tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.comments2017-04-21T16:40:51.847-04:00Backyard PishingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11898311279323737165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-80889307471839330592017-04-21T16:40:51.847-04:002017-04-21T16:40:51.847-04:00*waving!* I changed my theme today (2017.04.21) an...*waving!* I changed my theme today (2017.04.21) and now am not able to edit my own posts here now. So this is a pending edit:<br />.<br />Several years ago, someone pointed out that this is likely *not* a Hairy Woodpecker. I think I remember agreeing with them then but [bad things] happened here in Talking Rock so sharing my backyard birding adventures got sidetracked.<br />.<br />These days, I do now have a *for reals* Hairy Woodpecker.. or 2 or 3.. coming around very regularly. Pending to-do is go back and change many things Woodpecker in my published videos and images.<br />.<br />In the meantime, forget all about the small beak/large bill/proportional beak, yada-yada for one sec. Hairies... are very noticeably bigger, period, when in your face up close.. like right over top of your head.<br />.<br />That said.. I also still need to find out why the Downies here sometimes look very big compared to their likely counterparts aka other Downies.... but, nope, not quite as big as the Hairies. That's why I originally thought I was seeing Hairies when I was not... back then.<br />.<br />#TrueStory :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898311279323737165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-53017952246772172142017-04-21T14:26:02.474-04:002017-04-21T14:26:02.474-04:00*waving* to you all. Thank you for the comments. M...*waving* to you all. Thank you for the comments. My apologies, but there has been a mix of things why I haven't been able to get back on this page for quite a while.<br />.<br />Congratulations for having them in your yards! A male showed back up here in Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, 3 days ago (2017.04.19). I got to video him this morning, up close and personal in that same Willow Tree. :)<br />.<br />@ Anonymous, if you're able to match yours to the bright colors of the one here, it's a boy! The females are "BBJ", big brown jobs with nothing bright so that they don't draw attention when they're on their nests. Even the first year males that are still baby brown like their mothers will start to get some of that red showing on their chest there.<br />.<br />Even when you can't see them, sometimes they're right there nearby. Their telltale sounds like high pitched, squeaky sneezes. That's them checking things out before coming down to our feeders.<br />.Those sneezes were my first sign they were already back the other day. They come in very quiet and secretive. In the few days they're here before moving on, they take over and end up in a few noisy feeder territory "squabbles" with the other birds, especially with the Cardinals. :)<br />.<br />Thank you again and congratulations on your own visitors!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898311279323737165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-11190384619641575582017-04-21T09:57:22.424-04:002017-04-21T09:57:22.424-04:00Saw one this morning don't know if female or m...Saw one this morning don't know if female or male only I can tell IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-8261197113052563302016-06-10T10:07:02.793-04:002016-06-10T10:07:02.793-04:00Two males were at my backyard feeder around April...Two males were at my backyard feeder around April 23 for just over a week.They were gorgeous! I live in Conyers, Georgia. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277613533916504843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-40312462780095786872015-04-25T13:47:48.142-04:002015-04-25T13:47:48.142-04:00we had two in our feeders this morning been here a...we had two in our feeders this morning been here all day I had to look it up to see what species because I have ever seen one I am in north georgiaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398092519079304247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650426536352643256.post-27353743634093776132012-04-25T18:04:31.350-04:002012-04-25T18:04:31.350-04:00Had a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak startle me thi...Had a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak startle me this morning (Wednesday, 2012.04.25, ~8:00am). First spotted her as just a "lump" of brown sitting on one of the suet feeders.<br /><br />She was "frazzled" looking. It was cool out, but I'm hoping the "extra" frazzle I saw had something more to do with nesting. The yard here sits JUST outside the bottom cusp I've seen for their summer range.. WOOHOO :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898311279323737165noreply@blogger.com