Feeding Wild Birds

[ValerieJ]

Our squirrels here are quite chubby, they eat bird seed that falls from the feeders or gets swept from the feeders by those annoying blue jays. We put out a lot of suet for wood peckers and any bird that will go after it. We have Downy, Hairy, Red bellied, Pileated. We also put out black oil sunflower and a seed mix for the Juncos and Finches.

A lot of Purple finch have hung around all winter, they usually are just fall and spring. And the Juncos all winter this year, though not as many as come through spring and fall.

Chickadees and Nuthatch always, and the annoying Blue jays.
Crows too, I love them. Cardinals, don't see many these days/years.
Turkeys, now and then... as the ice starts to melt we'll see Bald eagles daily. Trumpeter swans too, all them looking for fish that didn't make it through the winter.

Why don't you love the Blue Jays? We love them here. They get so excited about the peanuts.

 

[R2elk]

Why don't you love the Blue Jays? We love them here. They get so excited about the peanuts.

Most people only know Blue Jays by their alarm calls. Their mating calls are lovely.

 

[ValerieJ]

I don't think I've heard a blue jay mating call. But I love watching them grab a peanut and then squawk all the way back to their tree. It's like they are saying thank you.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I remember the first time I heard a blue Jay actually sing. I was so surprised! It was beautiful! I love seeing them here too but the squirrels kill me

 

[Molpet]

I have a blue Jay that mimicks a red tail hawk. Merlin app on phone thinks that too, but it can't id a turkey gobble . Poultry pay it no mind, so they can tell the difference. I was running around the first time trying to find a red tail and just a little jay.

 

[R2elk]

I have a blue Jay that mimics a red tail hawk. Merlin app on phone thinks that too, but it can't id a turkey gobble . Poultry pay it no mind, so they can tell the difference. I was running around the first time trying to find a red tail and just a little jay.

The Blue Jays here did a really good job mimicking the "buckwheat" of my guinea hens.

 

[R2elk]

I remember the first time I heard a blue Jay actually sing. I was so surprised! It was beautiful! I love seeing them here too but the squirrels kill me

I have long wanted to video the males bobbing up and down on a branch as they called for a mate.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Why don't you love the Blue Jays? We love them here. They get so excited about the peanuts.

The only thing that annoys me about Bluejays is that they go onto a platform feeder and swipe the seeds out onto the ground or they sit and fill their pouch with seeds and the smaller birds don't get their share. They fly in and scare the little birds.

One spring I saw a baby blue jay sitting on a pile of junk that was going to be taken to a recycling center, so decided I would put it in the nearest tree on a brach so it would be safe, it's parents attacked me before I could even touch it! I got pecked on the head but not hurt. Birds are good parents

 

[R2elk]

The only thing that annoys me about Bluejays is that they go onto a platform feeder and swipe the seeds out onto the ground or they sit and fill their pouch with seeds and the smaller birds don't get their share. They fly in and scare the little birds.

One spring I saw a baby blue jay sitting on a pile of junk that was going to be taken to a recycling center, so decided I would put it in the nearest tree on a brach so it would be safe, it's parents attacked me before I could even touch it! I got pecked on the head but not hurt. Birds are good parents