A cloudy day at the Hurdman feeders
December 14th, 2010
Yesterday at the Hurdman feeders was the most frenetic I've seen...there or anywhere. Teeming masses of goldfinches, house finches and chickadees, whizzing back and forth, fighting over perches. Every perch on the nyjer feeder occupied. Woodpeckers and nuthatches stuffing themselves on suet. I filled the platform feeder almost to the brim in the morning; by afternoon, they'd emptied it. I guess they knew the weather was only going to get worse.
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Black-Capped Chickadee and a very tenacious squirrel :-)
December 14th, 2010
Yesterday at the Hurdman feeders was the most frenetic I've seen...there or anywhere. Teeming masses of goldfinches, house finches and chickadees, whizzing back and forth, fighting over perches. Every perch on the nyjer feeder occupied. Woodpeckers and nuthatches stuffing themselves on suet. I filled the platform feeder almost to the brim in the morning; by afternoon, they'd emptied it. I guess they knew the weather was only going to get worse.
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Black-Capped Chickadee and a very tenacious squirrel :-)
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guruwench
December 14th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Lovely birdies! We've had goldfinches at our feeder as well as chickadees and cardinals and sparrows (the common city variety, I'm being lazy and not getting my bird book for their proper name); also have had a squirrel eating our suet!
I haven't seen them, but our suet plug feeder has had chickadees pecking at it and must have had a woodpecker or two as well, as the wood has the telltale signs of beak damage. We may have to set up a webcam one weekend to film some activity, for fun.
Mike
December 15th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Yay hordes! Also, the nuthatch pic in particular is very nice!