Off my sunroom I have extensive flower beds. I had lots of fun and interesting bird interactions. A flock of goldfinches came in to eat the seeds of the coneflowers and 7 ft. high rudbeckias. One time a young one came up to a male goldfinch and fluttered its wings to be fed, which papa did. The young one also tried to get seeds for itself . I have about 6 hummingbirds which come to my feeders and flowers. One has been sitting on the stem of a petal less rudbeckia and poking it's bill into the seed head. Is there still nectar or just tiny bugs it's finding? The hummer won't tolerate the goldfinches in her garden. She would repeatedly go after the goldfinch and even peck it with its bill to successfully drive it off. I haven't seen my catbirds for a while since I took down my jelly feeders. I had white face hornets coming and going after the birds. Anyway, the catbird came to drink from the puddles in my large, rock wall.
My hummers are so much fun to watch. There are constant wars among the females. Lots of chasing and fluttering up high together. The hornets still occasionally come to the sugar water feeders. When a hummer tries to sit to drink, they will actively chase the hummer away. Sometimes the hornet will be walking around the feeder and the hummer will just move ahead to a different port. Oh, the male oriole comes quite frequently to drink from the hummer feeder. My other jelly feeders have not learned to do that. I have had the orioles, house finches, red-bellied woodpecker, and catbirds coming to those feeders. I do so love to watch the bird behaviors! Oh, I also had a Nashville warbler come to look for bugs in the rudbeckias.. I've seen one occasionally for the last month, but I've had trouble checking out all the field marks since they don't stay still for long and I didn't have my binoculars near me. Carol Keeler Auburn Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
