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New to Me! Pine Siskins Visit

April 28, 2021 Elizabeth

This winter I joined a bunch of different backyard birdwatching groups on Facebook and I've seen people all throughout the South talking about sick Pine Siskins on their feeders. There were huge salmonella outbreaks and folks had to take their feeders in for 2 weeks or longer to … [Read more...]

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Squirrel Proofing Platform Feeder Cam

April 24, 2021 Elizabeth

This is Steve's first attempt at putting a baffle on the TPost where we connected the bird photo booth after his first adjustment. We need to have it close enough to the platform feeder so we can get good close up shots. Yet, we have to make sure that squirrels cannot get up … [Read more...]

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Blue Jay avoids Feeder Cam

April 18, 2021 Elizabeth

Blue Jay grabbing a seed

I have blue jays here all the time. We don't have quite as many this year as we have in previous years. We used to have as many as 3 pairs hanging around. We probably only have one pair and couple that are single and ready to mingle that stop by once in a while this year. One of … [Read more...]

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Spring Day – Robins and Juncos

April 10, 2021 Elizabeth

Around here in Michigan we think of the American Robin as a spring/summer bird and the Dark Eyed Junco as one of our winter birds. So, it struck me as interesting today when I saw juncos and robins both out in the grass finding insects and seed bits. I took all these shots with … [Read more...]

BirdWatching, Spring Bird Feeders, Bird Feeding, Bird Photos, dove, Goldfinch, Junco, Robin

Pileated Woodpecker – First Pics!

April 9, 2021 Elizabeth

I've seen the pileated woodpecker around a number of times in the last few years. They aren't an everyday visitor, but we hear them and see them occasionally. I've never been able to photograph them and bad news, I didn't capture them with the Bird Photo Booth today. These are … [Read more...]

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