summer!

(but I STILL wish they hung around longer!)

[MamaTexan]

My poor little hummingbird sentinel is diligently minding his post this morning, even though he is just drenched from the rain.

Poor thing! Hummers are so small anyway....but get them wet, and they look absolutely pitiful!

LOL!

[MamaTexan]

This storm seems to be escalating and I have to go to work anyway.

Ommmm! You said a 4 letter word!

LOL! Have a good day sweetliberty, we'll catch you later!

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Ciexyz
I have one neighbor across the way who can be a real pest when it comes to my feeding birds. I'm not even in close proximity to them. I keep my feeders and yard clean. Probably cleaner than some who don't have feeders. I get blamed for moles, squirrels getting hit by cars, a distance from here. You name it. Seems they just don't like nature.

At first, the comments irritated me but now my husband and I joke about it. Thank goodness there are more nicer people than the few crabs. LOL!

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Sweetliberty,
I think you picked a great location for birds! :) Have you seen or heard the Pileated lately? How about the Bluebird, still around? :)


I hope it's not a bad storm. Safe driving to work!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning MamaTexan!
My husband teases me about the birds, just for fun. But he was truly so amazed when he saw Gold finches and that they change color.

I changed my Hummer feeder for the 3rd time. Now, I have to watch closely because last year, year before, it was around this time, I saw some passing through. I planted a lot for them last year, where I put the feeder. Hopefully, when the plants bloom, I'll get a regular Hummer visiting. :)

[MamaTexan]

ROFL!

PapaTexan teases me too, but he still manages to spend a lot of his workshop time building various types of feeders!

I planted a lot for them last year, where I put the feeder. Hopefully, when the plants bloom, I'll get a regular Hummer visiting. :)

You should. I think I'm seeing so few birds at the feeders because they have so much 'wild' food available right now. I have plans for a combination hummer/herb garden. A lot of their favorite flowers like the same growing conditions as kitchen herbs.

It's funny how certain birds are *regulars* in certain parts of the country, and just pass through other parts!

Guess that's what makes this such a cool thread. With FReepers spread out all over the states we can compare which birds are the regulars in each area!

[bert]

Here's an excellent bird thread....Ivory Billed Woodpecker found.

There's a big prize if you get a picture of one on your suet feeder.

 

 

[Dysart]

Hi. Have you tried cranberries from Sams Club? They sell a large bag for 6 bucks or so. Same with raisins. They like apples too. And don't forget peanut butter! lol

Maybe we could start a dating service for lonely, unpaired Mockingbirds. We could put their songs online and females could choose their mates based on which songs pleases them most. Or something like that...

[Dysart]

WOW. Just Wow. I claimed that I'd never become the stereotypical birder, and all that that entails, but sighting this one would be a thrill.

[BykrBayb]

I should have asked them who parked on the killdeer nest. We didn't have any the time, but they didn't know that. It might have been fun to see their reaction.

I found those pictures somewhere on the Internet. (I hope that's not like trespassing.)

[MamaTexan]

I should have asked them who parked on the killdeer nest.

ROFL! Or find some rare endangered bird, get some corresponding feathers from a hobby store, make in into a bird shape (using clay would work) and fling it under their car.

Then point and scream "OMG! They've killed a rare & endangered (whatever)!"

Be good for a laugh ('specially if you taped it), and who knows? They might just take off, never to be seen again!

(I hope that's not like trespassing.)

No, most copyrighted pictures have a 'watermark' on the picture itself. Other site clearly state the fact the pics are copyrighted.

Most pictures you'll find don't have limitations on their uses.

I don't even think posting a copyrighted picture on FR is illegal, simply because it is not a commercial usage.

[BykrBayb]

Thanks. They're not really my pictures. I trespassed onto somebody else's site and took them. LOL

[BykrBayb]

I wonder if that would work if I just invented a rare bird. I could use feathers from several different species. There are only 27 of them in existence. Now there's 26.

[MamaTexan]

That is a good thread!

Some one one here had a Pilated (sp) Woodpecker that was apparently a pretty shy bird.

We just have the plain redheads here. We did have a pair, but they got huffy when I finally managed to keep them out of the finch-feeder. Not sure if they've decided to nest here or not.

[MamaTexan]

I wonder if that would work if I just invented a rare bird.

Great idea!

After all, you are dealing with the type of people who run on emotions.

They're SO convinced that critters = people, they'd probably hurt themselves trying to get away from the *scene of the crime*, and NOT knowing about a particularly rare bird wouldn't even make them pause.

So I guess it would come down to how good you are at acting!

Seriously, what are they gonna do? Get mad? Cry?

Tell them your only other choice if they refuse to behave is for you to completely block their access to your property.

If nothing else, maybe it would work for its *shock value*!

[BykrBayb]

It depends on my ability to act? Darn! I know I'd have to bust out laughing.