Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Watching the red squirrels at play, it would appear after the last snowfall they have developed a two level diner, pretty funny to watch hey, where did she go?? grosbeaks feeling a bit grumpy

What's the yellow bird?

Evening grosbeak?

Beautiful pics @Ontario Chick!

Yup, Evening Grosbeak indeed, they tend to travel in largish flocks and are pretty argumentative when they land :)
male and female in the last picture

Lucky you, we don't get grosbeaks here. We used to get them in Orillia.

Beautiful pictures!
Heres what we had in our backyard. Felt bad for it out in this cold. My chickens are all locked up so I didn't worry about that.

Nice pictures! Other than sparrows, jack rabbits, and an occasional great horned owl, I have had some gray partridges and one male red breasted nuthatch here.

Ontario Chick wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:40 am

Yup, Evening Grosbeak indeed, they tend to travel in largish flocks and are pretty argumentative when they land :)
male and female in the last picture

Ha! I had a few in Nov...I haven't seen them since. Very nice pictures!

Cool, haven't seen partridges in years, not sure what happened to them, possibly owls and foxes.
Red breasted & white breasted nuthatch visiting on regular bases and couple of woodpeckers too, 4 mourning doves in the woodshead this morning, poor things, way too cold for their short feet.

Ontario Chick wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:50 am

Cool, haven't seen partridges in years, not sure what happened to them, possibly owls and foxes.
Red breasted & white breasted nuthatch visiting on regular bases and couple of woodpeckers too, 4 mourning doves in the woodshead this morning, poor things, way too cold for their short feet.

Hana..I have had a lifelong confusion about partridge...so i finally looked it up...the gray partridge, which is the only actual partridge, was introduced from Europe way Bobwhite is a relative and people have often called the ruffed grouse a partridge...there is also a Chukar another introduced from Europe bird...I have never seen one in real time...we have the ruffed grouse fairly numerous but thats because i don't allow hunting of any kind on my land and I have been replanting coniferous trees with abandon...i try deciduous to a smaller extent but the deer find them..nice salad bar I guess...but its over hunting the grouse and depletion of the habitat that is the cause of diminishing numbers...I am not sure why people refuse to see this ...maybe I am the odd one out on this....but at least i have the wildlife...I even occasionally get the Grosbeaks although I am in a meadow and not on their regular flight path so i am delighted when they veer off course just a bit...even had a flock of bohemian waxwings show up in late fall...now that was a treat...