On 2/19/2021 8:35 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-02-19 5:16 p.m., Craig Holmes wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:28:00 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/19/2021 12:25 AM, US Janet wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:47:22 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Interesting!Â* The bird that stuck around my house in the winter was a
>>>>> female Ruby-throated hummingbird.Â* That was a number of years ago.
>>>>
>>>> snip
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had a suet cage hanging out the last month or so.Â* It's only
>>>>> "chilly" weather down here but the birds are flocking.Â* Northern
>>>>> Bluebirds are coming around like crazy.Â* This is a male; that
>>>>> brilliant
>>>>> blue on the wings gets me every time:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/gkr02Z3b/bluebird-suet.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm also seeing a lot of Chickadees, Carolina Wrens, Flickers, Downy
>>>>> Woodpeckers, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, cute little Pine Warblers and
>>>>> Tufted Titmice.Â* Ground feeders eating scattered seed include
>>>>> Cardinals
>>>>> and all sorts of finches.Â* Also Yellow-Rumped Warblers. 
>>>>>
>>>>> There are a plethora of birds here in the Winter.Â* Alas, no
>>>>> hummingbirds
>>>>> at the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>> We have a lot of different little birds here too.Â* They are housing in
>>>> a rose bush gone wild that is entangled with wild blackberry.Â* We
>>>> can't figure out how they can even enter the bush it is so tangled.
>>>> But when it snows the bush gets completely covered and makes a snug
>>>> house for those dozens of birds.Â* I envision them picking blackberries
>>>> from the inside for dinner 
>>>
>>> I love it!Â* No need for foraging when there are berries right there. 
>>>
>>> There is a Pyracantha bush (it's more like a tree) growing just outside
>>> the kitchen window.Â* At certain times of the year it's covered in red
>>> berries.Â* One day my mother and I were sitting at the kitchen table when
>>> a flock of tufted titmice flew in and literally stripped it of all the
>>> berries!Â* What an amazing sight!Â* It hasn't happened since.
>>>
>>>> The skies get cleared when the momma hawk and her youngsters show up.
>>>> Even the squirrels don't move.Â* At night, the Great Horned Owls talk
>>>> to each other and their voices echo back and forth.Â* Sometimes the
>>>> owls talk from right outside my window while I try to sleep.
>>>> You and I are so lucky to live where we have wild life to watch.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> Yes, we are very lucky in that regard.Â* More than once I've seen a Great
>>> Blue Heron taking a leisurely stroll out back.
Â* One day I was heading
>>> out to the store when a friend stopped me and pointed to a wooded lot
>>> across the street.Â* There was a Green Heron standing there by the edge
>>> of the street.Â* Oh, hello! 
>>>
>>> There are plenty of hawks around, likely Sharp Shinned, and I hear the
>>> other birds giving out sharp warning calls.Â* They and the squirrels
>>> hide.Â* In the Spring and the Fall, if it's not too humid to have the
>>> windows open, I can hear Chuck Will's Widows starting to call to each
>>> other at dusk.Â* Also owls (no idea what kind) hooting in the night.Â* I
>>> find the sound of those night birds very soothing.
>>
>> I would like to remind people that Jill would appreciate it if people
>> posted on topic.
>>
> Gawd! Every post would be about cats!
I don't constantly bring up my cat. Please don't let the troll bait you.
Jill