Lots of birds visit this feeder:
Quick glimpse of typical birds resident locally visiting bird feeder in our backyard.
Five years ago I set-up my first hummingbird feeder and I was hooked! The entertainment that this one bird feeder provided lead to my curiosity of what other birds I could attract to my yard. Now I want to share with you what I have learned.
Lots of birds visit this feeder:
Quick glimpse of typical birds resident locally visiting bird feeder in our backyard.
Very good article about the indigo bunting
He is the indigo bunting. Silhouetted against the sky, he looks black. But when he comes to the ground to feed, forage, court, or chase a rival, he is blue. No -- to call the indigo bunting blue is to do him a disservice. He is "indigo blue" -- rich and sparkling blue, like the treasured blue dye of the plant genus Indigofera which the classical Greeks and Romans imported from far distant India (hence the "indigo.")
The project took five months to complete. Ty had to identify the species of birds in his area, invent the feeder, run a base line experiment with clear containers and, finally, conduct a series of carefully monitored tests with various coloured bottles. His attention to detail and scientific rigour earned him a spot at the CWSF.
An infra-red camera has been installed in a barn owl nest at Northycote Farm, Underhill Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, recording images through the night.Read more: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/05/27/owl-star-of-springwatch-style-nest-camera/#ixzz1Nba3jnzl
Special appearance by the awesome, rare Scarlet Tanager
James, who has proposed an ordinance which would make it illegal for anyone to "feed, keep or harbor pigeons or other wild or domesticated birds in the city so as to create ... offensive odors or unsanitary conditions ...," stressed he never intended to seek a ban of bird feeders, only regular maintenance to prevent old seed from lying on the ground to rot and attract rodents.
Suddenly I realized why that owl was in this spot on the map. Not far away from him and a little below was one bird feeder, and another was located a little distant from that one.