Friends

winter...

: ahumdinger wrote in backyard_birds; December 20th, 16:02

...brings the dark eyed juncos

( closer )

Fiend.

: useful_fool wrote in 4poetry; December 20th, 12:19

Give me more; Anything at all. Although, it's never enough. it will always be too small.

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: lambtonwyrm wrote in backyard_birds; December 20th, 14:23

Current Location:: Home

Having had some snow fall over the past couple of days the birds are flocking to the seed we put out. One left more than a footprint.

baby-sitting

: ericrovve wrote in backyard_birds; December 19th, 18:00

Hélène picking up signals from the two recently released Black Vultures as, with the icy cold, there is very little lift for these big birds and could get into trouble by getting too deep in the gorges and be unable to regain height. But they were both well high up from the direction of the signals and we could go home to the warm. It was -18C° last night--chilly!

The last of the hummingbird pictures.

: carduustristus wrote in backyard_birds; December 18th, 19:55

( Three more. )

Hummingbirds, up close and personal.

: carduustristus wrote in backyard_birds; December 16th, 15:03

Click on picture for larger picture.

( Four more. )

Northern Mockingbird

: carduustristus wrote in backyard_birds; December 14th, 15:58

Click to make bigger.

( Hummingbird. )

Dark Eyed Junco

: mav_fan wrote in backyard_birds; December 14th, 8:42

I only recently put out bird feeders which the birds have been ignoring. So I finally just threw some bird seed on the ground and a very friendly group of Dark Eyed Juncos are enjoying the ground feeding.

the city life

: kyemito wrote in 4poetry; December 14th, 20:23

lights blind my eyes as i walk the street at night
noises growing louder by the second,
lost in the whirl of the busy crowd loneliness starts to set in
as my frozen heart stopped beating i shivered...it can be cold out here, sometimes.

Never bite your tongue

: chalicerae wrote in 4poetry; December 13th, 0:25

All the words I can't take back
weigh down my soul
it's not that I didn't mean them
just wish I'd said them sooner

Tags: chalicerae

Bird Feeders cont...

: ericrovve wrote in backyard_birds; December 12th, 13:48

After a raid by the sparrow clique, the friendly little coal tit came and stayed!! So that one is working, but the unglazed version has too small holes to let enough grain out.

Pigeon looking over my shoulder.

: ccat50 wrote in backyard_birds; December 11th, 23:25

This window is about three feet behind my desk chair in my office, and as I was working I kept getting the feeling I was being watched. He sat there for several minutes, letting me photograph him.

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Bird Feeders

: ericrovve wrote in backyard_birds; December 11th, 17:05

These are rough prototypes to see how the birds get on with them. Next time definitely no glaze except, perhaps, the tray for easier cleaning. With a few wires it should be simple to get it to hang. Next post with a bird in there (perhaps).

Vultures2

: ericrovve wrote in backyard_birds; December 10th, 11:45

After being cured of their injuries, suitably measured, tagged and noted, all three, including this Griffon Vulture, were yesterday released back into the wild. I couldn't be there, I'm afraid, as was in the middle of a glaze firing. Results, ceramic bird-feeders, should be out tomorrow...