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Birds in my garden for the week , starting Oct. 17



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Sherry8

Wisconsin...zone 4
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:53 pm   Post subject: Birds in my garden for the week , starting Oct. 17


I seen this interesting spotted bird...a starling on my tray feeder.



I was surprised to see this Red-winged Blackbird at my feeders. Usually they are here in the spring and stay a month and you never see them until spring again..But this year a group of them stayed for a while.


The Mourning Doves are always here...


The Blue Jays are feasting on my peanuts ..


and the Gold finch enjoy the thistle seed...





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eileen


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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:51 pm   Post subject:


We have starings in our towns and gardens year round here in the UK Sherry so we tend to take them for granted. Are they quite rare in your area?


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Sherry8

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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:12 am   Post subject: .


eileen...I have them when the cool weather starts...I will keep track if they stay the whole winter. They go somewhere in the summer months...they haven't been at my feeders. I was just intrigued with their markings....Sherry


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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:57 am   Post subject:


You've certainly got a lot of different birds in your garden, Sherry. Very Happy The starlings are here for summer and leave in autumn. It's a certain sign of spring when we begin to see the flocks of starlings returning.


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playtime8978

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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:30 am   Post subject:


Where I live we have huge flocks of starlings fly over the house every day to go and roust in the piers they used to come in my garden ut havent had them down since the cats came in our garden I love starlings I will have to see if they dissapear over winter.


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Sjoerd

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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:41 pm   Post subject:


Magnificent Sherry. I love your birtf fotos so much. It's hard to tell if I like the flower or wildlife fotos better. I like them bith. Thanks again for some good shots.


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glendann

Texas
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:09 pm   Post subject:


You do have a lot of birds around.They sure make the world a better place to live in.


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tschnath

Southern Maine (zone 5)
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:55 am   Post subject:


Thanks again for such lovely pics Sherry. I have starlings in the spring and summer but have lost them now.


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