Birdfeeding
May. 10th, 2020 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is cold, gray, and windy.
It's been an amazing day for birds. I saw a female oriole in the forest garden! :D 3q3q3q!!! She is black and peach instead of black and orange, very pretty. I thought the male had left, because I hadn't seen him in a couple of days, and I saw a catbird eating the orange. But if there is a female then the male is probably still here too. Also I saw a male and a female grosbeak, two male and one female goldfinches, and a small flock of cardinals. Plus the usual sparrows, house finches, and doves. The two squabs in the nest under the kitchen window are medium-size now. Often we get birds just passing through, but with male and female pairs of both Baltimore orioles and rose-breasted grosbeaks, they may decide to nest here. I am so excited!
It has been amusing to watch some the antics ...
All around the Celandine
The male dove chases the female.
That's the way the courting goes ...
PECK! goes the female.
I fed the birds. I filled the hopper feeder with sunflower seed, filled the thistle sock, and put out a fresh orange.
We also cleared patio junk away from the pole that the internet technician will need to reach later.
EDIT 5/10/20 -- Round Two, we raked up a wheelbarrow of leaves and took it to the grass wall. Then we shoveled ash out of the firepit and took that to the grass wall also.
It's been an amazing day for birds. I saw a female oriole in the forest garden! :D 3q3q3q!!! She is black and peach instead of black and orange, very pretty. I thought the male had left, because I hadn't seen him in a couple of days, and I saw a catbird eating the orange. But if there is a female then the male is probably still here too. Also I saw a male and a female grosbeak, two male and one female goldfinches, and a small flock of cardinals. Plus the usual sparrows, house finches, and doves. The two squabs in the nest under the kitchen window are medium-size now. Often we get birds just passing through, but with male and female pairs of both Baltimore orioles and rose-breasted grosbeaks, they may decide to nest here. I am so excited!
It has been amusing to watch some the antics ...
All around the Celandine
The male dove chases the female.
That's the way the courting goes ...
PECK! goes the female.
I fed the birds. I filled the hopper feeder with sunflower seed, filled the thistle sock, and put out a fresh orange.
We also cleared patio junk away from the pole that the internet technician will need to reach later.
EDIT 5/10/20 -- Round Two, we raked up a wheelbarrow of leaves and took it to the grass wall. Then we shoveled ash out of the firepit and took that to the grass wall also.
