That's the call, right on the mark......at nite.....still sounds a bit eerie.
Thanks Keesha.
Seems like my head is overflowing with all the calls of our feathered jewels.
Should have a play button on/in my head.
Then i just have to click.
We are bird watchers ourselves. We used to make our own suet with beef fat, dried fruit, seeds, nuts etc.
We had blue jays, grey jays, mourning doves, evening grosbeaks, rose breasted grosbeaks, nuthatches, chickadees, gold, house & purple finches, junkos , downy woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, northern flickers, the odd indigo bunting, red wing blackbirds, grackles, male & female cardinals.
It was pleasurable feeding the birds but somewhat annoying feeding the squirrels and odd mouse. Later we had a mouse problem because they were getting fed too so we decided to stop. We gave away all our feeders and now only put out store bought suet.
The whipper willow does sound a bit eerie. There’s a certain owl around here who often sings at night that sounds amazing. The chickadees are the cutest and friendliest bird whose song could cheer up the grouchiest of souls.
Nuthatches have more of a squeaking sound.
Years ago I sat under a tree in our backyard playing with one of the dogs squeaky toys. Suddenly I’d hear a nuthatch in the background getting closer.
Suddenly the nuthatch was above me in the branches of the tree, closely checking out the dogs squeaky toy. I think it was pretty certain that our squeaky toy was another nuthatch but gradually flew off.
In the summer I have flowers everywhere including annuals in flower boxes on the deck. We have a few humming birds who come by and feed off them. I love how they can stand still in mid air. So cool. One year, late fall while I was taking my annuals out, a humming came right up to my face light it was desperately trying to tell me something . It’s a deep inner feeling more than anything. I think it was wanting to fill up before the long migration down to the golf of Mexico or wherever they go.
