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In reply to the discussion: What's the most unexpected/surprising bird you've had show up at your feeders? [View all]ChazInAz
(2,563 posts)35. I live in Tucson.
Had a vulture show up one day.
I'd left the garbage dumpster open.
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What's the most unexpected/surprising bird you've had show up at your feeders? [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
OP
Red headed one (are you in the south?) could have been Pyrrhuloxia? First one - a meadowlark?
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#3
Hello Raleigh! I just did a google search - birds with red heads, images...
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#7
I occassionally get Orioles in Pennsylvania. They love oranges so put out slices to attract them
appleannie1
Dec 2011
#19
We get Pine Siskins pretty regularly here in the winter. Best winter sight for me..Evening Grosbeaks
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#11
Treefulls! That would be so cool....I've heard that the Crossbills travel that way too, in
livetohike
Dec 2011
#12
fingers crossed for you (bills too...). I've never seen Crossbills or Redpolls.
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#13
we have woods behind our house - some winter days dozens of robins sit on the ground
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#15
My grandmother said Indigo Buntings were very common when she was a little girl.
Chipper Chat
Dec 2011
#51
A single predominantly white Stellar's Blue Jay. Yep, that bird is mostly white with a bit of dusty
Citizen Worker
Dec 2011
#18
One of our favorite parts of our annual two weeks at Ocracoke on the NC Outer Banks
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#24
you can't say that their voice is nearly as nice is their appearance, that's for sure!
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#26
They live in Washington Park in Chicago, too. They're an amazing sight to see in the city.
kas125
Dec 2011
#50
We are lucky that Towhees are common here - at least 1-2 pairs in the yard
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#41
My wife saw one ONCE - in our 18 years. Wishing they would show up! Orioles are similarly rare.
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#57
We've had Orioles, but not many. Brown Thrashers, Slate Colored Juncos, and Fox Sparrows have
alfredo
Dec 2011
#64
Probably not for long! when I was young the family budgie escaped....never to be seen again!
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#39
I used my canon Power Shot with the 35X zoom - a superb point and shoot (the SX30 IS)
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#62
the hawk that snatched one of the smaller birds eating the seeds on the ground below the feeder. nt
bertman
Dec 2011
#46
we've had that happen...yikes! they are so quick...and so quiet in their approach
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#47
We have a very occasional Grackle Attack...and even a rare but real Crow attack.
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2011
#53
I once had a pileated-, ruby-, and red headed- wookpecker waiting by my suet feeder
FSogol
Dec 2011
#61
Had a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers at Thanksgiving. Since, Cedar Waxwings have visited
sybylla
Dec 2011
#63
You can tell the cedar waxwing by its flight characteristics. They loop in and out of their tree.
alfredo
Dec 2011
#65
A flicker is a regular visitor, and I never expected one to come to the feeder.
Curmudgeoness
Dec 2011
#68