1:00AM – Purple Finches are everywhere:
As are the Pine Warblers:
And more Red-winged Blackbirds:
Tag Archives: Red-Winged Blackbirds
Saturday – 2.23.19
1:00 AM – Assorted birds eating like wild animals:
Those Red-winged Blackbirds are still around, though all we’ve seen are females and non-breeding males, not the more vividly colored breeding male. Still cool birds, though.
And more of then:
Friday – 2.22.2019
1:00 AM – There are still a few of the Red-winged Blackbirds around, mostly the females or non-breeding males:
And here, ‘sharing’ with Doves:
Tuesday – 2.19.2019
1:00 AM – Lots and lost of Pine Warblers around this Winter.
One of the Red-Winged Blackbirds, a straggler from the flocks that went through last week, and our resident Brown Thrasher:
Saturday – 2.16.2019
1:00 AM – Cardinals, the constant visitors:
Another video of the recent visit from the Red-winged Blackbird. This doesn’t look black, or have a red wing – it’s a female and has different markings:
Thursday – 2.14.2019
1:00 AM – Yellow Warbler have a snack. We see these guys occasionally. Usually it’s the Pine Warbler, or the Yellow-rumped.
More of the Red-winged Blackbirds:
Wednesday – 2.13.2019
1:00 AM – We had a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds come through a few days ago. Unfortunately, the camera battery went dead, so we didn’t get much video. However, here’s a couple of the Blackbirds – these are females, which have the stripes, with a sooty black undertone. There were some males, but none got on camera:
More of the Blackbirds, and a hungry Dove that got in the picture:
Friday – 2.8.2019
1:00 AM – Red Winged Blackbirds came through for a couple of days. The Purple Finches are not intimidated at all. Note the Blackbirds in the background sliding down the metal feeder mount.
Thursday – 6.1.2017
4:22 AM – Where are they now? These are some of the birds that visited for one day, or maybe a week, then flew off somewhere. Maybe they were migrating, and we’ll see them again in the Fall. Maybe they got a better offer at a Foodcourt down the block. Anyway, here are videos of their visits.
Indigo Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Goldfinch
Easter Towhee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Redwing Blackbird
And finally, our favorite, the Brown Headed Cowbirds
Tuesday – 2.7.2017
1:46 PM – It’s been raining a good part of the day. The platform feeder looks like a vat of birdseed soup. The birds seem to like it just fine. Here’s a few bedraggled Goldfinches snacking.
5:11 AM – The main camera on the deck was inside, getting it’s battery charged, but the other one caught this brief image of a ghostly raccoon checking to make sure the meal worm feeder wasn’t there. He (or she) is still not convinced the food court is closed at night. I’m pleased with the effectiveness of the pepper suet. All our suet from now on will be pepper suet.
### A few days ago the Redwing Blackbirds (along with the Cowbirds) flooded the back yard. Yesterday we had on Blackbird squatting in the platform feeder. He was there, continuously, for about a half hour – a long time in bird minutes. I don’t know where the rest of the crowd was. If the Blackbird becomes a permanent resident, I’d prefer just one or two, instead of the whole overwhelming flock.
### In this one, we’ve got a Purple Finch, Goldfinches and Sparrows, all feeding at the same time. They mostly get along, except for a few pecks back and forth.