[Douglbirds] June Birds...

[Lisa Crispin]

Wow, that must be very cool.  We have some of those birds but not nearly
that variety or quantity.

I am curious how other people deal with bears.  We had a bear raid our
feeders on Friday and have a big party time.  It was a young enough bear to
have a mom nearby so that's kind of scary.  I'm now taking everything in at
night, and I only put suet out when we're home.  We live in a Castle Rock
subdivision, I didn't expect bears, although we do back up to the Scott
ranch.

We also have a lot of magpies lately, I enjoy watching them, but I know they
scare off the little birds.  Does anyone have suggestions on that?  I don't
want to scare them off, but I wouldn't mind making our yard less attractive
to them.


On 7/1/07, Bill McAdoo <bill at mcadoophotography.com> wrote:
>
>  What we have seen on our property this month.
> June 2007:
>
>    - The biggest surprise of the year is the Northern Bobwhite who has
>    taken an interest in a woodpile behind our barn.  For 2 nights I kept
>    hearing this very distinctive call and finally tracked it down.  I have
>    taken some great photos of this beautiful bird.
>    - So far we have had 2 sets of young Western Bluebirds born in our
>    Bluebird houses.  There is one pair still "Nest Sitting".
>    - A Pair of Killdeer took up residence by our pond and had a clutch
>    of 3 baby Killdeer.
>    - We have a resident pair of Hairy Woodpeckers living in a dead tree
>    in the far back area of our property.  She is being very bold right now and
>    coming up to our nut & fruit feeder near the house to eat.  She is getting
>    very big and we are hoping they will nest and we will see some baby Hairy's
>    later in the Summer.
>    - A Pair of House Wren's have moved into another bird house.  They
>    have been very busy working on their nest and she appears to just have laid
>    her eggs.  He is coming & going with bugs.
>    - We have 50+ assorted American & Lesser Goldfinch (and House
>    Finches) at our main 2 Thistle feeders every day.  We have gone through
>    about 20 lbs of thistle already this summer.  Many newborn Goldfinch mixed
>    in.
>    - Chipping & Brewer's Sparrows are flocking to our back feeders each
>    evening.
>    - We still have a fair number of Pygmy Nuthatches hanging out at the
>    back nut & seed feeder. Not as many as over the winter, but we are seeing
>    10-15 each evening.  White Breasted Nuthatches are abundant as well.
>    - Broad-tailed & Anna's Hummingbirds are making great use of our
>    feeders & flowers right now.
>    - Tree Swallows are swooping down on our pond to drink each evening
>    and eating lots of bugs.  They keep checking out of of our Flicker houses
>    but so far they have not moved in.
>    - Northern Flickers are coming & going as usual.
>    - Brown Creepers are still around climbing up & down the trees. I
>    usually do not see them so much in the summer, normally just in winter.
>    - A few Spotted Towhee have been in flat feeders over the last few
>    weeks.
>    - Black-Capped & Mountain Chickadee's are working the feeders in the
>    evenings and have one as yet unidentified Chickadee.
>
>
> Bill & Sheri McAdoo
> www.mcadoophotography.com
> Franktown, CO
> Email bill at mcadoophotography.com
>
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Lisa Crispin
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