Tag Archives: bird feeder

Separate Tables

March 7, 2023animals, birds, food, fun, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deck, squirrelsteenyperk

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 3:38 pm — Who’s back there? … asked the young squirrel …

Below, video … Separate tables … Anna’s hummingbird at window feeder … squirrel at deck black oil sunflower feeder …

Can You See Me?

March 3, 2023animals, fun, outside, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, flowers, squirrelsteenyperk

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 3:13 pm — Squirrel … deck flowers, fading into autumn …

… Can you see me eating suet? …

… Can you see me now? … I’m hiding behind these flowers …

Non-Sharing Bird

March 1, 2023birds, fun, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 1:04 pm — Female Northern Flicker … keeping her eye on …

Below, video … Bird feeder on deck table … blue Steller’s Jay in front … sharing with male Northern Flicker, hidden on other side … Halfway through video, the male Flicker (red “whiskers”) rushes to chase the female away … No sharing with HER! …

After Midnight Raccoons

March 1, 2023animals, fun, outside, shadows, windowbird feeder, camera, deck, raccoonteenyperk

Monday, October 3, 2022, 3:53 am — Raccoon family … sunflower seed bird feeder … after midnight … Heard a rattling on the deck … turned on the light … Wondered why the feeder was spick and span clean in the morning … They didn’t come in on a red flying saucer … that’s a hummingbird feeder …

Below, original, dark photo … Above, photo has been lightened to gamma 2.31 …

Three years earlier, see a mother raccoon and 3 babies … same spot … Three Baby Raccoons!, July 21, 2019

First of Fall Frenzy

February 25, 2023animals, fun, outside, windowbird feeder, deck, favorites, squirrelsteenyperk

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 4:41 pm — What?!! … It’s the first day of fall?!! … Get outta my way! … I got lotsa work to do! … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’ food for winter! …

… Quick!! … Black oil sunflower seeds are gettin’ low … Could you refill the bird feeder, fast as you can … I got lotsa gatherin’ to do!!! … Squirrelio may be young … but they know what they gotta do! … stash away seeds for winter …

Afternoon Rest Bird

February 25, 2023birds, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 5:45 pm — Mourning dove … solo at deck table … they often travel in pairs …

Statuesque Rabbit

February 23, 2023animals, outside, shadows, trees, video, weatherbird feeder, camera, deck, flowers, rabbit, sitteenyperk

Tuesday, August 4, 2022, 8:21 pm — Cautious rabbit … sat perfectly still … for 5 minutes … while I quietly took photos from deck …

… Setting sun highlights tops of trees in east … burgeoning butterfly bush on left … White arrow points to rabbit …

Video below … the only thing moving is Bunnster’s wigglin’ nose …

Little Brown Bird

February 23, 2023birds, outside, windowbird feeder, camera, deck, favorites, me, walkteenyperk

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 4:47 pm — Little brown song sparrow … or are you a house sparrow? … has the bird feeder all to itself … Surprised that my newest-ish camera, Panasonic Lumix FZ300, 2019 … caught the action of this flitty bird … (have more to learn!) … My 3rd Lumix … 2nd, FZ200, 2015 (my favorite) … 1st, FZ20, 2005 …

Boys’ Lunch Birds

February 20, 2023birds, blogs, food, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 4:06 pm — Late afternoon suet lunch for two of the boys … a male Downy Woodpecker … working hard for his food … The red on top of his head is the clue … Females look quite similar, but no red … See a lady Downy suetizing, Oct. 16, 2021 – Delicious … on my blog, My Photo a Day Adventure …

4:18 pm … and a male Western Tanager … glad he’s still around … That suet is certainly messy! …

Videos below … the two boys in action …

Sizzle ‘n’ Walk Cat

February 20, 2023birds, books, cats, curiosity, outside, windowbedding, bird feeder, camera, deck, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paper, paws, photos, red tabby cat, tails, walkteenyperk

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …

Green, Dash of Red Cat

February 20, 2023birds, cats, outside, sleep, windowbird feeder, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 1:54 pm — Perkins … catnapping … while the butterfly bush keeps growing …

… and a male Downy Woodpecker makes ready for a suet lunch … (to the right of the green bird feeder above) …

Pretty in Pink Feet

February 20, 2023birds, food, outside, shadows, video, weatherbird feeder, deck, squirrels, walkteenyperk

Saturday, June 4, 2022, 10:55 am — Mourning dove … pretty in pink feet … and exquisite blue eyeliner … Not sure if it’s male or female … both are very similar … females a bit smaller … Males have pink-tinted breast feathers … females have gray …

Some fancy footwork …

Video below … Mr / Ms Pink Feet Mourning Dove thinks the new bird seed is delish … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 9:30 am … The next day … full morning sunlight from left … compare to the gentle overcast sky lighting in photos above …

Day Dreams Cat

February 19, 2023birds, boxes, cats, outside, sleepbedding, bird feeder, deck, Marimekko bedding, rainbow toy, toys, tuxedo catteenyperk

Thursday, May 26, 2022, 8:56 am — Teeny Tuxedo … dreams about what she’ll do today …

… Watch birds! … like this male Western Tanager … on the deck, suet holder off-screen, left …

