TravelingChris Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I have an office with my computer in it and after we moved here in summer of 2011, that winter I found out that birds had been fed on the window ledge and expected food. Being a bird lover, I started feeding them. This morning, I came to check my email and a Downy Woodpecker came up and scolded me since there was no more bird seed on the ledge. So I put more out. I have had Blue Jays, Downy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Mourning Doves, Carolina Chickadees, White Breasted Nuthatch, a number of Redbellied Woodpeckers, and House Finches. They are all so pretty to look at, it doesn't make leaving and doing work any easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinchick Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 My dad used to feed the birds on the windowsill, too! His favorite bird was the chickadee (we mostly get black capped chickadees around here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They say you haven't truly been scolded until you've been scolded by a downy woodpecker! How fun! Looks like you have made some nice friends! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well for a long time I wanted to have birds like a cage in a sunroom. I wasn't going to do it until my dh retired from the USAF. But although that is happening this year and I do have a sunroom, I won't be doing that any longer. This is such an easy way to enjoy birds. I wonder though, why I haven't seen any cardinals today? They are normally really into my window along with other ones that come and go like goldfinches. Not coming to my window but coming to my yard throughout the year are even more birds like we get Blue birds here all winter along with summer and a Great Horned Owl lives across the street and we sometimes see him or her sitting there in the evening or we here the hoots. We had Sharp Shinned Hawks nest across the street and the young ones were using our yard to first learn to fly and then I even got to see the mom or dad teach one how to hunt by flying with a chipmunk it had caught and dropping it in flight for the young one to catch it. That was so neat to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 How nifty! And a good reminder that I need to refill the bird feeder outside my window (I have a junco making it plain that he is very, very disappointed in me). And here I thought your internet birds were the Decorah Eagles. I spend an embarrassing amount of time every spring watching that nest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 No, I have the real birds and when I lived in Northern VA and we had Snowmegadon or whatever it was called, a Bald Eagle did come to my railing that was surrounding my sun room and where I put my seeds out there. It wasn't hunting. It was tired and the branches were so heavy with the snow that they couldn't hold him well. He rested there a few minutres and then flew off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Love hearing about all your feathered friends. We have cockatiels and one thing you're free from with outdoor birds is cage cleaning. That takes up a lot of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hey, you just have time to log into the Great Backyard Bird Count! http://gbbc.birdcount.org/ I love watching birds too. We have many of the same ones you've listed at our feeders too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 When I worked in a high rise years ago, several turkey buzzards used to sit on the ledge right outside my office window. My coworkers nicknamed me "buzzard lady." :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'm remembering my winters in Canada. At a winter retreat I used to attend there were always bird feeders out but I also remember standing in the middle of the snow-laden forest with my arms outstretched and a pile of seed in each hand. The little black-capped chickadees would zoom down, alight for a few seconds and wing away with their bounty. I loved the thrum and whoosh of their wings as the zoomed past my ears and face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks Stacia, I completely forgot this was the weekend to do that. I do this every year for the last few years. I am glad you reminded me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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