Backyard Birding III

[SoTier]

More interesting bird sightings in my yard this weekend:

• I think I have catbirds nesting in  the arborvitaes that line the north side of my yard.  Last week I heard one calling from my arborvitaes.  Then Saturday I saw one in a lilac bush near the arborvitaes.  Today I heard one several times.  Gray catbirds have  a distinctive call.  It's supposed to sound like a cat (hence the name) but it sounds like a very sick cat or maybe a squirrel to me.  Previous years, the catbirds only showed up when the choke cherries fruited.
• The bluejays have competition for the peanuts.  Except for an occasional cardinal, they've pretty much had the peanuts to themselves.  A few days ago, a hairy woodpecker was working on getting peanuts out of the feeder.  I'm not sure if he liked the peanuts, but he's back to the sunflower seeds in the wire tube feeder.   A grackle has also been visiting the peanut feeder.  Unlike the jays who take the whole peanut and fly off to parts unknown, the grackle takes his peanuts over to the driveway and uses the hard surface to help crack the shells so he can eat right there in the driveway. 
• I also spotted a red breasted woodpecker at the sunflower tube feeder.

[Gugny]

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[Sweats]

If by backyard "birding", you mean stand on your back porch and wave your junk at your neighbors?

 

Yes, i have been known to occasionally do some backyard "birding". 

 

[Augie]

2 hours ago, Sweats said:

If by backyard "birding", you mean stand on your back porch and wave your junk at your neighbors?

 

Yes, i have been known to occasionally do some backyard "birding". 

 

 

Seen any Wild Turkey lately?