THREE lost birds in our back yard this weekend!!!

[Omaha Steve]

We have at least 3 Eastern Blue Birds in our yard this weekend. Bug eaters when there aren't any bugs. We are feeding them raisins and blueberries. We will be picking up meal worms tomorrow for them. The bird-food store mentioned that others have been seen in the Bellevue area.

They should be in Mexico this time of year.

[redwitch]

1. They are so lovely.

Thanks for taking care of them!

[Omaha Steve]

4. We take care of all the animals that come into our yard

Can anyone identify these? The green thing in the top photo is our birdcam.

[DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav]

6. We take care of all of them too. They seem to find their way to our place and we're happy

to have them. I think they know they're safe here.

Nice bird cam

[Omaha Steve]

7. Ours aren't always safe

Tonight I'll try to dig out the picture of a hawk dining on one of our smaller song birds.

[Judi Lynn]

8. Are they wild turkeys? Amazing photos. Wonderful array of critters.

We've had a hawk hanging around a few times, and I hate it. It even sat on the birdbath once when spotted it.

Please, don't add the image of your hawk snacking on a songbird, if you don't mind. I want to see all the bird photos you'd post, but can't handle predators. I can't make room for them psychologically, as I'm completely protective of the little ones.

Critters need all the help they can get. Their world is getting smaller, and bleaker. Hope to see the human race learn to respect the other living beings in this world before it's too late.

Had no idea there were bluebirds where you live. Wow.

On edit:

Looked in google images for wild turkeys. You might want to take a look there!

http://images.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4TSND_enUS411US412&q=wild+turkeys&biw=983&bih=589&sei=5fDzUJuiIIfm2QWRiYDIDQ&tbm=isch

Don't tell strangers your address, or your back yard might get flooded by a lot of dipsticks standing around back there taking pot shots at these guys.

[Omaha Steve]

9. The hawk picture is out then

Just remember it is illegal to harm ALL predatory birds in the USA.

[Tsiyu]

10. Love the woodpecker

Are the ones at the top wild turkeys?

[Demoiselle]

12. Yeah, that's a "Pileated Woodpecker," I think.

I saw one on my street here in Philadelphia many months ago. He was pecking the beejeebers out of a rotten log on the verge...Big bird. I really couldn't believe my eyes for a while...

[Omaha Steve]

13. Yes it is

They only moved to this area about a dozen years ago. They are the largest woodpecker unless the previously thought to be extinct Ivory Billed is really not extinct after all: http://www.ivorybill.org/ & http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/

A comparison of the two:

[TuxedoKat]

14. Wow

I didn't know you had these in NE, too cool. We have these around our area. I never used to see them that much until I learned their call, sort of a cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk-cuk sound. Now I see them frequently. They go to my neighbors suet feeder but not to mine even though I bought a large special one to accomodate them. You're lucky they go to your feeders as they are fairly reclusive birds here in my area.

[tularetom]

2. Here ya go

Here's a song for the little guys

[XemaSab]

3. According to ebirds

it's not unusual for Eastern Bluebirds to be around in January.

I'm sure the birds appreciate the care though.

They might also like suet.


http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?cmd=decisionPage&getLocations=counties&counties=US-NE-055&bYear=1900&eYear=2013&bMonth=1&eMonth=1&reportType=location&parentState=US-NE

[Earth_First]

5. We had a few in WNY yesterday too...

Had a pair briefly layover in the lilac before taking flight; didn't see them again.

[Omaha Steve]

11. We now have at least FIVE of them!!

We must be doing something right. We keep the water from freezing with an electric heater. Right now it is 11 outside.

And yes on the wild turkeys.