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Author: | Birdzilla [ Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Feeding suet |
If you have not tried feeding suet to your backyard birds it is something to consider. I get a wider variety of species coming to the suet feeders than I do to sunflower. I live in McKinney and had these birds feeding on suet over the holidays. White-breasted Nuthatch Northern Mockingbird Carolina Wren European Starling American Goldfinch Brown Thrasher White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker I use both commercial suet cakes and a home-made blend that I just smear on tree limbs or trunks. |
Author: | sandih [ Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:04 pm ] |
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I have been seeing what looks like a lesser goldfinch but I'm not sure. I saw a bunch of them around the feeders, including the suet. They are not brilliant gold but are more dull and a slightly greenish tint. Tiny, thin beaks and they flit around like a wren, sometimes hanging onto the brick on the side of the house. Any ideas? |
Author: | Birdzilla [ Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Finches |
The birds are probably American Goldfinches. The American Goldfinch looses its bright yellow and black colors in the winter, and fit your description of looking something like a Lesser Goldfinch. |
Author: | sandih [ Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:04 pm ] |
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Oh, I thought the colors got brighter in the winter. Thanks! |
Author: | sandih [ Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:26 pm ] |
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Here's one for you...and I have pictures! This is a new bird for me to see. Small, round bird, patchy brown on back blends in w/ tree bark. White underbelly. Glides effortlessly up and down the tree getting bugs with needle-thin beak. Holds itself flat against the tree as it moves around. What is it? http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=v3w ... &y=-xj5r18 |
Author: | Birdzilla [ Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Which bird? |
The bird is a Brown Creeper. It has a very high, very thin call. It is winter resident in Texas. |
Author: | sandih [ Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:11 pm ] |
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Are they pretty common then in the winter? |
Author: | Birdzilla [ Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:45 pm ] |
Post subject: | Brown Creepers |
My experience is that they are fairly common some years, less common in others. Obviously they are easy to miss, so they are probably under-reported. |
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