Who Visits Your Birdfeeder?

[8Ring]

Before Christmas I set up a birdfeeder in the backyard here in SE Denver. Thus far the following feathered friends have dined at my bird restaurant:

Various types of sparrows - I'm not very good at identifying different types.

Black-capped chickadees.

Juncos - Usually upper body is very dark gray, almost black, lower half is cream-colored.

House finches

Nuthatches - cute birds

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flickers - we have two pairs that stop by - they can drain the feeder quickly

A collared dove - My birdwatcher friends tell me to chase these doves away as they are an "invasive species".

What types of birds visit your feeder and what kinds of feed to you use?

[Mtneer]

All of the above plus noisy mountain jays...and a large mule deer buck who has acquired a taste for black sunflower seed--we call him Mooch--and a fox who leaves his calling card.

[OldFogey]

Before Christmas I set up a birdfeeder in the backyard here in SE Denver. Thus far the following feathered friends have dined at my bird restaurant:

Various types of sparrows - I'm not very good at identifying different types.

Black-capped chickadees.

Juncos - Usually upper body is very dark gray, almost black, lower half is cream-colored.

House finches

Nuthatches - cute birds

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flickers - we have two pairs that stop by - they can drain the feeder quickly

A collared dove - My birdwatcher friends tell me to chase these doves away as they are an "invasive species".

What types of birds visit your feeder and what kinds of feed to you use?

Same as above. Nuthatches and downie's rarely, the rest quite often. However, my border collie/Australian shepherd mix seems to think that one of his main jobs is to bust chops on any birds at the feeders. Feed lasts a lot longer now. Have some fence feeders that are supposed to be for the larger birds that are really squirrel feeders. Side note: since I started feeding the flickers they have quit pecking holes in my siding. I think that I am actually paying protection seed here...

[Guylee]

My mom has her back yard set up to attract birds. I don't really know what all she gets, but I know she sees a lot of gold finches and hummingbirds. We also have a woodpecker that's coming dangerously close to meeting my airgun.

[Great-Kazoo]

My mom has her back yard set up to attract birds. I don't really know what all she gets, but I know she sees a lot of gold finches and hummingbirds. We also have a woodpecker that's coming dangerously close to meeting my airgun.

Woodpeckers are protected species. The ring neck / collared doves are not

No bird feeder here in town but we do get eagles, hawks, multiple owls, a porcupine AND even with a NO SOLICITORS sign the occasional nuisance huckster. Hovering around the area.

[TFOGGER]

Woodpeckers are protected species. The ring neck / collared doves are not

... AND even with a NO SOLICITORS sign the occasional nuisance huckster.

Free hog feed!

[Jonsey]

Squirrels mostly. But when I plant sunflowers we get something that looks like this. They are my favorite besides the robins.
https://goo.gl/images/eeZ69L

[Hummer]

We're currently feeding both suet and seed.

Suet birds:

Clark's Nutcracker
Steller's Jay
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Wodpecker
Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Seed eaters:

Common Raven
American Crow
Steller's Jay
Mountain and Black-capped Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos including:
Slate-colored Junco
White-winged Junco
Oregon Junco
Oregon Pink-sided Junco
Gray-headed Junco

The various mountain finches have been conspicuously absent for the past month although I think I heard a Pine Grosbeak in the yard Monday. We did have both male and female Great Horned Owls duetting in the yard a couple weeks ago.

I'm on the lookout for Bohemian Waxwings and Common Redpolls which are arctic species that visit the Colorado Rockies in winter.

Here's a photo of male and female Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on elk suet. They are tiny, active birds that survive at high altitude.





Here's a Bohemian Waxwing that visited our Palisade yard a few years ago.

[8Ring]

[QUOTE=Hummer;2049554]We're currently feeding both suet and seed.

Suet birds:

Clark's Nutcracker
Steller's Jay
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Wodpecker
Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Seed eaters:

Common Raven
American Crow
Steller's Jay
Mountain and Black-capped Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos including:
Slate-colored Junco
White-winged Junco
Oregon Junco
Oregon Pink-sided Junco
Gray-headed Junco

The various mountain finches have been conspicuously absent for the past month although I think I heard a Pine Grosbeak in the yard Monday. We did have both male and female Great Horned Owls duetting in the yard a couple weeks ago.

I'm on the lookout for Bohemian Waxwings and Common Redpolls which are arctic species that visit the Colorado Rockies in winter.

Here's a photo of male and female Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding on elk suet. They are tiny, active birds that survive at high altitude.





Here's a Bohemian Waxwing that visited our Palisade yard a few years ago.


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Hummmer, you have hit the bird jackpot in Boulder County. Nice pics of some of your birds! Let us know who visits your feeder in the summer and send more pics.QUOTE]

[roberth]

Beautiful Waxwing!