What's in your backyard today

[AgentOrange]

What is in your backyard today?

[TNRabbit R.I.P.]

Snow.

And a squirrel. Pics not taken~

[SteveLeopard]

Typical stuff today. White breasted nuthatch, Brown creepers. Red bellied w peckers

[kingman R.I.P.]

Tree rats...big bushy ones!!!

[TNRabbit R.I.P.]

Found this unusual little guy stealing suet from the bird feeder yesterday; I've seen two blacks squirrels in my life...he's the second one. He's been around here for a few weeks...

[AgentOrange]

Damn, never seen one.
If we lived closer I would come over, trap and steal it!

[Douglas]

Never seen a black squirrel before! Thanks for showing us the photos Gary.

Yesterday we had somewhere around 30 Robins in our back yard. Have a feeling they must be migrating northbound.

[AgentOrange]

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Yesterday we had somewhere around 30 Robins in our back yard. Have a feeling they must be migrating northbound.

Maybe, but my guess is - NO !!!

Robins flock in Winter, often with birds like Wax Wings. Here in winter some days it looks like a scarey Alfred Hitchcock movie. They separate in Spring. I don't think many if any migrate. They are great birds. They like berry bushes and like all birds -> insects. They don't care much as to seed, but you can lure them on to the porch with home made suet mixes.

The best way to attract them is with water.


In Summer they can become quite tame.

[Douglas]

Thanks Bill. Your knowledge about birds is a wonderful thing. :) I'd never seen that many Robins in one place before. Funny you should mention "a scary Hitchcock movie" because my wife said the same thing! We see them in Spring and Summer, but only a few. We have a bird bath in the back yard, and will see Robins there often during the summer.

Last Summer, with the high heat we had down here, had to fill that bird bath 3 or 4 times a day. We have a crepe myrtle tree in the center of the back yard and in the early evenings, would turn on the sprinkler so it would oscillate back and forth covering the tree. One of my favorite things is to watch the birds in that tree. They love to take a bath when it's so hot.

[TNRabbit R.I.P.]

That little bastard stole my suet feeder! Can't find it anywhere....

[Douglas]

That little bastard! They are very smart, and can steal anything you put out if it's not chained down. It could have been a raccoon too. They are even more smart than those squirrels.

[TNRabbit R.I.P.]

It was way out on a TINY limb of the tree where the seed feeder is. It WAS chained down & the chain is still dangling~

[Douglas]

Damn Squirrels!! Can't leave a beer sitting for two minutes!!

[TNRabbit R.I.P.]

The f*ckers broke my SQUIRREL PROOF bird feeder this week. It's unrepairable! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[kingman R.I.P.]

Mr. confortable.....