Mystery Bird Contest

[ritchey]

one time Gary got a bird feeder specifically for goldfinches and filled it specifically with peanuts and watched it all day waiting for goldfinches to come eat the peanuts but none did. Then the next day he went out and there was a squirrel sitting IN the bird feeder and all the peanuts were gone and the bird feeder was filled instead with squirrel poop.

[GARY-19]

one time Gary got a bird feeder specifically for goldfinches and filled it specifically with peanuts and watched it all day waiting for goldfinches to come eat the peanuts but none did. Then the next day he went out and there was a squirrel sitting IN the bird feeder and all the peanuts were gone and the bird feeder was filled instead with squirrel poop.

For the record, the peanuts weren't for Goldfinches. Still wasn't hoping for the squirrel poop, tho.

[GARY-19]

Yay! Here is mine:
You will hear them before you see them, rummaging through dried leaves for insects, snails, seeds, fruit and occasionally small amphibians. Sounds like they are saying to “drink your tea”. Where males are black females are brown but share rust and white. The eyes are usually red but sometimes white. They tend to be very solitary and will claim more land than needed. Sometimes they even seem to try to scare away potential mates. In the late 90s they had a name change and their taxonomy is still a debate.

The Eastern Towhee!!!

Typical late 90s bird with late 90s fashion. Would look great in denim jeans:

[ritchey]

Grunge Bird

[meadows]

grird

[alex]

IDed my first grackle today thx to the teachings of this thread

[meadows]

by it's little hat? how cool!

[yourfriendclaire]

Friends, I thought I was buying myself a blue bird feeder (a bird feeder that is blue) online, but instead I went and bought a bluebird feeder (a bird feeder just for bluebirds). Bluebirds appear to be more complicated than the sparrows, doves and finches for whom I'm currently providing a snackbar: you need to get mealworms, put them out at the right time of day/seasons, etc. Am I in over my head? Does anyone have experience with this? I think I've seen a few bluebirds pass through my garden but they're not regular customers.

[yourfriendclaire]

I just bought a one-pound bag of freeze-dried mealworms online, god help me

[meadows]

I'm excited about this experiment! Please keep us posted!