Was sitting here at the table having some tea and heard the ol Carolina Wren outside on our patio doing his morning song and looking for bugs.  I just love this little guy....we never had them in Oregon but this has got to be my favorite bird.  Their song is beautiful and the way they go about things is fun to watch.  Got my mind for a bit off the BIG "0" I got last night....:)

For a tiny bird they make their presence known. But yeah, hard to find a better way to start the day then a cup of coffee on the front porch listening to them and the other birds watching the sunrise. My wife would add watching the horses too.

1 hour ago, Oregon Native said:

Was sitting here at the table having some tea and heard the ol Carolina Wren outside on our patio doing his morning song and looking for bugs.  I just love this little guy....we never had them in Oregon but this has got to be my favorite bird.  Their song is beautiful and the way they go about things is fun to watch.  Got my mind for a bit off the BIG "0" I got last night....:)

 

Do they taste good?

This is our latest addition to the aviary:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow-tailed_kite

For the past five or six years a nesting pair of red tail hawks have controlled the skies in my

neighborhood, but these kite have replaced them (breeding pair and probably a one year old).

 

The neighborhood is near the Wolf River and heavily wooded. In the past we have had nesting

cardinals, but no other species. This year has been remarkable, but I am not sure the situation 

is sustainable. Currently we have nesting cardinals, blue jays and robins in the back yard (less

than 3000 square  feet). Visitors include a flock of about eight chickadees, three different flocks

of humming birds and occasional red wrens, crows, ducks and geese. A few  weeks ago we had

a visit by a blue bird, but I have not seen him since.

 

Back on topic, the Carolina wrens were frequent guests last season, but I have not seen one this

year.

 

3 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

This is our latest addition to the aviary:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow-tailed_kite

For the past five or six years a nesting pair of red tail hawks have controlled the skies in my

neighborhood, but these kite have replaced them (breeding pair and probably a one year old).

 

The neighborhood is near the Wolf River and heavily wooded. In the past we have had nesting

cardinals, but no other species. This year has been remarkable, but I am not sure the situation 

is sustainable. Currently we have nesting cardinals, blue jay and robins in the back yard (less

than 3000 square  feet). Visitors include about eight chickadees, three different flocks of humming

birds and occasional wrens, crows, ducks and geese.

 

Back on topic, the Carolina wrens were frequent guests last year, but I have not seen one this

year.

 

Skies & woods here have a healthy population of Eagles, Owls & Many different kinds Hawks up the ying yang . . . . 

But That Bird looks very cool.

Might be a bit too far north for a visit up here I'm afraid.

Still love to see one doing it's thing.

A-Jay

 

I also love the Carolina wren, and that cocky upright tail is fair warning of their feisty personality.

We have an incredible amount of bird species in our backyard, but the beautiful sounds

that pour from one little wren is mystifying.  When we lived in the northeast it was all house wrens,

but living in Georgia and Florida it's been all Carolina wrens. The only musical competitors

that our wrens have are the mockingbirds, but that's a whole other story 

 

I erected a wren nest box years ago, and though they've checked it out many times,

they've never nested in the box. Last year though, great crested flycatchers nested

in my bluebird box and had 5 healthy fledglings (that was exciting).

 

Roger

We have a nesting pair of bluebirds in our back yard...they are beautiful.  They have already had young once and now after I cleaned the nest are going at it again.  We do feed the birds black sunflower seeds (only...less mess) and kind of ease up in the summer.  Live on a small hill not to far from Melton Hill and my on my do we have the birds.  Two years ago during that cold spell here we had over twenty pairs of cardinals...was beautiful.

Tight Lines

7 hours ago, Oregon Native said:

We have a nesting pair of bluebirds in our back yard...they are beautiful.  They have already had young once and now after I cleaned the nest are going at it again.  We do feed the birds black sunflower seeds (only...less mess) and kind of ease up in the summer.  Live on a small hill not to far from Melton Hill and my on my do we have the birds.  Two years ago during that cold spell here we had over twenty pairs of cardinals...was beautiful.

Tight Lines

 

Bluebirds sure are beautiful!

