Name: Sally central Maryland (Zone 7b) See you in the funny papers!
We have a few more nights below 20F so I forked out for the 15 pound bag of Sizzlin Heat seed mix. It does get a nice mix of birds in. I don't see much waste or shell mess at all. Another mix I had, has left cracked corn untouched.
White millet is ever popular and I look at these little fluffballs eating these very tiny seeds to survive. Boggles the mind.
We've been seeing a smaller hawk lately (smaller than our usual red-tailed pair). I took several shots, and dang it all of them were blurry, but this is the best of them. I'm thinking maybe sharp-shinned hawk? Very streaked breast and about the same (almost stocky) body type as a red-tailed.
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b) Shine Your Light!
Or it could be a red shoulder hawk??
I've recently seen a red shoulder hawk right by the bird feeders... they are usually down by the pond, going after frogs and bugs. Maybe because the pond froze over...
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb
According to my birding book, Red Shouldered Hawks get to 16", and Red Tailed Hawks get to 18". I had a pair of Red Shouldered Hawks build a nest 40 feet from my house for several years. Sure looks like a Red Shouldered Hawk to me. I can identify a Red Shouldered Hawk by their very distinctive calls. If you hear a loud, fierce territorial call, it may be a Red Shouldered Hawk.
Name: Sally central Maryland (Zone 7b) See you in the funny papers!
The breast/chest color looks like a good sign for Red shoulder VS red tailed.
For me, I think I hear red shoulders cry as two syllables -shoul-der-- and red tail as one long scream -taaaiiiillll.
Size, color, and call -- we definitely have a pair of red-tailed hawks in the area. They like to perch on the dead mimosa in the middle of the back yard (part of the reason we haven't had it taken down).
Name: Sally central Maryland (Zone 7b) See you in the funny papers!
that, and maybe for woodpeckers- we have a dead tree too- dang Norway maple, hidden between couple other maples. It's not big enough or in a position where pieces falling will cause $ damage. The easy button- pick up what falls!
Yep! This dead/dying row of sassafras trees were another matter... as they continued to break off, there was a good chance of damage to the $$$ fence (not ours) behind it. I think the crew did a nice job of making the stumps look more "natural" by varying their heights and also adding a bunch of V cuts instead of leaving it as a flat cut on top. They couldn't cut lower due to an old barb-wire fence literally running through those trees.
Name: Johannian The Black Hills, SD (Zone 4b) 2Thes. 3:3
Just a reminder to everyone that this is last year's thread!
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Profile picture is a picture of our Kängal, Mamanska, when he was 7 months old.
Can somebody close this thread to new posts? @Almostdone , as thread originator, you might be able to do that. Not sure if this forum works like our local MAG one.
critterologist said: How do I keep doing that?? Thanks.
Can somebody close this thread to new posts? @Almostdone , as thread originator, you might be able to do that. Not sure if this forum works like our local MAG one.
@critterologist
As Thread originator, I am only named as the one that started the new thread. There is no default for me to close the thread and remove it. However, if you go down the the bottom of the page,, you can click "Unwatch this thread". Then it will not appear in your feeds unless you are tagged.
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b) Shine Your Light!
@Almostdone scroll down to the very bottom of the page. As the "Thread OP" you should see "Thread options" then click on " Mark as solved, finished or expired. I think that will lock the thread.
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb
@wildflowers Found it!!
Having cell network issues at the moment. Or this thread may have already been locked. For some reason I can't post screenshots. Probably on my end. I did submit a request to have it locked.
Thank you Christine.
It never occurred to me to "unwatch" the thread... at least then I wouldn't be a repeat offender! I'll do that now, so I won't post here again no matter when it gets locked!
I"ll go there now!
