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airmorse
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I had one solitary Brewers Blackbird on one of my back yard trees this morning.
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Frenchy19
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Waiting on hummingbirds and orioles in the Twin Cities. Put out a bluebird house in my backyard this year, but none so far. Wondering if I will have any luck with the bluebirds or if I am dreaming given my small, suburban loaction.
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airmorse
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It's been a weird winter for birds. I have had House Wrens at the feeders all winter. That never happens. I do enjoy them however. Such a small bird with a loud voice.
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airmorse
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A Scarlet Tangier is back at my feeder this year again. Second year in a row. I'll try and get a good picture.
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cowdoc
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White throated sparrows showed up yesterday. 30 miles south of Madison.
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sedges
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Migration in NE GA is still the other direction! We are getting a huge explosion of pine siskins moving south and east out of the cold. January 1 there were no siskins here. Now there are hundreds at the feeder. North Georgia also has quite a few sightings of evening grosbeaks this winter.
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bhouse46
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Put out the jelly early this morning and by 8 a young pair of B Orioles stopped by.
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JWilder
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Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak hanging out today. Summertime bird. Late to arrive, early to leave.
JW
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gravelroad
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Saw nine American White Pelicans this morning on the St. Louis River in Duluth, opposite the Boy Scout Landing. While I'm thinking about how to get a picture at that distance with just my iPhone, about 150 Tundra Swans in a huge V passed overhead. My wife saw our first Goldfinches on Park Point; the males were in brilliant plumage.
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sedges
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Birds that are just migrating from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are showing up in good numbers in NE GA. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Black and White Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush and White-eyed and Blue-headed vireos in particular.
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airmorse
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I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.
Spring is close!
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cowdoc
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First Oriole yesterday, first hummingbird this morning.
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JWilder
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Had my first hummingbird at my nectar feeder just minutes ago here in southern Minnesota.
Good sign!!
JW
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airmorse
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I had my first hummingbird of the season at my feeder two days ago. A male. He has been back every day, so hopefully he stays around.
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JWilder
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As I look out my patio slider here in southern Minnesota, I see 2 robins. First sighting this year.
Yesterday we had overcast and 3" of snow accumulated. Today, partly sunny and temps hovering around 40. Very nice.
I am home all week so I will be on the sharp lookout for other seasonal changes in my "neck of the woods".
JW
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gravelroad
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airmorse: "I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.
Spring is close!"
I’ll see your Sandhill Cranes at 41.49° N and raise ya a pair of Trumpeter Swans headed north yesterday at 46.81° N. :-)
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Wayouttroy
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Moorhead Mn. Orioles at the feeder yesterday, put hummingbird feeders out, lots of Finches, Cardinals have been frequent to the feeders, more this year than last.
Put up nesting boxes for the Chickadees, Nuthatches, the Chickadees are the only ones showing interested. Waiting for Martins, 3rd year I've had the houses out, maybe this is the year?
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JWilder
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A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was on my roof this morning. From the little I know, they are only in Minnesota during the summer time...
JW
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airmorse
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I put my hummingbird feeder out today. No sightings yet, but they have been reported in my area.
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airmorse
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Spring Migration has begun!!!
I was out with the dogs this afternoon and heard the sound of Red Wing Blackbirds. True to form they are the first to show up every year here in NW Indiana.
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Frenchy19
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Male rose breasted grosbeak today; first one I have ever seen! Still no hummingbirds; hopeful!
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airmorse
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gravelroad: "airmorse: "I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.
Spring is close!"
I’ll see your Sandhill Cranes at 41.49° N and raise ya a pair of Trumpeter Swans headed north yesterday at 46.81° N. :-)"
Ha!!! Funny you should say that. Walking the dogs this morning in the hood i saw 4 Trumpeter Swans headed north.
They fly fast. ;-)
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Ausable
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Robins: my wife saw 2 today. We have 2+ feet of snow on the ground, will probably have 2.5 – 3 feet by tomorrow, and the wind chill tonight will be -4 deg F. I don't know what those birds are eating; they are not seed eaters as far as I know.
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straighthairedcurly
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Watched a Forster's Tern fishing off our dock. Wow, awesome aerobatics! I had never seen one stop by our lake before. My son spotted a Green Heron the other day which we had never seen there before either.
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airmorse
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I had two male Baltimore Orioles at my jelly feeder today here in NW Indiana.
No hummingbirds, White Throat Sparrows, or Rose Breasted Grossbeaks yet.
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