- May 07 10:11 pm
#89527
We've had some interesting birds showing up in the yard this year ... we do live close to Knox Mountain Park so I'm sure we get some bleed over -- plus we are between the Okanagan Lake and several smaller lakes -- so we get the definite flyovers ...
We also bought a new kind of bird seed for our feeders -- "Major Attraction" from Buckerfields. This stuff has everything in it ... even peanuts! Because it is a "Major Attraction" -- it was getting more attention than we needed. A Raccoon was trying to empty it. Once we put on a couple of bungee cords that got rid of him. But it afforded other birds the opportunity to come for a feast ... Check out this Brown-headed Cowbird and the Steller's Jay.
Oh, we also put down some grass seed (the coated kind to keep the birds from eating it). haha.
Starlings, White-crowned, and Golden-crowned Sparrows were cleaning us out.
Even the doves were getting in on the seed action ...
As I mentioned -- strange things happen too. Yesterday, this Great Blue Heron decided to land on the neighbor's roof, walk across it, and hop down into his yard.
As mentioned in the 2020 BC Bird Challenge, we've had Vultures flying over--we get all kinds of Hawks, Ravens, etc. Last year, a Mallard decide to hatch her eggs out back ... we aren't really near a pond. Here she is leading them in the back ...
Around the garage ...
and (I guess) over to the pond (that's about a kilometer from the house).
Every day, something strange "bird-wise" happens here ... lol. So far, this year, we've seen 32 different kinds of birds at the house ... going for 50. haha. I hope you enjoyed my story.
James
We also bought a new kind of bird seed for our feeders -- "Major Attraction" from Buckerfields. This stuff has everything in it ... even peanuts! Because it is a "Major Attraction" -- it was getting more attention than we needed. A Raccoon was trying to empty it. Once we put on a couple of bungee cords that got rid of him. But it afforded other birds the opportunity to come for a feast ... Check out this Brown-headed Cowbird and the Steller's Jay.
Oh, we also put down some grass seed (the coated kind to keep the birds from eating it). haha.
Starlings, White-crowned, and Golden-crowned Sparrows were cleaning us out.
Even the doves were getting in on the seed action ...
As I mentioned -- strange things happen too. Yesterday, this Great Blue Heron decided to land on the neighbor's roof, walk across it, and hop down into his yard.
As mentioned in the 2020 BC Bird Challenge, we've had Vultures flying over--we get all kinds of Hawks, Ravens, etc. Last year, a Mallard decide to hatch her eggs out back ... we aren't really near a pond. Here she is leading them in the back ...
Around the garage ...
and (I guess) over to the pond (that's about a kilometer from the house).
Every day, something strange "bird-wise" happens here ... lol. So far, this year, we've seen 32 different kinds of birds at the house ... going for 50. haha. I hope you enjoyed my story.
James
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