I like all birds! They're all welcome in my yard.Grackles are passing back through. Mean, ugly birds. Good news is that I have a full size Hairy Woodpecker (~10") that defends the suet by thrusting his beak at the grackles when try to swarm it. He leaves the other regulars alone, just goes after the grackles.
I mostly do. In fact I recognize many of the individual birds, especially the woodpeckers and bluebirds, that visit. The grackles are a non-native species, are only here for a few days as they do their seasonal migration, and will blanket my entire 1 acre yard and swarm the feeders trying choking all the others out.I like all birds! They're all welcome in my yard.
Sorry, confusing myself as last year was the first time I identified either. Yes, starlings. Correct BS, wrong name.Grackles are native birds, do you mean stupid Starlings maybe?
I love both of those, and had a lot of both at my house in Dallas. And cardinals! They nested in my yard. Even when it snowed, the cardinals knew to come to my patio for black oil sunflower seeds, and plenty of fresh, running water. The bluejays there are different from the ones here, and while ours are beautiful in their own right, I miss the other kind, with the prominent crown. (Being brutally honest, cardinals and bluejays are among the VERY FEW things I miss about Dallas. I loved my house and had some dear, wonderful friends, but this California native was never meant to live in the south.)I mostly do. In fact I recognize many of the individual birds, especially the woodpeckers and bluebirds, that visit.
Hmmm... That's a lot!The grackles are a non-native species, are only here for a few days as they do their seasonal migration, and will blanket my entire 1 acre yard and swarm the feeders trying choking all the others out.
What? Why?! Where have they been in the decades since Earth Day started?All I need is a Robin now.
Hard to get when my city cut down my neighborhoods trees.
Maybe those geese aren't from Boston, but just passing through?Is a flock of 60 Geese heading South a sign of an exceptionally cold winter? Usually the Geese hang around in Boston all year.
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