Haven't seen my favorite Cardinal.....

[JWFilips]

OK , I got home from work today at 5 pm Went out and filled the bird feeders A few minutes later here is what I saw in the one feeder area I think they know something we don't know Sorry but I shot this through the kitchen window!

We counted 11 males and 8 females but I could only get 7 males in the shot + one female

[WILCO]

I'm on Cardinal overload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TCFAN]

We get a few Cardinals here in the Ozarks...............Terry

[JWFilips]

I'm trying to figure out why when I post a photo it never comes up full size here. Must be something to do with my settings. Does this forum limit photo size? Seems like 800 pixel is max for me (?)
I cropped out a lot of the extra photo area to see if the photo will show larger but it still is the same size. There is actually another female in the tree.

[TCFAN]

JwFilips if you click on your photo it comes up full size........Terry

[JWFilips]

JwFilips if you click on your photo it comes up full size........Terry

It does come up to 800 pixels but the file is 2000 pixels. So it should come up much larger. I guess there must be a view size limit on the forum. Maybe one of the mods would know

[x101airborne]

I saw my first Painted Bunting the other day at my feeder. That was my all time goal! Never saw one in 37 years down here, but I really don't look for em while counting cows.

I do try to control the Grackle population as much as I can. If I can kill 6 or 8 and freeze them, I use them on my Gator lines in the fall. Skewer a whole grackle with a tuna hook, outstretch his wings and add a quarter of a nutria rat under it. It will flop in the breeze and the gators then have sight and smell attractants.

[Handloader109]

We have been putting out feed for the past couple of years. The tree is just outside of our bedroom window. Seen a couple of pairs of Cardinals, but what we like to watch are the variety of woodpeckers. They love the suet. We've seen at least three species, from small to huge. And they can be funny hanging upside down pecking the feed. Good stuff

[fatnhappy]

I had a cooper's hawk at the feeder this afternoon

[Minerat]

Make one of these, but put a piece of clear plexiglass in place of the wood opposite from the entrance (the other small side). For some reason the cats around here fit the bill of curiosity catches the cat. I can't catch them with a have-a heart but this wood box is like a magnet to them. I've been know to deliver them to a pound 40 miles away if I'm headed out of town.

http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/ou...abbit-box-trap

We don't have cardinal's here that I know of but have a couple of blue jays that show up every spring. Had to have a cat collection week, a couple of years ago after finding what was left of 3 babies. We have a leash law here so wandering cats are fair game for trapping....live.

DCMs wife here AKA "the bird lady".


Can't catch them with a normal trap, they're too well fed, can't shoot with a gun, too close to neighbors, have thrown bricks at them and shot at them with airgun. They'll stay away for a while.
Problem is these guys kill for fun, they just leave the dead birds and baby bunnies lying around.

[rockrat]

Thanks for the link to the plans for the trap. My cats are too well fed to bother the birds, but they sure like to look at them. Grandad use to love watching the Cardinals at his feeder. Neighbor cats got two of them. Man, it was war then. He loved the CCI Mini-caps in the green box. Fairly quiet in the long barrel 22 he had.

[WILCO]

Seems my Cardinal is A.W.O.L. again.............

[sav300]

ok,cardinals yes,blue jays yes, What is a cackle ? google here I come.
Sorry ,crackle. Found em on google.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

I remember the first time I was a western tanager and it blew me away. They have a yellow body, black wings and a red head. We used to see them twice a year as they migrated thru but I haven't seen one in years. I think one big problem are the crows. When they went on the protected list it spelled doom for many baby birds of all kind. Crows in this area are as common as sparrows. I once saw one trying to kill and eat a grown pigeon. I tried running him off but he only flew just out of reach and came back as soon as I walked away. There ought to be an open season on those flying rats. There is a good reason why the cardinal is the state bird of six states. They are beautiful.

[bayjoe]

Would you be interested in a pair of woodpeckers that like pecking on the side of the house at 6:00 am ?

[bdicki]

I remember the first time I was a western tanager and it blew me away. They have a yellow body, black wings and a red head. We used to see them twice a year as they migrated thru but I haven't seen one in years. I think one big problem are the crows. When they went on the protected list it spelled doom for many baby birds of all kind. Crows in this area are as common as sparrows. I once saw one trying to kill and eat a grown pigeon. I tried running him off but he only flew just out of reach and came back as soon as I walked away. There ought to be an open season on those flying rats. There is a good reason why the cardinal is the state bird of six states. They are beautiful.

Amendment filed 6/26/15;effective 7/1/15

§485. American Crow.

• (a) Shotgun, Falconry, and Archery Seasons, and Bag and Possession Limits.
  
  • (1) Season: The first Saturday in December and extending for 124 consecutive days.
  • (2) Daily Bag and Possession Limits
    
    • Bag Limit: 24 crows per day
    • Possession Limit: double the daily bag limit
    
    
  • (3) Area: Statewide: see closure area (d) below
  
  
• (b) Crows may only be taken by shotguns 10 gauge or smaller using shot shells only and incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined, bow and arrow, and falconry. The take or attempted take of any crows with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of nonlead projectiles adn ammunition pursuant to Section 250.1, Crows may not be hunted from aircraft.
• (c) No person shall kill or cripple a crow pursuant to this section without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the bird, and retain it in their actual custody at the place where taken or between that place and either: (1) their automobile or principal means of land transportation; or (2) their personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging; or (3) a migratory bird preservation facility; or (4) a post office; or (5) a common carrier facility.
• (d) Crows may not be taken in the following areas:
  
  • (1) Within the boundaries of the Trinity and Mendocino National Forests south of Highway 36.
  • (2) North and east of a line beginning at the mouth of the Eel River; south along the Eel River to the town of Alton; east on Highway 36 from the town of Alton to Highway 89 west of Chester; south and east on Highways 89 and 395 to Interstate 15 near Hesperia; south on Interstate 15 to Interstate 10; and east on Interstate 10 to the California-Arizona border.
  
  
• (e) See Section 472(d) for the take of American crows causing depredation.

Amendment filed 6/26/15; effectuve 7/1/15.

[WILCO]

There is a good reason why the cardinal is the state bird of six states. They are beautiful.

Amen!

[Bad Water Bill]

He made his home in my grape vines this summer.

Very careful going in and out of the vines.

[Mtnfolk75]

We usually see the Western Tangier for about 6 weeks or so starting around the 1st of June. 3 or 4 years ago after a really winter, we saw them well into fall. They are beautiful birds, we at 6,000 feet here.

[sav300]

Wilco,thanks for the pics.very nice