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May 26th, 2008, 03:48 PM
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Just down the street from me,maybe a 15min walk,is Lake Ontario,with Swans,Ducks,Geese etc...and people are always yelling about the Geese and the poop they produce.
 Culling always comes up,they even stuck them in trucks once,where several died,to transport them away from the park. But every year there is still the same amount of Geese  Honestly,who are we to decide to kill off birds,the same as the Cormorants in Toronto,who are we to decide there is too many of anything?? They all have a right to their habitat IMO.
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June 2nd, 2008, 09:09 PM
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Baby birds abound here right now. Mostly starling and redwing babies at the moment. Not really good fliers, but cute as cute can be. No cats come in the back yard because of the dogs, so they find the pond and rock garden nice safe nurseries.
 Here's a baby starling, and a couple of goldfinch pics. Cindy
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June 3rd, 2008, 07:15 AM
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clm,great pics
 love your camera!!I soo feel for the poor Starling moms,always having at least 3 screeching babies after her especially since they are the same size as her.The Goldfinches are very pretty,I have a few too. My birdhouses have Sparrow babies,we hear little peeps coming from there,hopefully they'll survive,the parents work really hard. I cannot get a pic of the houses,they are securely hidden in the vine on the house. Before we take the cats outside,we always check for any baby-birds and I won't let them get even close to catch any birds.
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June 3rd, 2008, 07:25 AM
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Heres a picture of me with my ducks taken a few years back..i still have them!I regret to inform you that it is me in the picture along with butch the guard duck! . http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...icaandDuck.jpg
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June 30th, 2008, 10:18 PM
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The first brood of hummingbirds has fledged and the second is in the nest. We're already going through 1.5 - 2.0 liters of nectar a day...I'm gonna hafta hire someone to help me fill the feeders once the migration begins!
 Meanwhile, though, I'm just enjoying having them back for the summer.  Here are pics of a few of the moms:
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June 30th, 2008, 10:21 PM
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Love the hummer shots Hazel
 . I've noticed quite a few females at our feeder this year, don't remember seeing them before so hopefully that means a nest in the area  .
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June 30th, 2008, 11:00 PM
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Great hummer pics hazel. I had my feeder up but didn't get any action on it at all. I will wait now until they leave at the end of summer and see if I can catch some going through.
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July 1st, 2008, 07:09 AM
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Hazel,you're soo lucky,I wish some would come to my feeder:sad:
Talked to my son in Alberta,they have tons of Hummingbirds every summer. They have 2 feeders hanging off their balcony..I wonder why there seem to be more Hummers out west??
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July 1st, 2008, 09:52 AM
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Lukka'sma and chico2--you are officially invited to come to WI in August to help hazel fill feeders!
I think we're going to have a bumper crop come through this year. chico, I think the hummers have always been more plentiful out west--it's milder as a rule and the habitat seems to suit them better. Look at all the different species they have out there, as opposed to the mere handful found east of the Rockies. That being said, however, I'm not noticing a lack of them around here, and we're decidedly east of the Rockies. We only get the Ruby-throated variety here, though...with an occasion appearance by an Anna's in the southern part of the state (one wintered over in the Mitchell Botanical Domes in Milwaukee a few years back ). I think it's a matter of location, location, location...and we just lucked into a good spot when we moved here! 
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July 3rd, 2008, 04:15 PM
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We have this yellow bellied sapsucker nest just outside our bedroom window. Here are mom and dad, they both return to the nest to feed the babies every 8 minutes or so.
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July 3rd, 2008, 04:21 PM
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That's pretty cool, jillybeanrocks! Must be fun to watch
And looky there! Daddy is actually being productive! She's a lucky lady, that Ms Sapsucker is! Any idea how many might be in there? It'll be fun watching them fledge!
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July 3rd, 2008, 04:30 PM
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From what we've read they could have up to 6 in there. We hear them calling for mom and dad all the time. We even think mom or dad is teaching them to peck the inside of the nest because we can hear the knocks on the tree as we're standing there watching them.
