Bird Sightings 2014 - 2015

[catjac1975]

I would love to see one! I see other birds making a racket when the weather starts to cool.

 

[Smart Red]

While they live in pairs or family groups during the mating/family raising season, I think they flock together for the migration south. Yours may be a local gathering site this year.

 

[thistlebloom]

I heard a thunk on the glass door this afternoon and looked out to see a tiny bird on the doorstep. He was still alive so I brought him in and put him in my garden hat with a towel over the top. I really thought he would die, but about 30 minutes later I heard him rustling around and took my hat outside and opened it up. Out he flew!
I looked him up and I think I ID'd him as a brown creeper. So cute!

 

[NwMtGardener]

Oh cute! I had a nuthatch fly at me while i was hoisting the sunflower seed feeder back up after refilling it the other day - apparently i was hoisting too slowly?!

 

[Lavender2]

Cute bird and nice save @thistlebloom ... I've not seen a brown creeper. They are around here but rare to see.

I was just reading about the Audubon Society pushing for bird-safe glass for the new Vikings stadium under construction ... didn't know there was such a thing. The glass has small dots barely visible at a distance. It would only add 1.1 million to the cost of the stadium ... so far they aren't going for it.

 

[NwMtGardener]

Yes i heard about that discussion too, @Lavender2 . I'm very angry they're still considering building huge glass towers. Ridiculous, when there are bird-friendly designs out there. There was a lot of talk about that new solar plant they built scorching birds - but the numbers were miniscule compared to how many birds are killed by striking glass windows, or killed by cats every year.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

We have brown creepers here to, they're so fun to watch! They scurry up and down trees like squirrels.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

Here in S.E. Indiana Redtail Hawks are common but over the past few weeks I have seen two (I think) gigantic ones here at PlayStation. I wish I could get a picture of one in a scene that would show their enormous size. Normally a standard size RT Hawk would not attack a full size chicken but these giants just might attack a full grown elephant!

Here are a couple of pictures I got a few years ago on my game camera here at PlayStation. I must admit that I used bait to get these pictures. If you look close you may see a tiny field mouse on a wire "leash" to attract the hawk.

 

[Carol Dee]

Here in S.E. Indiana Redtail Hawks are common but over the past few weeks I have seen two (I think) gigantic ones here at PlayStation. I wish I could get a picture of one in a scene that would show their enormous size. Normally a standard size RT Hawk would not attack a full size chicken but these giants just might attack a full grown elephant!

Here are a couple of pictures I got a few years ago on my game camera here at PlayStation. I must admit that I used bait to get these pictures. If you look close you may see a tiny field mouse on a wire "leash" to attract the hawk.

COOL ~

 

[thistlebloom]

Wow, great shots Smiles!
I can imagine it wasn't easy to leash a live mouse.

I gave dh a trail cam last Christmas and he still hasn't set it up.