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David Humphries
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I had hundreds of pics since I put up the new feeders I got for Christmas, and I just went through and deleted most of them out. The blue ones are Eastern Bluebirds, in the Thrush family. They are native to the Eastern part of the US, and migratory. But, some lazy ones will become resident, and stay the winter. Before I put up my Bluebird boxes I did a search and it said when they become resident in very cold weather, they will squeeze 8-10 birds in the house to stay warm. In that pic, I was trying to see how many were going in the box. The 4 bright blue ones with the orange breast are males, the females are dingy, faded blue. I counted 5 males and 3 females going in and out of the box one day. For the past three years I've had a pair lay 3 clutches of eggs during the summer.

 

The big Woodpecker is a Pileated Woodpecker, they are migratory also, and have a very distinctive call and flying pattern. When they start pecking my Oak trees they sound like a machine gun. Their primary diet is big black ants. So, they peck holes to make the trees bleed, and attract ants. 

 

The two little purple birds are Purple Finches, I think. The House finch has purple too, just not as much on the breast.

 

The red and black one on my logging truck feeder is a Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I had two on that feeder a couple years ago, and they are the only two I have ever seen.

 

The hawk in the tree watching my feeders is a Sharp Shinned Hawk.

 

I built a big Squirrel Habit Trail that ran all over my back yard. The squirrels are so funny jumping from one feeder to the next, falling, then starting over. We pay a fortune to have our lawn treated for weeds, and most of the weeds come from bird seed that falls on the ground, so I'm not allowed to put feeders over the lawn anymore. All the action I'm getting now is actually in my Bernese Mountain Dog's kennel.

 

She's mad because the birds won't let her in her box.

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Lovely dog, have you found the Arbdogs Pics thread?

 

Has anyone been involved in a woodpecker ring? My Mum showed me you can use a stone in each hand to tap a tree and imitate them, when there's several around pecking in sequence to establish territory. She also did similar with owls hooting but I've never managed that.

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