What is your favorite bird??
There are so many possibilities. Robins, cardinals, blue birds, goldfinches, doves the list of birds I like a lot is a long list but after a lot of thought I have decided the Carolina Wren is my favorite.
They aren't as flashy as many of the others but they are very pretty. They EAT BUGS!!! That alone makes me like them but there are many other reasons. They don't seem to be afraid of humans and will often nest very close to our front door seemingly unbothered by our constant walking by 2 to 3 feet from their nest. They even tolerate bending over and shining a flashlight into their nest to check on eggs and/or babies. They nest on our porch and don't make a mess like the robins do when they nest on our porch. When one of the adults leaves the nest to go get another bug for the babies they take a bill full of poop with them and you can see them drop it on the yard. They also make really cool nests. The entrance is on the side and the nest usually has a "roof". I'm going to try a do a link to a typical nest.
So which birds are your favorites and why??
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I really enjoy Canada Gooses.
So majestic, so graceful, so tasty ...
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I would have to say I use my left one the most while sticking it out the car window at tailgaters here in the Atlanta area. 😁
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Going by how much i spend on feeding them it must be the Baltimore Oriole. Beautiful birds and fun watching them bring their young to the feeders. 🤔 Bob
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My dad use to raise Quail I have to agree that they are fun to watch would also be my vote
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mockingbird. great bug eaters and stupid brave where their young are concerned.
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A lot of strange deaths with songbirds this year. I have always been partial to the cardinal.
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The eastern kingbird is a fearless one as well. I've seen them trying to take feathers out of a redtail so far up that you needed binoculars to see them and understand why the hawk was flying so strangely.
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Even though I live on heavily wooded acres west of Indy and my wife spends more on bird food that on me, I have to agree with Smitty500mag .
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Quail, cardinals, bluebirds, wild turkey. But I have to admit I get a kick out of the little bitty guys with the turbo- hummingbirds. Our cat will be sleeping on the rail on the deck- they will hover over the cat- you can see fur blowing in the downdraft. Absolutely fearless little guys.
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Love my hummers. Sadly not seeing very many this year . Wife has gotten into bird feeding / watching . She loves the goldfinches .
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Steller Jay, they’re crazy smart and they remember. We have one with a gimpy leg that comes back every winter, we call him Hopalong and he’ll eat peanuts from our hands.
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Sick and dying songbirds now in 53 Indiana counties as officials still search for cause
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources repeated its urging for Hoosiers to bring in their bird feeders while the department investigates.Also read it's in PA, WV, OH, NJ and NY.
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Meep meep!
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The bird above roadrunner is an a American Kestrel. Was also known as a Sparrow Hawk.
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We have 18 acres of woods, with some on the east side and some on the west side of our house. We have a LOT of species that make their homes here. We have hawks, buzzards, Blue Jays, woodpeckers, plus all the common birds for this area. However the one bird I consider it a privilege to see is the Bald Eagle. We see them more often in the last few years. Last week I saw 2 of them flying towards the pond down the road.
That pond is a haven for a lot of exotic birds like Swans, Egrets, Canada Geese, Grey Herrons, plus many more.
There is an elderly lady (she's probably about my age😁) that parks along the road just to watch the birds we have in the woods.
I enjoy all of them except for one species that just raises hell most of the time, and that is the crows.
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Prairie chicken. When I was a kid they were in the wild. And drumming on an evening was majestic. The Possum police introduced coyotes to the southern part of the state and that was that. Along with nesting areas kept diminishing.
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Love the Eastern Bluebirds that show up when I mow the front acreage. ON a good day there will be quite a squadron thinning out the bug population.
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For the past several years we have had a matex pair of bald eagles nesting somewhete in the swamp behind the house . Just beyond the swamp about 1/2 mile is a large 75 acre lake . I have seen them fishing there .
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I love all of the songs but every band needs a drummer. Love the sound of ruffed grouse in the spring.
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Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Doves white or ring neck
all others
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And I love my yard bird too,,,,
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Exactly right Dano. My wife saw this RobOz and now has quit feeding them. Bad news for the birds but maybe she will spend a little on jeff.
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No favorite bird but the call of the whipporwill when I'm sipping a libation at dusk stirs my soul.
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...and Bob White,,,
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A frozen wrapped up turkey
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To me birds are like a box of chocolates. I could never pick just one!
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I put out a solar bird bath this year, and with things so extremely dry, our deck is now bird central for the whole neighborhood. Cute little goldfinches will come and land three feet from me as I'm refilling it (three times a day!) as if to plead for me to hurry up. We get those, house finches, chickadees, robins, European collared doves, and more. The robins splash so much water out that when I see one, I have to go out immediately and add water.
This all started with hummingbirds - still my faves. When I'd take their feeders down for winter, I had the idea to hang a seed feeder for the winter juncos. That morphed into a year-round thing, and then I saw a Youtube about those solar baths, and added one. Best thing I ever did, says the missus. She loves watching the birds drink and bathe. That's a surprise, because she showed little interest in the hummies until now.
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