back yard birds Oct 8 2009

[Craig McL]

Good back yard birds today ,

WTSp   72 +
Junco    7
RBNh    2
WBNh   1
MOND   4
Gold Finch 20+
BCCD     6
Blue Jay   56


WOW its fall ….. Junco what next Tree sparrows ha-ha

[mr.sharp-photo]

how do you lure them?

i set up a backyard feeder. the birds won't come near it! hanging it about 8 feet off the ground from a tree branch. relatively visible.

[Napper]

Hey Craig

At break this morning I was outside.. was really surprised to see a very large group of Jays fly over. 30 plus..

They were heading towards the new ponds at Downsview park.. There is grass growing there now..

Had a mystery bird aswell... looked like a starling was brownish and had white outer tail feathers  sang a loud four note song..

No bins darn..it

yogistewart... try Black oil seeds..

napper

[Craig McL]

Hi first thing is our location is in a bit of a valley which acts like a flyway , I add 3 moor birds to my list before dark last night !!

But for feeding I have 2 feeders 1 is only Nyjer seed and the other is Black sunflower and finch seed, I also make a hideaway by pilling up brush and sprinkling finch seed throughout it!! This works great I had 20 to 30 WTsp in it this morning

And in 3 years I have gone from 0 to 19 Mooring doves over wintering  I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not but the wintering hawks like them ..

Napper was your mistery bird a Rusty Black bird ??    

Craig

[mr.sharp-photo]

Hi first thing is our location is in a bit of a valley which acts like a flyway , I add 3 moor birds to my list before dark last night !!

But for feeding I have 2 feeders 1 is only Nyjer seed and the other is Black sunflower and finch seed, I also make a hideaway by pilling up brush and sprinkling finch seed throughout it!! This works great I had 20 to 30 WTsp in it this morning

And in 3 years I have gone from 0 to 19 Mooring doves over wintering  I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not but the wintering hawks like them ..

Napper was your mistery bird a Rusty Black bird ??    

Craig

i have a hopper feeder and am using a seed mix. hidewayas may not work, since the squirrels in my 'hood are insane.

[Leslie Kinrys]

In the last week I've had in our yard, the "winter" birds coming and the "summer" birds going. We are in the Bathurst/Sheppard area.There have been:
Blue Jays
Common Grackles
White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows
1 Flicker
Downy Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches
Cardinals
Mourning Doves
Chickadees
1 Junco
Robins
Red-winged Blackbirds
Goldfinches
I put out suet, which is on an arm of the feeder pole and out of reach of the squirrels. Lots of birds hang on the cage and eat it. I also have a bird bath, which is still being used for drinking and bathing. There were six White-throats having a pool party in it the other day.

[Napper]

Hey Craig!!

After reading a birding report today from T.O.  a little investigation. The bird I saw at Downsview was an Eastern Meadowlark.
 Listened to the song on the "Cornell birding site" and it was a match..

Napper:))

A White Breasted  Nuthatch has taken up residence in our back yard. Visits the feeders all of the time.

[mr.sharp-photo]

as posted in another thread, i've had very nice luck over the past 3 weeks. have to refill my hopper feeder once every 5-7 days.
had woodpeckers, juncos, nuthatches, cardinals, millions of sparrows and finches, blue jays, etc.
nothing exotic but i was surprised by the frequency of the woodpeckers.

[Howieh]

I've been following this thread with interest and I was about to ask where the waxwings went since I hadn't seen any around my place for several weeks. Well guess what!? About 4pm this aft I was waiting out front for my lady love (happens a lot!) when the robins and waxwings arrived en mass to gorge themselves on the cherry tree beside my driveway. Took lots of pictures but the light was very bad and I suspect there will be very few keepers; too bad because the waxwings were so busy eating I was able to get pretty close to them. Hopefully they will return tomorrow.

Mostly sparrows, chickadees and hissing cardinals at the back feeder but I have also seen bluejays, goldfinches, kinglets, juncos and downy woodpeckers as well.