Starting over

Starting over with a new blog. No matter what I did I could not get into my old blog.

So be looking for a fresh new start coming soon!

Meanwhile enjoy these pictures of birds I have seen around my feeders and back yard!

The Baltimore Oriole is a beautifully colored bird. Males being orange and black.
The adult female is yellow-brown on the upper parts with darker wings, and dull orange-yellow on the breast and belly. They mainly eat insects, berries and nectar, and are often seen sipping at hummingbird feeders. Mine always try to drink from my hummer's feeders. Not sure how much they get tho. I also have them at my suet feeders. I do put out grapefruit, oranges and grape jelly.

The Red-Headed is a small or medium-sized woodpecker. The Red-headed Woodpecker is a once common but declining bird species. I think they are a stunning bird.


These birds don’t act quite like most other woodpeckers: they’re adept at catching insects in the air, and they eat lots of acorns and beech nuts, often hiding away extra food in tree crevices for later.
Both male and female look the same.

The mute swan is an introduced species in North America. It is now considered as an invasive species. They are extremely aggressive. I was once charged by a male Mute Swan while gardening.
I wasn't aware his family, wife and two babies called cygnets were swimming right near where I was weeding. You know how a feeling comes over you when you feel someone is watching you? Well, someone was...the male mute and was he pissed. I looked up made eye contact and the hissing started. He tried to get over the pier edge but was to bottom heavy. I saw him getting madder at me so I crab walked backwards until I reached my deck. Who knew I could do this? I reached the deck and started yelling for my husband all the while never taking my eye off mad hissing dad.
Dick never came out he said he never heard me. He then had to listen to a mad hissing wife.  No, just kidding. But I did say "didn't you hear me calling you" lol. By the way a Male Mute Swan is called a Cob. The female is called a Pen. Very weird names. I wonder who comes up with these names for birds.
I also had a female Mute sit in my back yard all afternoon one day in April.

  Invasive species or not, they are beautiful!

Can't close without mentioning the beautiful Decorah Eagles I follow. They are almost 2 months now. Seven weeks old. I follow them every day. More on them later......
Dad with his offspring.......

Happy birding....over and out for now!