Feeding Wild Birds

[ChickenCanoe]

When I was a kid, I once saw a bear cub and many times I saw bear tracks at our farm. The Dept. of Conservation said bears didn't exist in MO. Here we are in 2022 and they are all over the state reproducing - along with cougars and elk.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Not birds, but there is a large opossum that comes every evening to eat from the cat's dish. It's a distinctive silvery white color rather than gray. It was missing for a couple of nights, and appeared last night with what appears to be a significant wound/gash on it's right side. Is there anything other than a coyote or dog that would attack an opossum ?

Maybe males fighting for territory? Or coons?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yes, we had a mountain lion in our area when we lived in TN. I think it was killed while attacking horses nearby.

 

[swampfox440]

I have now two nesting boxes with wood ducks in them. The one in the back started setting and the one up front has three eggs. It's something I do to put back for all the hunting I did long ago. I have another box by the creek, I think it needs to be moved nobody ever takes it.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I think I saw the Carolina wren today

 

[sourland]

I think I saw the Carolina wren today

For the past several years they have been overwintering here.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have been seeing woodcocks in the barnyard the last few days. Three of them.

 

[sourland]

Checked the Pheobe's nest. Only 2 eggs this year plus a cowbird egg. The cowbird egg has been removed. Last year there were 5 eggs in the nest, and 5 Pheobes fledged. I wonder if 'my' girl is ageing out?

 

[sourland]

When I went to the club this evening there was a male Rose Breasted Grosbeak at the feeder. The first that I have seen this year. It always amazes me how unafraid they are. When I came in from the field, there was a female at the feeder.

 

[JedJackson]

I have now two nesting boxes with wood ducks in them. The one in the back started setting and the one up front has three eggs. It's something I do to put back for all the hunting I did long ago. I have another box by the creek, I think it needs to be moved nobody ever takes it.

Good job! I want to do the same but I'm afraid the hawks around her would get wood ducks. I had a pair nest on my property once and hawks wouldn't leave them alone.