Goldfinch

[vfem]

We enjoy the cardinals, orioles and eastern blue birds. We watch them watching us most the day. I love watching them bouncing around on the tops of my sunflowers. Makes me smile and laugh, and I could just watch from the kitchen table for hours.

 

[Nyboy]

Male cardinals are beauttiful, I have had them nesting in my yard for over 20 years. Not sure if its same pair, how long do Cardinals live, I know parrots can live over 50 years. While I see male all the time I only spot female in winter when trees are bare. Goldfinch I very rarly see.

 

[Carol Dee]

Ahhh I love birds. There are always feeders out. I like to bring them in where I can really enjoy them. Right now we have some pretty little ruby throat humming bids visitng. The wren is very chatty and scolds me when I leave the house. We have 2 bluebird ouses that have occupants. While I occasionally see gold fich (I state bird) at our feeders, I usually see more purple finch and house finch. I would have to agree with SO Lucky. I like all the birds EXCEPT starlings and sparrows! Here is a photo I have shared befor, one I took several summers ago at our garden.

And one of a female Ruby Throat Hummer, not as pretty as her mate, but oh so sweet!

 

[digitS']

I have made a mistake.

In that earlier post I said that both eastern and western bluebirds are around here. Well no. I have kind of wondered how those 2 are separated but the ornithologists know better than I do. And, it is only the "western" that joins the mountain bluebird here . . .

So, Carol Dee's is the eastern . . . still looks like the one here . Pretty birds!

Steve

 

[NwMtGardener]

Yeah, i swear eastern and western bluebirds are the same dang thing, just separated breeding populations. Our mountain bluebird, well he's distinctive for sure! Saw one just the other day, such a gorgeous color!!

 

[seedcorn]

Agree on hate filthy sparrows. They and starlings are poster pictures of why we need importation laws enforced.

 

[MontyJ]

I'm sitting on the gazeebo having my coffee this morning. The sun is shining and the birdsong is everywhere. There is a gentle cool breeze blowing producing a musica tinkle from the wind chimes. The hummingbirds are already fighting over the feeders. What an excellent way to start the day

 

[Nyboy]

Monty sounds like the start of a great weekend!!

 

[bj taylor]

what a beautiful morning montyj

 

[so lucky]

For some reason I thought western bluebirds had a pale blue breast, where the eastern bluebird has a russet breast. But maybe the pale blue breast is the mountain bluebird. Guess I could use the site digitS' linked, instead of pulling stuff out of my......hat.