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February 24th, 2010, 10:56 AM
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I just love this thread, I'm so glad it got started
 .....good pics LP  I so need a decent camera 
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February 25th, 2010, 09:00 PM
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I was doing so well in January, limiting madame hazel to a reasonable number of pics for printing... Now in February, with the birds getting tamer and the weather warmer, madame hazel is showing signs of needing that intervention again
 Anyway, here's some more birds from this month...same ol', same ol'...but they're just so darn cute!!!!!! Black-capped chickadees: A novel angle on this one  :Just darn cute:
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February 25th, 2010, 09:07 PM
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A few more chickadees. I just love these little guys!
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February 25th, 2010, 09:19 PM
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White-breasted nuthatch:
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February 25th, 2010, 09:27 PM
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Mama Downy Woodpecker:
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February 25th, 2010, 09:35 PM
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Papa Downy Woodpecker:
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February 25th, 2010, 09:43 PM
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Wow! WOW
 ! What amazingly beautiful shots  .
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February 25th, 2010, 09:44 PM
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Mourning dove in the hemlock:
Blue jays :
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February 25th, 2010, 09:52 PM
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Red-breasted nuthatch:
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February 25th, 2010, 10:00 PM
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And finally
, a couple of posts of American goldfinches...
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February 25th, 2010, 10:09 PM
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...and a shot of my helper for the day! 
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February 25th, 2010, 10:13 PM
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Thanks, LP. It helps when the birds cooperate. Except for the dove, the two bluejays and my helper
, I was within about 25 feet (um....less than 8 meters, I think) for all the others. If I stand reasonably quietly, they come down to the feeders even if I'm pretty close. We're buddies, donchyaknow...
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February 25th, 2010, 10:19 PM
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Does Ember stay reasonably quiet too when he sees the birds
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February 25th, 2010, 10:22 PM
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At least not if there are doves involved. Doves are just too irresistible! But he sure does have fun!!! 
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February 26th, 2010, 09:46 AM
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Such clarity in the pictures Hazel, they are so very good
....Your Goldfinches have more advanced goldening then mine, does that mean you will get Spring before we do 
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February 26th, 2010, 10:55 AM
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OMG I love the pics! You must have a really good camera!
Hey guys I am wondering still no takers on the suet?? does it go bad?
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February 26th, 2010, 11:11 AM
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Still no takers Winston, that's weird
 - it won't go bad in this weather no fears. Have you seen many birds around?
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February 26th, 2010, 11:20 AM
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You know its funny you should ask that! I have hardly seen any birds this year?? Even this past week up in Montreal I took my binoculars along in case I saw some birds but not even 1?? I did see for the first time in my life a pack of deer? OMG they ran across the road and there had to be about 15 of them all together?? I have only seen 1 or 2 deer at a time but never that many! Good thing no one hit them!
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February 26th, 2010, 12:16 PM
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So did you at least take a pic of the deer?.....to tell you the truth, if I was a bird, I wouldn't live in Hamilton
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February 26th, 2010, 01:16 PM
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Suet can go bad, Winston, but usually it needs to be above freezing... Is Hamilton warm? If you see mold growing on it, I'd pitch the suet and either start fresh or try again next winter.
Too bad you're not seeing any birds!  Do you have a seed feeder out?
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February 26th, 2010, 01:38 PM
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Well its at the back of the house..its a teeney tree...normally i see tons of birds here but this yr hardly any...
I am gonna hang a new one up front in the Big trees..probably have better luck....maybe its because the weather for us has been so strange this year? Love this thread!
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February 26th, 2010, 01:52 PM
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Could certainly by the weather but I can't believe you've been totally snubbed!
Not even any house sparrows?!?We're seeing signs of spring here. The size of the flocks continue to increase, and the purple finches (although seemingly shy of the camera) have been unabashedly singing their spring music. I actually found some grassy spots under the pines today (heard a bunch of doves go up and went to investigate ), although most of the rest of the ground is covered in a foot of snow.This morning there were over 80 goldfinches under the feeders and chasing each other around the treetops, a smattering of purple finches (which have been pretty scarce this winter), woodpeckers and nuthatches bobbing along the tree trunks, and blue jays and doves skulking in the bushes. Of course, my counting days for the Cornell program are Wed and Thurs so I couldn't add them to my tallies  How do they always know? I hope the birds find your feeders soon, Winston!  'Course...you could always take Winston on another road trip and come on over to see ours.  If you time it for mid-May, the warblers will be coming through! My favorite part of the birding season!
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February 26th, 2010, 02:19 PM
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I rescued a warbler before and didnt really know what it was at the time..it flew into the buuilding I workk in so I called the SPCA thinking someone lost their cute little bird..it was lime green in color..the lady said to bring it up so I did..They laughed at me when they opened the box..the lady says thats a wild bird??
you have warbler in there! okay...then she said okay dont worry we will keep it here for observation and then release it in the morning! They were laughing at me but I had a smile on my face thinking he was gonna be okay,,,
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February 26th, 2010, 08:13 PM
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Oh, that's cool, Winston! I love warblers!!!
They're my favorite group!!! I'm hoping to get some warbler pics this summer...but it'll be hard--they're skittish, like to stick to the tops of the trees, they're small, and those cute little buggers are fast!!!
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February 27th, 2010, 07:34 PM
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February 27th, 2010, 09:06 PM
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I'll try to get some warbler pics this summer, but unless they come down out of the treetops (which they usually don't
) the pics won't be quite as closeup as the ones I get of my feeder buddies. Speaking of which, that ol' bat, madame hazel, was out there in the bushes with the camera again this morning . Now I have another 400 images to print on Monday when I go into town! I wouldn't mind so much but it takes forever to go through everything when madame hazel is on a roll! 
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February 27th, 2010, 11:30 PM
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Okay, I have today's ready to go, but I'm not going to post them here till we get to the next page.
If I do, I won't be able to reload this page. One of the many mysteries of Dial-up... It's an arcane science!
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February 28th, 2010, 08:11 PM
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I was finally awake enough to remember to take my camera outside with me early this morning. Of course this guy? girl? chose the tallest tree to perch on
. That is a Cardinal right? He/she sounded so pretty .
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February 28th, 2010, 08:39 PM
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Yep, a male cardinal, and a very handsome one at that, LP!
We used to have cardinals here but for some reason they've been absent this autumn and winter  I really hope they resurface this spring because I love cardinals
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February 28th, 2010, 08:49 PM
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I see lots of Cardinals here, just never have my camera handy
. And they tend to be more shy than the other kinds of birds. I swear he was telling our dogs off this morning as they were playing too close to the feeder .What do Cardinals like to eat best? Do you know if they prefer to eat in an open space or amongst trees for cover?
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