What fun checking out the birds and what a great variety of birds! We've seen and heard the pileateds high up in the trees, but never on the ground feeding like that! 😎 Cool!
The birds are so beautiful and there was the year that we fed them and then we stopped. We can only imagine how much fun sitting outside and watching the birds is. What a great way to spend the day!
Cannot be a birder with just an iPhone, so I've discovered. We have large, heavy binoculars that were purchases decades ago, and I often forget to grab them when venturing out to the park. Maybe one day I'll grow up and get serious about it.
Mom would love to have multiple backyard feeders, but we are not always nice to birds and like to chase them away. Now those woodpeckers are very beautiful but they make a racket on our chimney, one in particular. Mom loves the American Finch.
Watching the birds is fascinating and you are very wise not to feed in the seasons where food is plentiful and they should be foraging for themselves. We do them no favors by making them dependent on us.
Beautiful pictures, especially the pileated woodpecker. They look prehistoric. And their song is unmistakable. We hear more bird than traffic & people. Perfect❣️
Oh, what a wonderful idea to enjoy some backyard birding together with your grandchild! 👦🐦🌿 Our little Jamie (currently 3½ years old) will surely love that too once he's a bit older – thank you for the inspiration! How great that the woodpeckers are now reaping the “fruits” of the old branch or tree – it's so good that you left it there, just like in natural forests where deadwood provides both shelter and food for many creatures. 🌳🪵❤️
All the best from Austria, Traude 🌿 https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2025/07/musikalischer-juli-blogparade-urban.html
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What fun checking out the birds and what a great variety of birds! We've seen and heard the pileateds high up in the trees, but never on the ground feeding like that! 😎 Cool!
ReplyDeleteMom isn't a real bird person but she does love seeing pretty ones that are unusual. You captured some nice ones.
ReplyDeleteJune, Lynn does backyard birding! She feed 'em better 'an me!
ReplyDeletethat is wonderful to see them so close...
ReplyDeleteThe birds are so beautiful and there was the year that we fed them and then we stopped. We can only imagine how much fun sitting outside and watching the birds is. What a great way to spend the day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful hobby to share with your Grandson.
ReplyDelete(I enjoy it too)
hugs,
Beth
I enjoy backyard birdwatching. You see a nice variety there, I like the Pileated Woodpecker. Take care, have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteWe love bird watching at our house too! There are so many babies flying around right now.
ReplyDeleteCannot be a birder with just an iPhone, so I've discovered.
ReplyDeleteWe have large, heavy binoculars that were purchases decades ago, and I often forget to grab them when venturing out to the park.
Maybe one day I'll grow up and get serious about it.
OMB look at the Pileated Woodpecker....WOW love them
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Wonderful birds :-D
ReplyDeleteMom would love to have multiple backyard feeders, but we are not always nice to birds and like to chase them away. Now those woodpeckers are very beautiful but they make a racket on our chimney, one in particular. Mom loves the American Finch.
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Great bird photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures !
ReplyDeleteThat was a bunch of fun birds!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots. We feed birds in the winter, but only hummingbirds during the summer because bears will steal the food. XO
ReplyDeleteWatching the birds is fascinating and you are very wise not to feed in the seasons where food is plentiful and they should be foraging for themselves. We do them no favors by making them dependent on us.
ReplyDeleteLovely birds!! Aren't those pileated wood peckers HUGE!! We see them here, too, once in awhile, I have a few pics...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, especially the pileated woodpecker. They look prehistoric. And their song is unmistakable. We hear more bird than traffic & people. Perfect❣️
ReplyDeleteOh, what a wonderful idea to enjoy some backyard birding together with your grandchild! 👦🐦🌿
ReplyDeleteOur little Jamie (currently 3½ years old) will surely love that too once he's a bit older – thank you for the inspiration!
How great that the woodpeckers are now reaping the “fruits” of the old branch or tree – it's so good that you left it there, just like in natural forests where deadwood provides both shelter and food for many creatures. 🌳🪵❤️
All the best from Austria,
Traude
🌿 https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2025/07/musikalischer-juli-blogparade-urban.html
Watching birds doing their thing can be so rewarding! Hope your grandson had a good time watching.
ReplyDeleteWow, almost makes me want to cut down a rotten tree (before it falls) to feed the birds!
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