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Congrats on getting the oriole fed, klm , great shots of him.
Hazel, can you take the feeders in at night and only put them out after you get up?
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There's usually a lot of spillage during the day. The deer come almost every night to clean up but I'm not sure if it would be enough to tempt the bear to brave the fence and the dogs. That's something I'm gonna ask the DNR warden when he calls back... I'm hoping I can at least hang suet. And I hope that the nectar feeders are safe because they're inside the chain link fence and away from the other feeders...
My thistle feeders are still MIA, so they, at least, won't be an issue!
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Holy Hannah Hazel, he came back this morning too ....my g/f's SIL lives in Muskoka which has lots of bears and she has a foghorn that she sounds when she sees a bear around, they skedaddle pretty quick. Have you thought of getting something like that?
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was he laying down in that last picture ? waiting for his meal trying to look like a setter
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I'm hoping I can safely hang the suet outside if I bring it in at night, Chris. The trouble with moving it inside the fence is that there are always small morsels of suet that get dropped during the day and I don't want to tempt the bear inside the fence with the smell of suet. If I can't hang it outside, I may just stop putting it out... An air horn! Now there's an idea!
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I suppose I could rig some sort of plate hanging from the underside of the suet cage... That's a good idea, too!
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Indigo bunting
I set up the blind (with a good view of the bear path and dogs in the yard to act as sentinels, and finally managed to get a good shot of the indigo bunting!!
If I'd known all it would take to bring him down was a platform feeder, I would have put it up long ago!
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So be honest Hazel...how long did you have to sit in the blind to capture such a beautiful picture of the Indigo?
What a wonderful picture Hazel.
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He showed up early, maybe 15 minutes into my wait--but you can see he's suspicious the way he's looking toward the camera and he left after that one shot. He checked out the blind a couple of times later, but didn't land on the feeder--he knew something was up. He's a very cagey fella.
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Hazel, can u hang the bird feeder from the corners of your house? You know like where Christmas lights would normally go? I know u can buy a pully system for hanging pots so up can lower them and raise them...u could do that with bird feeders too I would think.
And even though that bear is on the other side of the fence u do know it could crash it if it wanted too and they can also run 30mph too if my memory is right. So be careful! When the bear is around can u smell it? Hubs says there is a distinctive smell to them sort of musky.
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I just can't believe that these feathers are actually black , beautiful pic
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And yes, they do have....scent. When hazel first smelled it my first thought was, "Dang! I hope that's not me!" Musky, rancid, hot scent...don't know how they can sneak up on anything with a nose!! Oh, except for hubby, who says he can't smell it. I smelled it really strongly when we were cleaning up the feeders after the raid, then again two nights later as I was bringing in the feeders (I brought them in really fast ), and not since... It is hard to believe when you see them in the sun like that. I got a lot more pics today--when I get a chance to resize them, I'll post a few more
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We got to see some very cool owls on our recent camping trip .
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That first owl is such a cutie!!!! What kind is s/he?
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Haven't got a clue . Apparently there was a momma teaching her two babies how to hunt (was close to dusk). Whatever they were they were huge . The owls I've seen around here are more cat sized but these guys could easily carry a cat .
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The great horned sure could... Was the first one about the same size?
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I think the first one was the baby and the other (more in the trees) is the momma. The baby was actually facing the other way and then did the full swivel around with the head. Very cool but also kinda creepy .
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So that's a baby great horned? Cute little bugger! Urm....big bugger
They kinda creep me out, too, when they do that! Halloween birds.
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Hazel, do you think is an Indigo Bunting? It was trying to eat the seeds from the long grass, until I scared it trying to get too close
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It sure is the right size and color, L4H! Aren't they gorgeous?
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Rose-breasted grosbeaks
Females:
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Juveniles:
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Males:
The adults are beginning to molt, so they're starting to look a bit tattery.
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American goldfinches
The brilliant males:
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And some more-subtly-colored but no less beautiful females:
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Mourning doves
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Chipping sparrows
Two adults and a juvenile (which is the one with the mohawk )
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Indigo buntings
First a couple of pics of one of the females:
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