Many hummingbirds, Googles free pictures


Red Throated hummingbird Googles free pictures

     The past few summers I've had multiple hummingbirds, but not this year until this weekend. Now I have five. They have already sucked three feeders dry, and making a dent in a fourth. Usually this only happens when they're heading south for the winter. Here it is only the 15th of August. Does this mean we're going to have an early winter and a cold one?
     Do you like to keep up with the spring and fall migration of the Hummingbirds and others, like Monarch Butterflies or songbirds? Here's a link to follow for information: Hummingbirds, butterflies and songbirds

The World Outside My Deck Doors-Crows and Other Things!

Skype-The Crow

Skype

Danny-The Starling

     One of my favorite activities I love to do on Saturday mornings is sit and watch the animal world outside my deck doors.  The same birds return, as do the same squirrels.

     This season, for the first time ever, I have five Crows and a Starling. The Crows started out as four and one couple had a baby.  Of course, they're the size of a cat.  You would think they'd be aggressive being so large, but they're really a timid bird around the other birds and squirrels.  A little Titmouse bird can scare them away. I haven't really done a lot of research on Crows.  I know they love to dig for worms.  It amazes me how they communicate with each other, and how they hang together.  

     Sometimes I'll find them on the next block when I'm driving home from work.  Two may be in one yard, while the others are across the street, but they're there together. 

     I remember growing up, working out in the fields, hearing the Crow sound.  Usually it came when there wasn't any other sound.  Just a hot afternoon, very little wind with the birds in the trees.  They're like people.  They're a smart bird! 

     I kept finding bread chucks in the birdbath, just didn't understand where they came from.  Then one morning I saw one of the crows land on the side of the birdbath with a huge piece of bread.  He dropped it in the water, let it sit there for a minute, then picked pieces up with his beak and eat it.  It was a smart bird to bring dried bread to the water, then let it soak long enough to become soft. I also keep a blue storage tub full of water.  The tub is twenty-four inches long and twelve to fourteen inches high.  I keep about two to three inches of water in it, at a slant, because they love to stand in the water, fill their beaks, and squirt it on their wings for a bath. 

      Have you ever watched them open sunflower seeds? Very smart bird, the crow!

 Remember the snow-cold, wet and slippery?

Grandson, Hummingbirds and Woodpeckers!

SB getting his bird feeder ready!

SB with his new feeder!

     Bird watching long distance with my grandson SB is going great! He seems to still be into looking for birds and we share emails back and forth about the new birds, the baby Robins that flew the nest and feeding birds suet compared to regular bird food. He still likes his binoculars!

     Have you ever heard the different songs of the Hummingbird?  If you would like to hear their song, click on the following link, then scroll down to the different players, its amazing how loud the noise is that comes out of this small bird!  Hummingbird Songs!

     In the past, I've tried Suets for bird feeding and they were messy, plus the birds didn't seem to like them. I gave it another try this year and found they seem to hold together better.  I was surprised at the different birds that really like them; Mockingbirds and Woodpecker!

This is a picture of the Woodpecker I saw!

    

     The Woodpecker was so funny! I had the Suet hanging between two rails, he'd land on a rail two or three away, then hop from one rail to the other before finally ending on the Suet pack, rather than flying directly to it. It would have been so much easier!