A thousand pictures!!! lol
After the snow on Thursday, the Birds at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary are hungry!!! We went there this morning intending to take pics of the pond with snow on it and we were bombarded before we even had the seed out!
This is my favorite picture of the day. We've never had one land on us before today.
White Breasted Nuthatch
WOW!!! how cool is that? Thanks for sharing your picture.
WBN again
WBN again... BF got a great video of the WBN "enk"ing at the dee's that were trying to land on my hand, defending his territory.
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Here's the video!
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3031070950063431655fggQmJ?vhost=rides
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A Tufted Titmouse.
Another TuTi.
Black-Capped Chickadee. The poor things were starving! I would go to leave that area and they would just keep coming. BF got video of them flocking around me, taking their turn.
Flocking?
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3098463820063431655rkcuWy?vhost=rides
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Isn't that great? I've had Chickadees hand feed, and DH had a Titmouse. I've yet to try a Nuthatch. Very Awesome - nice pics!
MMMMMM Seeeed!
Cool Photos!! I'd love to get my birds to hand feed!
MINE!
"You're a little bit scary to me."
He was wishing we would throw the seed on the ground.
Mr. Cardinal. Didn't see Mrs. at all today.
Cardinal again
White throated sparrow. They kept a good distance from us.
Wonderful photos Shan!!!
Thanks so much for posting them!
Pelle
Pine Grosbeaks. From what I was told, they haven't wintered here in years. This isn't a great pic, they were through the trees. There was a Purple Finch around them, too.
Shan, Are you going to upload the videos somewhere and post the link here?
Hope so!! :-)
We took a ton of pics today, most of the dees. It was hard to choose which one to put up. Maybe I'll post the others at another time.
Bye bye birdie!
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OK Pelle... I've got BF here to tutor me on the art of posting videos. Stay tuned!
Wow Shan, looks like you and the birds had a fun day. How cool to have them eat out of your hand! Great pics!
Isnt it an amazing experience. Thanks all for sharing
Doug
I didn't know that BF was in video mode... I thought he was focused on my hand. A dee landed on my hat and I was trying to get him to take a pic of that instead.
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3019963410063431655BGnkfE?vhost=rides
Beautiful day and beautiful photos!
Very nice video Shannon! That looks like so much fun!
Thanks for posting it!
Thanks Pelle,
The other videos are edited in to the coresponding posts up above. I had such a good time today. That is the one place that I can really go that I am in the moment, not thinking of being somewhere else.
Thanks everyone!
What a treat, having feathered friend hand feed. Good job.
Shannon,
Fantastic pics and videos! How do (did) you get the birds to come and eat out of your hand? DH and I have never had the birds eat out of our hand, but would love to.
What a wonderful and beautiful day you and your BF had! Thanks for sharing with us!
Marilyn
Hi Shannon
I was about to start a thread to upload my pictures when I spotted your lovely (and very similar ones).
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Chickadee again
You captured great detail on the birds Lilypon!
Lilypon, We didn't even see the RBN. You're lucky! Is the RBN as picky as the WBN? They would sit on my hand and pick up and put down about 10 seeds before they would find the right one. lol all the while defending his territory against the dees.
Marilyn, you may be able to hand feed at home if the food is scarce, but I did this at an Audubon wildlife sanctuary a few miles from my home. They have people around all the time and are used to them. As I said, they flew right to us before we even had the seed out of my pocket. I had one land on my shoulder when I put the seed away to try to walk further down the path. They are hungry now, come summer you don't even see the chickadees at all there.
~Shannon
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Shannon,
Thanks for the info!
Lilypon,
Nice pics of the birds in your hand! So adorable and sweet they are! How do you get the birds to come to your hand and get seeds?
Marilyn
Shan, and Marilyn, I read once that to be able to get the bird to land on your hand, You can use a poster board of a human figure or make a dummy with hand sticking out, and let the birds get use to that, and eventually replace it with yourself. (won't have to wait so long) Or stand by the feeders with your hand stretched out, and wait. I was able to do that once, with Dees. But be prepare to wait a good while.
Burn,
Thanks for the info! I think I read what you said in the Birds and Bloom magazine I get awhile back. Thanks for mentioning it, I had forgotten.
How long did you wait? "prepare to wait a good while"
Marilyn
My DH who is very patient had Dees and a Titmouse hand feed at home, but too cold for me to stand for an hour outside. I go to a local park where it is done frequently and the Dees fly at you as soon as you get there - either in Winter, or early morning any time of year. Good luck if you try at home!!
The Dees were familiar with me going to fill the feeders, but it still took about an 1hr or so, they kept circling around me, wondering whether or not to trust me. I had to watch not to make sudden moves. My leg got really tired from standing still.They finally did land in my hand to grab a seed, and then rush up to a branch to eat it. They came back a few time after that. But what a feeling that was.
Burn,
That must have been exciting and thrilling! ;-)
Debilu,
Thanks for the information! ;-)
Marilyn
