The Uncaged Bird -Hummingbird feeder is up!

This video will brighten your day!

I have this feeder for about 3 years and it is the one in my experience!

So very easy to clean also

Morganna said:

I'm thinking of this feeder. The old ones with the plastic flowers and bee guards collected black mold and I found it hard to clean. This is supposed to have a comfortable design.

phooey

To help you keep warmer times in mind:

This sweetie is the size of a teaspoon of sugar. I present the Mallee emu-wren

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-15/endangered-mallee-emu-wren-insurance-population-to-be-bred-in-sa/8353688

And I encourage you to read that article above about the area where the orange-bellied parrot and its fellow endangered migrating partner (I can never remember its name) - there are so few left, and the area contains other amazing animals and plants you've probably never heard of. (Paddy-melons aren't fruit)

mtierney said:

I have this feeder for about 3 years and it is the one in my experience!

So very easy to clean also

Morganna said:

I'm thinking of this feeder. The old ones with the plastic flowers and bee guards collected black mold and I found it hard to clean. This is supposed to have a comfortable design.

Thanks! Ordering today.

joanne said:

To help you keep warmer times in mind:

This sweetie is the size of a teaspoon of sugar. I present the Mallee emu-wren

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-15/endangered-mallee-emu-wren-insurance-population-to-be-bred-in-sa/8353688


And I encourage you to read that article above about the area where the orange-bellied parrot and its fellow endangered migrating partner (I can never remember its name) - there are so few left, and the area contains other amazing animals and plants you've probably never heard of. (Paddy-melons aren't fruit)

That little bird is crazy cute! I'm attaching his picture to encourage folks to read about this picky little bird.

Saw this online course for $49 and you get 2 free birdhouses. It is suggested for teachers, home educators or folks like us who just want to learn a little more about birds. I like the title. Bird Sleuth.

http://www.birdsleuth.org/integrating-inquiry/

clever program! I must see what we have, I'm sure there's something similar for Aussie birds.

Thought I'd share urban curlew craziness, today. They stand around shin- to knee- high, so it's like walking into a living statue when you encounter this problem:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-17/why-stone-bush-curlew-qut-stares-at-own-reflection/8354282?WT.ac=statenews_qld

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

Well I hope we are getting one of your awesome pictures!

I have a wild turkey strolling around on my porch!

Yes pictures! That is a life bird for me!

Morganna said:

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

Well I hope we are getting one of your awesome pictures!

I have a wild turkey strolling around on my porch!

Hey friends, check out this hummingbird from the West who migrates despite rough weather.

http://bit.ly/2niAeur

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

I just found this post from Raptor Trust about the effects of storm Stella on Woodcocks.

Winter Storm Stella - Tough on Birds.
With the unusually warm weather in February and early March, many migratory birds returned to our area early. Then Stella arrived.
Particularly hard hit has been the American Woodcock. This Nerf football of a bird eats a diet almost entirely made up of earthworms.
... With this hard snow cover, Woodcocks are starving, failing and in distress in huge numbers. In the last 48 hours we admitted more Woodcocks at The Raptor Trust than in the entire 2016 calendar year.
If you find one of these rotund worm-eaters, please do everything you can to get it into a box quickly, keep it warm, and get it to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator as soon as possible.
Having just returned from their wintering grounds in the Southern United States, the Woodcocks arrive in our area thin, stressed and very hungry after hundreds of miles of in-flight migration. That they have arrived to find no food has compounded the problem for them.
Again, if you find a struggling Woodcock, please do what you can to get it to a wildlife rehab facility.
We appreciate your help!

The woodcock is also a life bird for me. I'd love to see one.  Hope JerseyJack sees Morgannas posting of info from the Raptor Trust. 

CompassRose said:

Yes pictures! That is a life bird for me!

Morganna said:

maplewood.worldwebs.com/profile/discussions/u/Formerlyjerseyjack">Formerlyjerseyjack said:

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

Well I hope we are getting one of your awesome pictures!

I have a wild turkey strolling around on my porch!

@Formerlyjerseyjack 

Morganna said:

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

I just saw a Woodcock on Glenside Avenue in Summit.

I just found this post from Raptor Trust about the effects of storm Stella on Woodcocks.