We had a robins nest earlier in the spring, they had 4 babies and all of them are constantly all around picking up bugs. They scare us half to death sometimes because we turn the corner around the house and they all scatter Now hopefully we'll get to see the humming bird and goldfinch babies at the feeders soon! We keep our eyes open and the camera handy.
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July 3rd, 2008, 05:01 PM
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We've got hummer babies here already--the moms are brooding the second clutches already. The babies look like moms...the only way to really know that you're beginning to see babies is to look at the beaks. Males have proportionately shorter bills, so if you see a "female" with a shorter bill, chances are you've just seen a juvenile male.
Well, that's true of the ruby-throated hummingbirds, anyway. If you're far enough west to get some of the other varieties that we don't get here, it may be different...
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July 4th, 2008, 07:17 AM
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Jillybean,that's a great picture,you are lucky to be able to watch them.
I have 3 birdhouses but they are filled with Sparrows all year around and lots of babies. But there is more diverse action at my feeders,unfortunately my camera only has a 3x zoom,can't get close enough most of the time. "My" Crows have 3 babies,very hungry babies and yes,I love"my"Crows. 
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July 4th, 2008, 11:22 AM
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Thanks! And thanks to my hubby who got me a new 10 mp, 18X zoom camera for my birthday a couple weeks ago.
I think the ravens tried to build a nest here but all the robins chased them off. If a raven, minding it's own business, even so much as flys over our property the robins start chirping and attacking it. We have 10 acres so I think the robins are always on the look out.
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July 4th, 2008, 03:56 PM
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Here,my 2(now5)Crows chase away hawks or any other large birds,only while the Robins and the Black-birds have young,do they chase the Crows away.
Whenever I cut the fat off meat,or have leftovers,I feed it to my Crows,they come every morning and let me know The Crow-babies are funny,very cautiously approach the food,as if it's going to bite. I am hoping to get a new camera one day,with a better zoom
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August 7th, 2008, 05:21 PM
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Wow Goldyy! Very beautiful pictures! What type of camera do you have?
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August 7th, 2008, 08:50 PM
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Goldyy, my modem isn't fast enough....nothing is downloading for me where your pics should be. :sad:
Here's a shot of the eastern phoebes that nested under the deck. The youngsters are pretty old here--they fledged the next day. On this day they were still testing out the edge of the nest. There were four of them in there! The hummingbird migration is starting up pretty well now. The adults are all molting and/or on the move now. The only time I see adult males is first thing in the morning and getting on toward dusk. We're up to 10 cups of nectar a day now....
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August 8th, 2008, 07:12 AM
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Goldyy,beautiful pics
Glad to see another bird-lover,my camera is just not good enough to get that close to any birds:sad:
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August 8th, 2008, 08:01 AM
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Thank you so much jillybean and chico, glad you liked them
 ,and so sorry you cant see the pics hazel :sad:, the pic of your baby phoebes is awesome!! i haven't seen one in my area yet this year  ...jillybean my camera is a Cannon G9, i havent had it long and im still learnin how to work it lol....thanks again and here are a few more pics,,,enjoy
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August 8th, 2008, 10:18 AM
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My connection is better today--I could download 5 1/2 pictures!
Awesome shots of the hummers, goldyy!!!  And I looooove chickadees and goldfinches. They entertain us all year round
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August 8th, 2008, 10:26 AM
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Manged to see some of them. I'll try again later for the rest. I couldn't even see your Phoebes Hazel :sad: Man I hate dial-up.
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August 8th, 2008, 11:33 AM
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TeeHee, finally got to see them, great pics I love birdies. Thanks for the tip Hazel, I'm learning every day
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August 8th, 2008, 08:09 PM
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WoooHooooo! Was finally able to download the red-winged blackbird and the mallards!
I like your camera, too, goldyy!! Great shots!
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