Daydream
Added 2021-01-08 18:19:47 +0000 UTC
I've been seeing some tree sparrows around recently so I really wanted to paint some! They are adorable and so so small.
Has anyone got a favourite backyard bird these days?
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I have a bird I see everyday on the way to drop off my kid to school. I still havenβt been able to find out what kind it is, itβs black with a red collar and it looks like it rules that side of town.
TheeHoneyPlug
2021-03-06 04:58:31 +0000 UTCI discovered a Kingfisher just 5 minutes away from my home soo does that count as a backyard bird? :D
ShaShaRabi
2021-01-29 17:42:36 +0000 UTCThe Audubon app is really good too!
Katie Goodfellow
2021-01-21 23:24:04 +0000 UTCHaha, oh the changes in our behaviour we make for animals. I love it.
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:54:39 +0000 UTCI don't believe that these cuties are real, I need to see them with my own eyes
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:53:49 +0000 UTCI didn't really see any wrens this year, oddly! I miss them
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:53:25 +0000 UTCSo cool!
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:52:45 +0000 UTCI can't imagine living in a place with wild cockatoos... Australia is high on my future travel list
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:52:30 +0000 UTCI'd love to have some jackdaws hanging around. I can't even get my local crows interested in peanuts.
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:51:05 +0000 UTCYou should get a field guide! You can usually find them used/inexpensive pretty easily!
False Knees
2021-01-09 14:50:27 +0000 UTCI discovered that the male Cardinal is roosting in the rafters of my back porch. I have to remember to not open my back door at night because it spooks him and he flies into the cold darkness. (!)
Mary Emily Short
2021-01-09 11:10:22 +0000 UTCI love the european robins. β€οΈ
Murielle Solheim
2021-01-08 23:17:57 +0000 UTCI have a couple Carolina Wren that come by my feeder. I love how they jump around, their little tail bobbing up and down.
meowwcat
2021-01-08 23:01:04 +0000 UTCA Red-Tailed hawk tearing up some food in the woods right next to my backyard!
Kelly Wilson
2021-01-08 22:39:11 +0000 UTCI'm loving the Juncos right now!
Michelle Grenell
2021-01-08 22:38:21 +0000 UTCI'm enjoying watching two juvenile Australian magpies growing up at the moment. I have a big birdbath out the back that they love to mess around in, it's hilarious how playful they are. I live in an area with masses of small corellas, and while it's not right in my backyard, taking walks though my town's parklands as the corellas feast and play is often a highlight of my day. They're so cute and silly π
kolt
2021-01-08 22:25:11 +0000 UTCThe field behind my apartment floods in the winter so I get to watch ducks and geese do their thing. I should get a field guide so I know what I'm actually looking at ahaha.
Connor
2021-01-08 21:44:09 +0000 UTCIt's reeeeally cold here so my feeders have been quiet since early December. All I've spotted is the occasional pair of jackdaws. So thank goodness for everyone's lovely bird art and photos on Insta π You're keeping me going until it warms up enough for the tinies to return...
Kat H
2021-01-08 20:42:21 +0000 UTCChickadees are precious
False Knees
2021-01-08 20:24:47 +0000 UTCWe had a backyard feeder set up last fall with seed and we got cardinals, sparrows, tufted titmice, and blue jays among other birds. It was funny seeing the blue jays struggle because unfortunately they were too big for the feeder. My favorites are the occasional black capped chickadee weβd see from time to time, because of the way they feed taking seeds to nearby tree branches to crack them open!
Elizabeth T
2021-01-08 19:36:04 +0000 UTCHahaha!
False Knees
2021-01-08 19:00:34 +0000 UTCI always love sparrows (and their little van dyke beards) and spotted towhees with their piercing russet-red eyes, but don't see them nearly as much as the bigger and bossier birds. There are tons of crows and seagulls around, especially on garbage day. Someone in my neighborhood left out a mini pumpkin on their porch well into December and a seagull finally grabbed it, dropped it on another roof, and watched it roll down and explode on the sidewalk next to a napping cat. π
Birds are Real
2021-01-08 18:56:11 +0000 UTCI recently saw a sharp-shinned hawk trying to sample from a bird feeder buffet! Always an experience to see a bird of prey up close π¦
False Knees
2021-01-08 18:30:36 +0000 UTCI always get excited to see juncos!
False Knees
2021-01-08 18:26:58 +0000 UTCI've been putting out pomegranates on an old oriole feeder and now I have regular visits from the verdins, which are my favorite southwest US bird! Also have a juvenile Cooper's hawk that stops by frequently, I think to sample from the pigeon buffet (or at least try to, I don't think they've been successful yet).
Heather
2021-01-08 18:26:12 +0000 UTCOh! And for anyone who has had pixilation issues on here before: does this one look any better?
False Knees
2021-01-08 18:26:05 +0000 UTCI love sparrows! I know they're common, but we just started getting dark-eyed juncos (slate colored) in the area, and I absolutely adore them and how hoppy they are.
Lahrun
2021-01-08 18:25:36 +0000 UTC
