Bird watching

[Yvonne Smith]

So , on the osprey live cam, after the goose hatched out her babies from the eggs and they flew down from the nest and went over to live near the lake, the nest has been empty for the last 2 weeks. I have been checking the cam, just in case the ospreys came back, and tonight, one of the ospreys is sitting at the end of the frame for the nest.
I have no idea if this is the male or the female, but i would guess that maybe the male osprey is guarding it before the females moves in to lay her eggs there.
From what people have been writing on the website, they thought the ospreys might make another nest elsewhere, but maybe they are not doing that at all.
The link for the web cam is here: https://ospreys.sandpointonline.com/

 

[Tony Page]

From my birdfeeder with camera Mockingbird.

 

[Sheryl]

I just filled my feeder for the last time until next fall. I figure if I feed them during the winter when food is not available, they can find food for themselves during the summer.

 

[Tony Page]

I live in the Northeast section of the country on Long Island. What I read today is that the birds known as Monk parrots are spreading all over Long Island. Surprisingly, these are tropical birds, and not native to this area but have adapted. Some consider them an invasive species. They make their nests on top of the electrical poles, which weigh 100 lb. or more. The Firemen try to discourage them before they nest so they can take the nest down. They are considered a fire hazard. Yesterday, a nest on an electrical pole caught fire in the town next to mine, blowing a transformer, leaving over 800 homes with no power.

I have been waiting for them to show up at my bird feeder, but I do have a concern my cousin told me they dominate her feeder. I still would like to see them in my yard.

Another name for them is the Quaker Parrot. They apparently do damage to agriculture and, of course, to electrical power lines.

I would like to see them put poles up with platforms near electrical power lines so they have a place to nest.

 

[Sheryl]

That's a beautiful bird, Tony. I'd like to see one at my feeder.

My cardinals keep looking for food at my feeder. I am sooo tempted to buy more food and feed them all summer. But the food I buy costs around $25 per bag for a 14-pound bag. I can't afford to feed them year-round. The other birds seem to have been finding food in the wild.

 

[Don Alaska]

That's a beautiful bird, Tony. I'd like to see one at my feeder.

My cardinals keep looking for food at my feeder. I am sooo tempted to buy more food and feed them all summer. But the food I buy costs around $25 per bag for a 14-pound bag. I can't afford to feed them year-round. The other birds seem to have been finding food in the wild.

You could perhaps plant a berry bush like currants or something in your yard if you have room @Sheryl. That way the berry-eating birds would be around in the summer and you wouldn't have to feed them. Up here the birds that overwinter eat the died up, shriveled berries if there are any left on the bush as well.

 

[Tony Page]

That's a beautiful bird, Tony. I'd like to see one at my feeder.

My cardinals keep looking for food at my feeder. I am sooo tempted to buy more food and feed them all summer. But the food I buy costs around $25 per bag for a 14-pound bag. I can't afford to feed them year-round. The other birds seem to have been finding food in the wild.

Yes it is. I too have cardinals at my feeder. So far, I have seen Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Cardinails, Starlings, Grackle, Carolina Wren, and Chippies (Sparrows).
Yesterday, on the ground below my feeder, I saw a young Cat Bird. I tried to take a photo but was too late.
From what I read the experts claim that birds will find food if there's none in their feeder. As far as seeds go I wait for sales. I've been fortunate enough to not pay more than a dollar a pound.

PHOTOs FROM BIRD FEEDER.

 

[Tony Page]

Photos from feeder

 

[Tony Page]

Interesting photo from my bird feeder.

 

[Tony Page]

I haven't seen the male house finch in a few years, I'm glad there still in the area.