Lin, great catch of the pileated!!

Love those Jays stuffing themselves too!

Thanks Cliftoncat and Claudia!

The weather here is changing with a cold front that's heading our way, it ended up getting overcast and dreary looking this afternoon but the feeders were really busy all day. It's been really dry lately so we are looking for some much needed rain tomorrow and Sunday! Here are my last photos from today.

Red-winged Blackbirds


There were two White Ibises perched on the power lines for awhile this afternoon (one above and one below. A third flew in and landed on the top line but I guess it wasn't welcome because the one below began making honking sounds at it and the intruder suddenly flew off.


Carolina Wren

I've been posting photos to this December thread and totally forgot that it's a new month and new year so .... I started a new thread for January, 2016. Come on over and share your birdie pictures. The thread "Bird Photos - January 2016" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

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Only time I ever saw an Egret was in SC and darnedest thing ... he was walking on a cow's back.

It is now January, but the Juncos, chickadees, and nuthatches started visiting my suet about a week and a half ago.

My birds just started feeding in the last week or so. No interest in (fresh) Niger seed. Downy Woodpecker here at suet every day.

I have what I believe is probably a Pine Warbler who loves the peanut suet along with the Red-bellied woodpecker. I found another no-melt suet tonight when I was shopping at WalMart. It's called "High Energy". Will be trying that one next. I hope these birds like it!





Had the unknown bird at the feeder with the Buntings:

Have ya'll seen the Cornell Lab Thank You video? If not, it's a short, but very nice ending to 100 years of them studying birds. Now on to the next 100 years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Only time I ever saw an Egret was in SC and darnedest thing ... he was walking on a cow's back.

David, that's why when I was growing up we always called them "tick birds". They are often found in cow pastures where they eat bugs & you very often see them standing on the backs of cows picking bugs off the cows. The cows are probably quite thankful.

DavidLMO said:Only time I ever saw an Egret was in SC and darnedest thing ... he was walking on a cow's back.

David, yes those were the Cattle Egret, http://www.audubon.org/field-g... and it is interesting to see them hanging out with huge cows and really funny seeing them standing on the backs of cows!
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Oh, I forgot something. Lin, @plantladylin maybe on the Dec. thread????? near the end --- you had a bird on a power line & asked if it was a bluebird ---- YES!

Becky, that video is really great, I just shared it on my Facebook page.

flaflwrgrl said:Oh, I forgot something. Lin, @plantladylin maybe on the Dec. thread????? near the end --- you had a bird on a power line & asked if it was a bluebird ---- YES!

Ann, Thank You! I rarely see the Eastern Bluebird here and I thought it sure looked like one ... wish they'd hang around more often!

Lin. You surely got one now.

The cow/bird relationship reminds me of the way sharks (and others) seek out schools of some kind of specialized fish and let the little fish clean their outer skin of parasites.
symbioticmutualism - this may be what's happening when different animals engage in cross species behavior beneficial to each other.

Lin - Glad you are enjoying the video! How lucky for you to actually have a bluebird. I've never seen one here. Only the blue Indigo Buntings that only over-winter here. I'd love to have a breeding pair of bluebirds in my yard somewhere.

Bluebirds are quite common here. Many folks put out special designed boxes for them for nesting. I will trade 2 bluebirds for 2 buntings.

David.

Deal.

Now how do we convince the Bluebirds and Buntings????

People, move along to the January thread or I'll lock you out! (Wags fingers at everyone.)