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steve(ill) 
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 Posted: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:01pm |
Thanks Phil............. i think you NAILED that one !
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Alberta Phil
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Posted: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:31pm |
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Steve, the other li'l feller in the picture you posted is a Red Poll. Lots of those around here too. And ,no, I ain't a bird watcher!! At least not those kinda birds! LOL
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 12:55pm |
YEP... they sure look like the Red Poll , but i cant get close enough to see any red spot on their head.............. had more company yesterday and back today.. Some type Dove ? .......... they spend a lot of time squatting on the ground.
Edited by steve(ill) - 12 Feb 2021 at 12:56pm
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 1:08pm |
I believe those are Mourning Dove, which are very plentiful around here. Their kinfolk, the White Wing Dove started moving in bout 4-5 years ago. They are very friendly and I can walk up to them bout 10 feet before they spook. I used to hunt the Mourning Dove back in the day and are good sport because they fly so darned FAST !! Good eating too,,,
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DMiller
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 1:35pm |
Yep, 20 ga Double, take two then sit back and leave them fly around awhile, the flock tends to circle right back to ground zero and two more shots!!
Only trouble is cleaning, roll the breast out then what to do with the rest of the bird, not enough meat there to make a tablespoon full.
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 1:58pm |
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Maybe make a stock from the left over parts for another recipe?
Iowa has a season for them now.
We did not set out feeders this year as the derecho ruined them and we mostly get sparrows anyway. Was good fun watching the cat watch them through the window. Cat is gone now
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desertjoe
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 4:46pm |
Hey Dave,,that is all we used to keep on them Doves. Like you say, just roll the breast out, break both wing bones and chunk the breast in the cooler  Some people did not care for dove meat but I sure did,,,, I knew a fellar that used to skin the bird, pull the guts and keep the whole bird,,wings and all,,!!! He'd get mad at us for keeping only the breasts,,,,
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ford8nwd
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Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 8:29pm |
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I made a shelled peanut feeder and that seems to get most of the action around here. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, and some unknown birds.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 2:47am |
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the old lady.....oooops....i mean the loving wife has several doves in a large cage in the house, we were just blessed with another baby one last week! i keep telling her we gotta turn them loose in the spring (started with that statement 2 years ago) and she's afraid that someone will shoot them! whew!
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Gordy
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 9:24am |
This guy has become a regular talks really loud to me if I am outside anywhere near,
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desertjoe
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 9:51am |
 shameless dude wrote:
the old lady.....oooops....i mean the loving wife has several doves in a large cage in the house, we were just blessed with another baby one last week! i keep telling her we gotta turn them loose in the spring (started with that statement 2 years ago) and she's afraid that someone will shoot them! whew! |
yeah, Shameless,,I remember you talkin bout them doves way back then,,, Do ya'll talk with them ? They prolly would get shot seeing as them dove are now not afraid of humans.. Our 4th oldest Son had an apartment when going to college where there were many doves and he could mimic their calls perfectly,,, The last time Jerry and family were here from Dallas,,he started doing that and some dove that were on the fence were watching him really close,,,then,,started talkin back and forth,,,,amazing,,!!
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desertjoe
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 9:54am |
Hey Gordy,,that right there is a beautiful Wood Pecker,,!! I've only seen one woodpecker in my life bout 10 years ago and he/she musta been lost,,,,  I've heard em up in the mountains,,but never seen them,,
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john(MI)
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:27am |
NEVER green wrote:
john(MI) wrote:
We have a half dozen feral cats. I wonder if it may be cheaper buying bird food and letting the cats fend for themselves. Wife said she saw one of the cats sitting on top of a bluebird house the other day. That'll make me happy when them darned sparrows try to move in come spring time!
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Are you serious Mr, lusty ??????? Since feral cats arent native to the US they do huge amounts of damage to song birds and other wild life.
They dont last long in my neighbor hood, for that matter most of the county. |
Around here feral cats are ones that got made because the owners of their barn cats don't fix them. They are regular cats so I don't know what you are talking about that they are not native to the US. I trapped ours and got them fixed. They stay around here because the wife feeds them. You can tell a fixed feral cat by looking at the left ear. The tip will be gone. There is nothing wrong with a fixed feral cat. They keep our house and barn mouse free. We have two new ones that have been coming for dinner. I need to trap them and get them nutted. I'll probably need to take them to the Humane Society. I think they charge $40 for doing it. The wife and I took a Trap Neuter Release(TNR) class so we could get them fixed for $25. But with this pandemic they aren't making appointments any longer.
Barn cat are feral cats. I just don't understand what you are talking about that are not native to the US!