Winter Storm Stella - Tough on Birds.
With the unusually warm weather in February and early March, many migratory birds returned to our area early. Then Stella arrived.
Particularly hard hit has been the American Woodcock. This Nerf football of a bird eats a diet almost entirely made up of earthworms.
... With this hard snow cover, Woodcocks are starving, failing and in distress in huge numbers. In the last 48 hours we admitted more Woodcocks at The Raptor Trust than in the entire 2016 calendar year.
If you find one of these rotund worm-eaters, please do everything you can to get it into a box quickly, keep it warm, and get it to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator as soon as possible.
Having just returned from their wintering grounds in the Southern United States, the Woodcocks arrive in our area thin, stressed and very hungry after hundreds of miles of in-flight migration. That they have arrived to find no food has compounded the problem for them.
Again, if you find a struggling Woodcock, please do what you can to get it to a wildlife rehab facility.
We appreciate your help!

The location on Glenside did not offer a place to safely park and then try to catch the bird --- or even take photos.

we went on a wildlife cruise in Essex, CT, on Sunday and saw loads of immature bald eagles. Here is one guy enjoying a glide on the thermals. It was incredible.

I saw a woodcock flying through Memorial Park in Maplewood on Saturday. Also, for hummingbirds, I have the best luck with butterfly bushes. Attracts butterflies too!

PeggyC - It is so nice to hear from you. Over the years many of us have read you blog and listened to all your experiences. Sounds like you are okay and enjoying your new home. Beautiful photography.

I think I heard a woodcock in Memorial Park early this morning -- the buzzy 'peent!' call. I have been looking for my first one ever since I started birding a few years ago. Hopefully the warmer weather late this week will enable them to feed and recover.

HI all, in case you missed @Copihue's thread about the raptors in Chile being killed here is a link to the petition in Spanish and English. I invited her to post details here but check out her thread.

The petition: https://www.change.org/p/proteccion-para-la-avefauna-de-los-postes-electricos-de-chilquinta-protect-raptors-from-deadly-electricity-posts

Here in Chile we are trying to protect raptors from dying in power lines, and I would appreciate your support in our petition: https://www.change.org/p/proteccion-para-la-avefauna-de-los-postes-electricos-de-chilquinta-protect-raptors-from-deadly-electricity-posts

A new hatchling on live cam. It is the endangered Bermuda Cahow

I'm posting this warning against using red dye nectar for hummingbirds but I want to search for more verification. Either way let's play it safe. By the way a few years ago I had a bottle left from the year before and saw no expiration date so I called Petco and was told that it DOES expire. Yet there was no date on the bottle. I'm going to suggest to the site that it might be part of the problem.

https://www.facebook.com/happinestwildliferescue/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

I see a 3/29 sighting in Maryland. I'm thinking of putting up my feeder tomorrow. I know it's early but it will be a warm week. I'm hesitant because there are no flowers open other than daffodils but I might try. The maps suggest we will get our birds the last week of April and the advice is to put feeders up 2 weeks ahead so that would be the end of this week. I guess I'm just over-anxious. I even went to Metropolitan Plants to see if there was a hanging basket of petunias. Yes I know it's a month early for them but I couldn't resist!

I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Aspects...

It is similar to what we've seen on vacations in hummingbird territory. It's quite easy to clean but until I actually get them to come, I guess I can't brag on its success. Still, I think it is a good feeder and my lack of hummers so far is due to other issues.

sac said:

I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Aspects...

It is similar to what we've seen on vacations in hummingbird territory. It's quite easy to clean but until I actually get them to come, I guess I can't brag on its success. Still, I think it is a good feeder and my lack of hummers so far is due to other issues.

I'm ordering a similar one and I'm going out on a limb, literally, and hanging nesting material. Here is a video of hummers helping themselves to these materials.

Still shopping and discovered this! Not only a useful safety guard for birds but the video is priceless.

Other than Amazon (which I'm boycotting), where can I buy that hummingbird feeder you posted up-thread?

mumstheword said:

Other than Amazon (which I'm boycotting), where can I buy that hummingbird feeder you posted up-thread?

Here is the link to the Hummingbird Guide store :

http://www.hummingbird-guide.c...