Monday, April 6, 2015

Wild Birds: Picky Eater

This Red-winged Blackbird landed on the feeder. Between him moving and shaking the feeder I wondered if I'd get any photos. Here he is scattering the seed to the ground. 
 
This is a fairly still shot showing he has a small bite in his mouth.
 
Scattering/wasting more seed.
(the mourning doves and the squirrels will clean up quickly)

Searching Intently
 
 Finally, he finds what he's after - the sunflower seeds!
 
Linking to Wild Birds with Stewart

21 comments:

  1. Wonderful captures! We have so many birds and so much seed that they knock on the ground but never have I seen a red-winged black bird around here...so very lovely...great photos!

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  2. those monsters do that here, too. so do the red-bellied woodpeckers! but as you said, the doves (and thankfully, whistlers) will do clean-up. :)

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  3. Black birds are big and hungry. I don't use this mix as very little of it is actually eaten. I know my black oilseeds are limiting the species I get at my feeders.

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  4. Cute photos! It's cute how there's no waste, sure the bird makes a mess but the squirrels don't mind without a doubt.

    Cheers.

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  5. fun narrative with you pictures today. We do have red-winged black birds here. They love the tall pampas grass and wet areas it seems.

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  6. Thank you for sharing this beautiful photo sequence with us.

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  7. Great pictures. Love the colouring on the wings.

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  8. Great series, Carletta! I am glad the ground Doves will happily eat the seed knock out..have a happy day!

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  9. Sadly, the Red-winged Blackbirds do the same thing here too! Good thing the Mourning Doves clean up the ground after them. :)

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  10. Fantastic to see Carletta... I only use seed that won't germinate because of my messy eaters lol xx

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  11. Isn't he handsome?

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  12. Neat bird. We don't seem to have them around here ---or at least, they have never come to my feeders... Gorgeous bird --even though he's MESSY.

    When our millions (it seems) of Pine Siskins come to the feeders, they can also make a HUGE mess....

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  13. Interesting! I didn't know they were after the sunflowers. That's why they scatter everything else to the ground. Thanks for the info.

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  14. I love to see the Red-wings early in the spring, but then they become a problem at the feeders. They do waste a lot of feed.

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  15. Good morning Carletta, very pretty shots of the Red-wing Blackbird, and I love to hear their distinctive trill. That is also a real pretty feeder. Have a great day :)

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  16. He is a picky eater! You got some good captures of him, though!

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  17. Picky eater, messy seed scatterer, but a beautiful bird, so we don't care! (They love our feeders in Oregon.)

    Someone sent us that exact bird feeder for Christmas a couple of years ago, but we really can't hang one here in Florida (no yard). I felt sad about that, but then I filled it with shells I've collected and it occupies a special place in the house.

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  18. It's funny to watch birds and see that they too can be "picky" about what they enjoy eating.

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  19. Well, when you know what you want, nothing else will do!

    Nice post.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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