In the past, bluebirds have accepted my nest box, and like you said, they often have a couple broods a year.

Sadly, the first nesting family lost their eggs to a raccoon that climbed the post and reached thru the box hole.

I put a quick stop to that, the next day I bought 4-ft wide pig wire and encircled the nest box post 

 

Roger

And here I am thinking I'm special for my lady getting big O's . 

20 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

Bluebirds sure are beautiful!

In the past, bluebirds have accepted my nest box, and like you said, they often have a couple broods a year.

Sadly, the first nesting family lost their eggs to a raccoon that climbed the post and reached thru the box hole.

I put a quick stop to that, the next day I bought 4-ft wide pig wire and encircled the nest box post 

 

Roger

Oh My

Bluebirds, contrary to what many think are a year round bird.  Check the date on this photo.  We had a flock of them in the back yard, but I scared them off before getting a picture.  

 

Woo-hoo!

 

A small group of Carolina wrens found my bird feeder this morning.

As far as I know, this is the first time they have been here this year.

 

 

For the last 15 years, I have had Carolina Wrens nest behind an old boat seat on a cabinet in my garage.  I don't know if it's successive generations or the same pair but every year they raise a brood and we have 4 or 5 chicks learning to fly in the garage.  I have to leave a window cracked open so they can come and go as they please.  If I don't, they raise quite a racket for me to open the door in the morning.  They are in the garage year round.  They are so used to seeing people they will almost land on your shoulder.  I don't feed them because I don't want them becoming dependent on handouts.  

5 hours ago, TOXIC said:

For the last 15 years, I have had Carolina Wrens nest behind an old boat seat on a cabinet in my garage.  I don't know if it's successive generations or the same pair but every year they raise a brood and we have 4 or 5 chicks learning to fly in the garage.  I have to leave a window cracked open so they can come and go as they please.  If I don't, they raise quite a racket for me to open the door in the morning.  They are in the garage year round.  They are so used to seeing people they will almost land on your shoulder.  I don't feed them because I don't want them becoming dependent on handouts.  

No.....but they live rent free....:)

I have a pair of wrens that nest on my front porch every spring, in fact papa is sitting by the window with a bug right now. My favorite bird is either the Baltimore oriel or the redwing black bird. I love the sounds the black birds make, but oriels are such a beautiful bird!

I now have a renter!!!  Put a hanging basket on upper patio and noticed yesterday a C. Wren making a nest.  Will have to be careful how I water!!

I've seen both House Wrens and Carolina Wrens in the yard before but they never move into my wren houses. We have a lot of feral cats here so I think that keeps them from nesting. Only thing I ever get in any of my houses are sparrows, lots of sparrows.

  Birds are definitely our thing, we've pretty built the backyard around the feeders. My favorite thing is to sit on the patio and watch the birds, I could do that all day. I keep track of the birds I see and so far I've seen 32 species from the patio with the high of 21 different species in one day. No hummingbirds this year though, that is extremely odd. Don't know why. 

1 hour ago, River Dave said:

I've seen both House Wrens and Carolina Wrens in the yard before but they never move into my wren houses. We have a lot of feral cats here so I think that keeps them from nesting. Only thing I ever get in any of my houses are sparrows, lots of sparrows.

  Birds are definitely our thing, we've pretty built the backyard around the feeders. My favorite thing is to sit on the patio and watch the birds, I could do that all day. I keep track of the birds I see and so far I've seen 32 species from the patio with the high of 21 different species in one day. No hummingbirds this year though, that is extremely odd. Don't know why. 

My dad had feeders and houses all over the back yard. It was so peaceful to just sit and hear nothing but the wind and the birds. I had a few feeders shortly after we bought our house. But I gave up on it cause the raccoons destroyed all my feeders, and several new ones I put up. 

We do our feeders on metal pipe poles....raccoons, possums, skunks are a pain.  But it works.  We go through about 20 plus pounds of black sunflower a week in winter...not so much now as I want them to learn to find their own too...especially the babies.  Two winters ago when it was pretty cold we had over twenty male cardinals in the back yard at one time.....was amazing and colorful.  Not sure how many species we have....but quite a few.