What da ya have in your yard? :)

Amazing shots Peter, I've cleaned and refilled my feeder but no luck as of yet....soon

The F stops here wrote in post #15814717
Amazing shots Peter, I've cleaned and refilled my feeder but no luck as of yet....soon

Thanks. They are coming soon, this is my first Rufous I always have the Anna's.

I have not seen any yet either(hummers). I hope it will be soon as many flowers are blossoming now. I see more eastern bluebirds now that I've added some fruits to the feeders outside. I hope to get some captures of them soon and maybe the little ones too.


Just before leaving for work this morning I took some captures of this mourning dove in flight, the light is soft this early so it is a struggle to get the settings down.

The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove

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[QUOTE=bwfishing;15794​392]I. May put out some fruit like raisins and currants after they been soaked in water. I've not tried it yet, so I wonder if anyone could share their experience with fruits to attract birds like, waxwings, bluebirds, orioles and tanagers, or others, that could help? Also flowers include Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue', and Confederate Jasmine seem to make the hummers happy.

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Not sure on the other birds, but my grandmother has great luck attreacting orioles by pounding a nail into a tree and sticking half an orange on it(cut side out of course). You might waste a few oranges if you put them out too early, but the male usually shows up as a scout of sorts, finds out where the food is and the female follows him in. Better to waste $2 in oranges than put them out too late and miss the orioles completely.

A couple recent ones from my yard.

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^ Talking of the lucky bird!

samsen wrote in post #15817572
^ Talking of the lucky bird!

+1.

Great series easybaygirl.

Awesome bif of morning dove bwfishing. Wow.

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bwfishing wrote in post #15794392
I. May put out some fruit like raisins and currants after they been soaked in water. I've not tried it yet, so I wonder if anyone could share their experience with fruits to attract birds like, waxwings, bluebirds, orioles and tanagers, or others, that could help? Also flowers include Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue', and Confederate Jasmine seem to make the hummers happy.

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Not sure on the other birds, but my grandmother has great luck attreacting orioles by pounding a nail into a tree and sticking half an orange on it(cut side out of course). You might waste a few oranges if you put them out too early, but the male usually shows up as a scout of sorts, finds out where the food is and the female follows him in. Better to waste $2 in oranges than put them out too late and miss the orioles completely.

Shackleton, sounds good thanks for the tip! I'll give it a try. Orioles are really beautiful birds. If I get some good shots I certainly post them here...

Peter2516 wrote in post #15817721
Awesome bif of morning dove bwfishing. Wow.

Thank you, and you sure are getting a GREAT amount of traffic on that one dollar feeder!
I'm sooo jealous of you and EastBayGirl!

Thanks Peter and bwfishing. This is the most I have ever seen the humming birds here. I love how bold they can be.
That's a great humming bird shot, Peter.

bwfishing wrote in post #15817770
Thank you, and you sure are getting a GREAT amount of traffic on that one dollar feeder!
I'm sooo jealous of you and EastBayGirl!

EastBayGirl wrote in post #15818383
Thanks Peter and bwfishing. This is the most I have ever seen the humming birds here. I love how bold they can be.
That's a great humming bird shot, Peter.

Thank you easybaygirl and bwfishing I appreciate it.

Great pics in this thread.
Ill start with the different Cockatoo's that come and say hello.

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Wow awesome series shorty.