Feeding Wild Birds

[sourland]

@WVduckchick A little more than 2 weeks ago 5 of 'my' pheobes hatched. All five survived and left the nest sometime yesterday. They sure do grow fast.

 

[WVduckchick]

@WVduckchick A little more than 2 weeks ago 5 of 'my' pheobes hatched. All five survived and left the nest sometime yesterday. They sure do grow fast.

Nice!!!
I have not seen my usual phoebes this year. I have had a few robins, and found a blackbird nest. One robins nest got blown down in a storm, I found the partially developed eggs on the ground.
We also found a nest of tiny eggs, built in a rowboat that got ruined when we uprighted the boat. I felt so horrible!

But I did rescue a small bird from a lake a couple weeks ago. It was flapping for dear life, out in the middle of the water, unable to take flight. I scooped it up, dried and warmed it the best I could, and sat it in a tree on the bank. Hopefully it survived. Any idea what kind it may be?

 

[sourland]

Well done on the save. @R2elk - any ideas as to breed?

 

[R2elk]

Well done on the save. @R2elk - any ideas as to breed?

Based on the beak, I would guess that it is a member of the blackbird family.

 

[sourland]

A hen turkey has been hanging around the yard - even dust bathing in the front hedgerow. She has been chasing the birds and squirrels from beneath the feeder. Today the redwing blackbird males were bombing her, and a squirrel kicked her in the butt and then took off. Guess they had enough of her bad attitude.

 

[R2elk]

A hen turkey has been hanging around the yard - even dust bathing in the front hedgerow. She has been chasing the birds and squirrels from beneath the feeder. Today the redwing blackbird males were bombing her, and a squirrel kicked her in the butt and then took off. Guess they had enough of her bad attitude.

When I checked on my Blue Slate hen the morning of the 14th, the Wild turkey hen was right beside her. I don't know whether she was checking out the poults or if she was trying to steal them. The Blue Slate came off her nest today and I finished stealing her babies. Including the pipped egg she left behind ( hatched in the hatcher) she has a total of 18 poults from this clutch.

 

[pozees2]

When I checked on my Blue Slate hen the morning of the 14th, the Wild turkey hen was right beside her. I don't know whether she was checking out the poults or if she was trying to steal them. The Blue Slate came off her nest today and I finished stealing her babies. Including the pipped egg she left behind ( hatched in the hatcher) she has a total of 18 poults from this clutch.

Wow, nice hatch!

 

[CapricornFarm]

When I checked on my Blue Slate hen the morning of the 14th, the Wild turkey hen was right beside her. I don't know whether she was checking out the poults or if she was trying to steal them. The Blue Slate came off her nest today and I finished stealing her babies. Including the pipped egg she left behind ( hatched in the hatcher) she has a total of 18 poults from this clutch.

That's great!

 

[sourland]

Well, there's either a buck weasel or small mink at the beagle club. Found a puddle full of tadpoles with little mustelid tracks all around it.

 

[sourland]

It was a male weasel.