Had a little visitor today
I was on my patio having coffee this morning, and this little fellow and his brother, dropped in to see me. I soon discovered their nest in the eve of our barbeque hut. They finally got their wings about an hour ago, and flew up into the bushes beside the house. They are red breasted finches.
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Cute little guys!
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While I occasionally mistake a hawk for a kestrel, I do love birds of all kinds.
We're hoping our tree swallows come back to their box of the past 2 years. Last year they had 5 healthy ones and my wife actually cried when the last one flew off.
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Are tree swallows the same as barn swallows? We get barn swallows like crazy nesting under our piers every summer.
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asop: 30325876944923/comments/
Are tree swallows the same as barn swallows? We get barn swallows like crazy nesting under our piers every summer.
According to my wife who knows a lot more than I do, they are not the same. I'm sure she knows the difference but she's having a soak in the tub and seems reluctant to answer any additional questions at this time. :D
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Love springtime and the new babies it brings, along with the re birth of flowers and fields
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Oakie, likely more coventionally called house finches.
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Baby birds are adorable.
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asop: 30325876944923/comments/
Are tree swallows the same as barn swallows? We get barn swallows like crazy nesting under our piers every summer.
No, they are two different species. Barnies are easy to spot, they have forked tails. Tree swallows do not.
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A pair of bluebirds raised a nest full out in our back yard this spring. I'm told they may do it again, so I will leave the box alone for a while.
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Cute little buggers... 😉
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I've been watching a pair of downy woodpeckers excavate a nest hole in a dead part of my neighbor's apple tree. One will peck away for half an hour at a time, then switch. They're "shoulder deep" now and still going.
I have had a basket of "Woodpecker Treat" suet cake hanging in that tree all winter. Maybe that's why they chose to have a nest there. Dunno, but I hope it profits them.
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