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Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?

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  • wtgW Offline
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    #45

    The females (both the goldfinches and cardinals) are not nearly so bright colored as the males. And they all go dull for the winter.

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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    • A AndyD

      Looks like he's been spray painted 😁 Amazing red. We have nothing like that; our birds tend to have small patches of colour. I can think of only a handful that are bright... kingfisher, yellowhammer, ring necked parakeet and (rare) golden oriole.

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      Bernard
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      @AndyD Don't you have the most beautiful Bluetits, and most adorable Robins?

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        Yes but they're subtle pastel yellow and blue.

        Robins seem much more brown compared to those on Christmas cards. They are very cocky and like to watch you gardening, and even inside the house when you're sat doing nothing. Lovely loud songsters. No wonder they our favourite and national bird.

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          #48

          I didn't get a picture, but today we had dinner al fresco at an out-of-the-way lobster place in New Hampshire, and we had a concert from Mr. and Mrs. House Finch on a nearby fence.

          Of course I couldn't see a thing because I forgot to take off my computer glasses and put on my regular glasses when I left the house. I didn't realize I had done this and was thinking that suddenly my cataracts had gotten a whole lot worse. Duh.

          Here instead are pictures of a different couple from home. alt text
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            #49

            If you want goldfinches, WTG, feed this stuff. Pricey but the finches LOVE it. We have 6 pair.

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            “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
            ― Douglas Adams

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              They also like the seeds of evening primrose if you leave the dried flower heads on. But we don't see them regularly like Mik does.

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                They also like the seeds of the yellow ligularia 'Rocket'. It's hysterical when they land on the long stalk and it bends over from their weight.

                My neighbor is feeding them thistle; they come to my yard for a sip of water.

                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                  #52

                  The birds were not eating much with the cicadas here. Now that they are fading, they're chowing down at the feeders.

                  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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                    Mama bear and two cubs.
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                      I don’t have bears yet, but they’ve been seen in the county. We have coyotes, but it seems they aren’t true coyotes, but a cross between coyotes and wolves - coy wolves. It makes sense because they are bigger that western coyotes. I see them trotting down the walking trails sometimes.

                      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
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