Our birds are returning – slowly, but surely. There are still times when there are no birds on the livestream, but you will also notice the levels on the sunflower feeder and thistle feeder are slowly going down – American Goldfinches. We generally have a flock of about a dozen each winter. We do not […]
In an earlier blog, I told you that our Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Gray Catbirds, and Brown Thrashers are gone – they have begun their migration. We now have Gray Catbirds again – here in our yard. One was ‘meowing’ at me yesterday from a thick tangle of vines near the shore of our small lake. But […]
As of this past weekend, there are now two Pine Siskins from time to time on the platform feeder. Sometimes it is just the two of them and other times they are with the goldfinches. You have to look hard to see the bit of yellow on the wing-bars of the siskins’ folded wings, but […]
You have probably noticed a decrease in the number of birds using our feeders and birdbaths over the past few weeks. And some birds have disappeared completely. Regardless of where you live in the United States or Canada, if you have feeders, it is most probable you will notice a decrease in birds at your […]