[Birdtalk] Yard Birds

[Connie McManus]

What fun birds you get in your yard!!!  What can I do to get the grossbeaks
and pine siskins to come to my yard?  I spread wild bird seed with  a
healthy addition of black oil sunflower seed on the platform feeder I use
(actually, it's an old work table we set under the crab apple tree).  The
Lazulis just don't come here at all -- probably to far away from their
habitat and maybe that's the deal with the grossbeaks, too.

The birds that fock to my feeder are Red-winged black birds, house sparrows,
house finches (have never seen a cassins), american gold finches, white
crowned sparrows, black-capped chickadees and, if I'm lucky, song
sparrows.   Magpies, robins, starlings (which I hate) and assorted raptors
also fly through my yard, but don't feed at the feeder, although, the
magpies really loved my suet feeders during the winter.

ConnieM   Nibley, Cache Valley

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Eric Huish <poorwill_ at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I guess I'll report on my yard birds too.  I had a pretty good day today
> at the feeders.
>
> 26 Lazuli Buntings at once. Must be more than that because they are always
> coming and going.  They have been here for a week but this is the most I
> have ever seen at once.  Tip- they like millet on tray feeders or on the
> ground.
>
> At least 12 Evening Grosbeaks. I filled my sunflower feeders before work
> yesterday and it was all gone when I got home.  Now I know who the culprits
> are.  Them and the at least 21 Cassin's Finches (that's the most I've seen
> at once today).
>
> Had my first Black-chinned Hummingbird of the year today.  I've been
> hearing Broad-tailed Hummingbirds in the canyons for a few days now.  Heard
> the first one in the yard yesterday and I've been seeing him today.  Plus
> Orange-crowned Warbler, a Pheasant and a Kestrel.
>
> Plus all the regulars. American and Lesser Goldfinches, Pine siskin, House
> Finch, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Mallard, Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
> Yellow-rumped Warbler, Quail, Scrub Jay, White-crowned Sparrow (the
> Dark-eyed Juncos have left). Starling, Robin, Downy Woodpecker.
>
> I haven't seen them today but the day before yesterday and for a few days
> before that I had a Green-tailed Towhee and a Lincoln's Sparrow.
>
>
> Eric Huish
> Pleasant Grove UT
> poorwill_ at hotmail.com
> 801-360-8777
>
>
>
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Connie McManus
Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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