Birds At Feeders
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This morning at the old bird feeder. About eight inches of wet sloppy stuff that knocked power for most of the day. Happy weekend to all!
Squirrels are pretty tenacious, and they know where the food is found. This squirrel found a way into a caged feeder. We watched for about twenty minutes as it ate non-stop. I hope it found a way out and had not eaten so much that he wouldn't be able to fit through the opening. :-)
A strange bird at the feeder with an attitude.
A major crop, so nothing great. Thanks for looking and happy week.
For the Low Key theme I shot the statue of a chickadee at the feeder at sunset. This frame measures 3 inch in length, for a close up shot on Looking Close on Friday,
I think it's a male Lesser Goldfinch (thanks for the id Risa) who is glad I just refilled the feeder.
Had to show some where my red heart is hanging behind my feeder post. Nice when the birds land. Especially the male cardinals.
Caribbean Flamingos, aka American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) are filter feeders, meaning they strain food from water using their unique beaks. They do this by placing their beak upside down in the water, using their tongue to pump water in and out, and then utilizing comb-like structures on their beak to trap and retain food particles
San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Least Concern
Male Siskin coming to Niger seed.Breeds in Coniferous forests.There can be big influxes from Northern Europe and in harsh weather will visit garden feeders.Breeds high in Spruce trees.Formerly bred in Suffolk.
Sits on the top of the tallest trees and palms, an insect aerial feeder, most active dawn and dusk, a joy to find, and one of my favorite birds.
Enjoying this trip with my brother very much, will be back on the 14th Feb, look forward to catching up with you all.
Keep safe and well,
God bless
Tomx
Collared Dove "Streptopelia decaocto" enjoying another new feeder, I also love poppies and this feeder is in a shape of a poppy.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by, your comments or criticism is very much appreciated, take care,stay safe and have a wonderful weekend my flickr friends 😎👋
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Birdies at my feeder. My girlfriend gave me this feeder for Christmas and dug it out this AM and put some seed in it and the little birdies love it.
Seattle Aquarium.
Sometimes I snap the nameplate for identification, but didn't that day. Can anyone name the animal?
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Cuckoo - Cuculus Canorus
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The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, e that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being seen to do so.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.
The scientific name is from Latin. Cuculus is "cuckoo" and canorus, "melodious ".
A study using stuffed bird models found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos that have barred underparts similar to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, a predatory bird. Eurasian reed warblers were found more aggressive to cuckoos that looked less hawk-like, meaning that the resemblance to the hawk helps the cuckoo to access the nests of potential hosts. Other small birds, great tits and blue tits, showed alarm and avoided attending feeders on seeing either (mounted) sparrowhawks or cuckoos; this implies that the cuckoo's hawklike appearance functions as protective mimicry, whether to reduce attacks by hawks or to make brood parasitism easier.
The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off. The whole process takes about 10 seconds. A female may visit up to 50 nests during a breeding season. Common cuckoos first breed at the age of two years.
More than 100 host species have been recorded: meadow pipit, dunnock and Eurasian reed warbler are the most common hosts in northern Europe; garden warbler, meadow pipit, pied wagtail and European robin in central Europe; brambling and common redstart in Finland; and great reed warbler in Hungary.
Studies were made of 90 great reed warbler nests in central Hungary. There was an "unusually high" frequency of common cuckoo parasitism, with 64% of the nests parasitised. Of the nests targeted by cuckoos, 64% contained one cuckoo egg, 23% had two, 10% had three and 3% had four common cuckoo eggs. In total, 58% of the common cuckoo eggs were laid in nests that were multiply parasitised. When laying eggs in nests already parasitised, the female cuckoos removed one egg at random, showing no discrimination between the great reed warbler eggs and those of other cuckoos.
It was found that nests close to cuckoo perches were most vulnerable: multiple parasitised nests were closest to the vantage points, and unparasitised nests were farthest away. Nearly all the nests "in close vicinity" to the vantage points were parasitised. More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying.
I have had many requests from you all to see
Randie's finished bird feeder. so here you go :)
Have a wonderful Tuesday!!
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the birds at my feeders are entertaining to say the least.
Yesterday, I saw that down at my creek there are some little Canada goslings, tiny little cute things scurrying around in the tall grass.
Got a 3-fer here. Which is always fun
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I usually put a feeder underneath my porch awning during the winter months for the birds. I was able to capture a chickadee just sitting there maybe trying to decide exactly what seed to take. (Date and time are incorrect) This was taken in Northeastern PA.
ODESSA: "Let`s sit very quietly here at the bird feeder...then we can see the birds up close..."
OTIS: "Look, they are coming already!"
PAT: "They're not afraid of us at all!"
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Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday! 🐻🐻🐻
I think if it were me, and I saw this evil looking Grackle about to descend on me I would have vacated the premises ASAP! But not this stubborn and brave little Mourning Dove! It held it's ground on top of the seeds and it was the Grackle who gave up and flew away. The Dove went on to send another dove away and a Titmouse and a Chickadee. Doves really are interesting birds. I've seen them make almost every other bird back down and yet, this is how they do it... pure stubborn will. Nothing violent or aggressive. The most they will do is raise a wing and sort of duck back behind it, much like a person saying "talk to the hand". LOL A nice rainy day here just south of the metropolis of Etlan Virginia. Have a great day everyone! In the first comment box below I am including a photo of the dove and the Red Bellied Woodpecker that I shared before and in this shot the dove did not give up either!
Some children made bird feeders from half apples. A few days later the birds had been very thorough! Sometimes of a morning I feel this way too :)
Poem today, a bite of Robert Frost, After Apple Picking
Of apple-picking: I am overtired
Of the great harvest I myself desired.
There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.
For all
That struck the earth,
No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble,
Went surely to the cider-apple heap
As of no worth.
This poor little Thrush crashed into my window and fell unconscious in my driveway, I took it indoor and kept it warm, fortunately it recovered a bit after a short rest, I set it free in the birdfeeder and it flew away after a moment.
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A Red-belled Woodpecker and Cardinal at my feeders.
Thank you all for your visits comments and faves much appreciated, have a nice week.