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 2:55pm |
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Went to get some peanuts in the shell and was told the can't get anymore. Must have been a bad year
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NEVER green
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 6:04pm |
john(MI) wrote:
NEVER green wrote:
john(MI) wrote:
We have a half dozen feral cats. I wonder if it may be cheaper buying bird food and letting the cats fend for themselves. Wife said she saw one of the cats sitting on top of a bluebird house the other day. That'll make me happy when them darned sparrows try to move in come spring time!
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Are you serious Mr, lusty ??????? Since feral cats arent native to the US they do huge amounts of damage to song birds and other wild life.
They dont last long in my neighbor hood, for that matter most of the county. |
Around here feral cats are ones that got made because the owners of their barn cats don't fix them. They are regular cats so I don't know what you are talking about that they are not native to the US. I trapped ours and got them fixed. They stay around here because the wife feeds them. You can tell a fixed feral cat by looking at the left ear. The tip will be gone. There is nothing wrong with a fixed feral cat. They keep our house and barn mouse free. We have two new ones that have been coming for dinner. I need to trap them and get them nutted. I'll probably need to take them to the Humane Society. I think they charge $40 for doing it. The wife and I took a Trap Neuter Release(TNR) class so we could get them fixed for $25. But with this pandemic they aren't making appointments any longer.
Barn cat are feral cats. I just don't understand what you are talking about that are not native to the US!
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Feral cats are not indigenous, they came over with Europeans, there is plenty wrong them.
Large amounts of song bird decline is blamed on feral cats, especially ground nesters.
It has been shown bells around their necks are ineffective , they learn to hunt with them, very destructive.
It isnt natural for such an effective hunter up here praying on birds.
Edited by NEVER green - 14 Feb 2021 at 8:20am
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shameless dude
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Posted: 13 Feb 2021 at 11:05pm |
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some of the desired birds are ground feeders, they show up but won't eat out of a feeder, they wait for the food to be scratched out and dropped, they they will eat off the ground.
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desertjoe
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Posted: 14 Feb 2021 at 2:34pm |
I caught this guy/gal getting into ole Bowser's groceries this morning,,,I expect he/she was on the way north but ole Shameless's latest Winter Storm caught him on the road and he had to stop for all the dang snow just a flying in this area,,gots bout 3" so far.
I've never seen one like this one . He has a speckled underbelly and a red slash under his cheeks with a long sharp lookin beak. He was cracking Pecans and eating the nut,,so he's done that before. Anybody recognze him/her,,,,?? 
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Dave H
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Posted: 14 Feb 2021 at 2:41pm |
That is some kind of wood pecker. We have some of those in IL.
Sorry I am not a classification specialist beyond just "wood pecker"
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modirt
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Posted: 14 Feb 2021 at 3:35pm |
That looks like a northern flicker.
The big wood pecker is a Pileated......inspiration for Woody the Wood Pecker. Size and sound.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 14 Feb 2021 at 4:56pm |
i think you got it modirt.......a type of woodpecker
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desertjoe
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Posted: 14 Feb 2021 at 7:53pm |
Yep,,that is a pretty good description of this bird ,,altho,,this bird was almost the size of a Mourning Dove. I guess he/she is gonna sit this storm out in the big pine tree in the background. He fount him a good perch under some branch cover and fluffed and fluffed his feathers til he almost looked like twice his size,,,,  I just checked him out with the flashlight and looked like he was asleep,,,,, The snow finally stopped a few minutes ago and lookin like bout 13",,,,,,
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Posted: 15 Feb 2021 at 12:41am |
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i think we call them "nut hatchs" around here. Joe...13"...is that all? shucks...i'll see what i can do if'n i go out laterz!
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desertjoe
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Posted: 16 Feb 2021 at 6:14pm |
Well,,I been checkin out my "fluffed up" Traveller Bird and he had been hanging around since it been way cloudy and overcast and COLD. Guess he ain't wantin to do any flyin in such weather. I went and got a bag of Wild Bird Food and he been eatin that all day,, The sun finally come out bout an hour ago and I ain't seen him,,so that must of been what he was waitin for,,,, I sent a note to ole Shameless with the bird,,,he'll like it,,,,
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Posted: 16 Feb 2021 at 10:24pm |
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i gots sum peanuts in the shells at our local farm store, throw them out under the feeders and watch the 4 legged robbers go after them, they leave the feeders alone that way.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2021 at 8:32am |
shameless dude wrote:
i gots sum peanuts in the shells at our local farm store, throw them out under the feeders and watch the 4 legged robbers go after them, they leave the feeders alone that way. |
Well,,that right there is one way of keeping the varmits away from the birdies,,,,, I'm thinkin I may go and get a feeder seeing as this traveler stopped by to visit a day or two,,,,but I gots so dang many cats that hang around the garage,,,,,,???
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