… and a fluffed up young boy Western Tanager … under the suet holder … telltale suet specks on his face …

… Rainbow toy box play! …

Munch-Go-Round Birds

February 19, 2023birds, outside, videobird feeder, deckteenyperk

Thursday, May 19, 2022, 5:17 pm — Male Evening Grosbeaks … riding the sunflower seed merry-go-round munch-go-round …

Video below … Female Evening Grosbeak takes center stage with the boys …

Bright Day

February 19, 2023birds, food, fun, outside, video, weather, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 5:37 pm — Male Western Tanager … brightens up a gray afternoon …

Below … video … eating on the deck under suet holder … interrupted when a young Steller’s jay swoops in …

… Friday, May 13, 2022, 7:23 am … morning sun REALLY shows his bright colors! …

Specialty Bird Seed

December 27, 2022birds, outside, weather, window, YTbird feeder, deck, rainteenyperk

Saturday, May 7, 2022, 7:27 pm — Male evening grosbeak … “I like my favorite, black oil sunflower seeds … but look at what’s new at the green bird feeder!” …

… Female house sparrow … What’s this?! … New bird seed! … specially mixed for us Pacific Northwest birds … at the Backyard Bird Shop, Vancouver, WA …

… Below, video … female evening grosbeak … yum, yum, yum! …

Monday, May 9, 7:04 pm … Hummingbird … “Glad you guys are having fun up there with your new seeds … I’ll stick to my fresh nectar!”…

1st of May Windows Cats

December 2, 2022cats, fun, outside, shadows, stretch, trees, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, tuxedo catteenyperk

Sunday, May 1, 2022, 3:01 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … May Day! … plants are starting to wake up … butterfly bush … sunshine … open window …

Monday, May 2, 2022, 2:19 pm … Hey, Perky! … are those halos over your head? … or flying saucers? … Just aluminum plates for bird seed, water … on deck table …

… clematis … happily sprouting up in the sun …

Historic April Snow Cat

November 15, 2022birds, cats, curiosity, outside, snow, trees, video, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, Kitty Sills, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, April 11, 2022, 5:30 am — Teeny Tuxedo … Whoa! … Snow! … from sunny, over 70º four days earlier … to four inches of quiet whiteness this morning … “first time in 82 years of record-keeping that measurable snow has fallen at Portland International Airport this late in the year.” – opb.org … Airport is 18 miles south, across the Columbia River, in Oregon …

… 6:50 am … HEAVY snow weighing down shrub … east side of deck …

… 7:41 am … Teeny Tuxedo … two hours later … STILL snowing …

… 9:30 am … Gently falling snow flakes … A spot of red at the black oil sunflower seed bird feeder … either a male purple finch or house finch …

Below, video … Big, fluffy flakes … 7:50 am … first significant snow this late, April 11, in over 80 years … stopped by afternoon … Fluffy, but heavy … listen for “pops” of tree branches breaking, especially at 1 minute …

Suet Strategy Bird

September 1, 2022birds, food, outside, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 11:38 am — How to pick up a snip of suet … female Northern Flicker … tilts her head to focus on the suet tidbit …

… a bit messy … but so tasty …

… a minute later … up on the suet holder …

Chillin’ Towhee

July 25, 2022birds, outside, trees, weather, windowbird feeder, flowersteenyperk

Monday, January 31, 2022, 3:06 pm — Male Spotted Towhee … fluffed up feathers on a cold day … (Compared to today, Monday, July 25, when we’re starting a week in the high 90ºs … the first hot stretch in a cooler, rainier than usual Pacific NW summer) …

… zoom out … red arrow points to location of Spotted Towhee … winter trees … butterfly bush in front of window …

Calico Cat Revisits

July 11, 2022cats, curiosity, fun, other cats, outside, window, YTbird feeder, cat face, deck, favorites, ginger cat, jump, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, reflection, walkteenyperk

Thursday, January 27, 2022, 11:33 am — Perkins … you have a visitor! … the calico cat … who first popped up, October 19, 2021 …

… a closer look …

Videos … Ms Calico (since most are female) … out for a stroll along the deck … bird feeders … but nary a bird …

… Top of the trellis … ready for a mighty JUMP! …

… Will she make it onto the roof? …

Dreaming & Dining Cat

June 12, 2022animals, birds, cats, fun, outside, sleepbedding, bird feeder, deck, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, squirrels, thermal matteenyperk

Saturday, January 18, 2022, 5:29 pm — Perkins … dreaming about her outdoor friends … dining on the deck today …

… 10:27 am … Mr. Squirrel … “Corn! … I LOVE corn!” …

… 10:32 am … Polite female Northern Flicker … waiting her turn at the suet holder … and for stray pieces that fall on the deck rail … Is her friend a boy or girl? …

Snow and Blue Bottle

May 27, 2022art, family memorabilia, outside, shadows, snow, trees, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, lamp, sofateenyperk

Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 3:04 pm — Still life on a cold day … snow’s still here … vintage 1995 blue bottle of Arizona Iced Tea … cousin D’s drink … from Hockinson Co-Op … on the way to walking back up the hill to Grandma and Grandpa Ahola’s old farm … Hockinson, Washington … (Grandma’s sewing basket on coffee table) …