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🐦 Beautiful Bird Eastern Phoebe 🐦

cheriere — Thu, 23 May 2024 14:43:30 GMT

I was able to get pictures of another beautiful mama bird while on the way to feed her little ones in the nest. This bird is the Eastern Phoebe. She has one of the prettiest songs you'll ever hear. In a few of the pics, you can even see the food in her mouth. I was able to count at least 3 little ones in the nest.

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Texas Gray Wolf — Thu, 23 May 2024 14:58:52 GMT

This is why I love Springtime..........All the new babies born to wildlife..........

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on the bay — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:45:09 GMT

She's so beautiful!

You have a wonderland of nature there!

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fthunt — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:02:53 GMT

The "P" song drove my hubby crazy until he bought a tape of bird calls. YEA

A whistle with a high note range at the end of each segment.

Usually stay hidden in the woods - RARE TO SEE THEM.

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Ainhisg — Thu, 23 May 2024 18:19:53 GMT

@cheriere did you ever get the Merlin app installed and working?

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Nightowlz — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:04:52 GMT

@cheriere

Wanted to post to let you know I appreciate all the beautiful pics with descriptions you post. It would be nice to walk through nature like you can. Keep posting I'm looking at your posts just not replying. Love the pics. I want some of those strawberries.

DH ran to the store. I told him to pick up some organic strawberries, red grapes & watermelon.

Also wanted to tell you the story of the Woodpeckers around here. One that had been working on the hole showed up when 2 little birds were inside? I heard wings fluttering to look up & see 1 bird fly out while the other got caught inside. The woodpecker pecked a few times but wasn't leaving. I bet that litte bird was scared. After about 30 mins I got up picked up a little rock so I could throw it up the tree. LOL!!! When I did that the woodpecker took off & the little bird flew out. I looked up at the little bird & said I saved you. Poor little bird.

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MoJoV — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:07:48 GMT

Great photos! You're quite the photographer, @cheriere . Our son gets Phoebes on his porch. He lives in a forested area in Southern Illinois.

Our three little robins have flown the nest, I wish them well and hope they flourish out in the big world.

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MoJoV — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:10:02 GMT

@Nightowlz That's the kind of story that keeps me going. Thank you!

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Pezzie — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:36:19 GMT

@Nightowlz Woodpeckers can be such a nuisance. Last week our neighbor had to replace his outdoor security cameras because of woodpeckers pecking holes in them, and the action all caught live.

Me, I am just annoyed they keep draining my hummingbird feeders.

Loves your story.

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Pezzie — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:37:30 GMT

@cheriere Look at the babies! How cool is that?

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Desert Lily — Thu, 23 May 2024 19:57:16 GMT

Years ago I lived on a large wooded lot on a lake in a house we had built with cedar shakes all over the exterior. In the mornings we started to hear the tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker outside. That bird pecked numerous small holes on the back of our house.

The woodpecker was a protected species. So, my husband hung 2 aluminum pie plates next to each other in a tree behind the house that would make noise from the wind clanging them together to scare the woodpecker away. When that didn't work, he hung a fake owl in the tree. Then unrelated he had a few small fires he made of dead leaves & brush, & the woodpecker left - maybe due to the smoke??

It cost a lot of $ to have our back exterior on the house redone with cedar shakes.

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2sisters — Thu, 23 May 2024 21:47:37 GMT

@cheriere what precious pictures and sweet little babies! You are blessed to have the beautiful nature so close to your home!

About a month ago we had a birds nest on the side of our house. I kept an eye on them and moved one of the bird feeders we have closer for the Mama. Last week they all moved away but I told DH to leave their nest there. Maybe more will move it!

Good luck on your drive tomorrow, praying for your safety!💞

@Nightowlz I love your woodpecker story! I'm sure the little bird was scared..

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cheriere — Thu, 23 May 2024 22:24:53 GMT

@Ainhisg wrote:
@cheriere did you ever get the Merlin app installed and working?

No, I still haven't gotten around to getting it yet. Since I'll have good service in Nashville tomorrow I'll try to download it. I'm so far out in the country here, a lot of times apps don't install properly.

My iPhone however was able to confirm my hunch on this bird and help with identifying.

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cheriere — Thu, 23 May 2024 22:30:11 GMT

@Nightowlz

Thank you so much for such a nice comment and a wonderful story. I wondered if you were scared of the woodpecker. I hear them every morning and would love to get some pics, but I'm unsure how that would go lol.

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cheriere — Thu, 23 May 2024 22:34:01 GMT

@2sisters

Im so happy you liked the pictures. I'd been waiting for the babies to get big enough to show up in a photo lol.

Thank you so much for your well wishes while I'm traveling to and fro the dr tomorrow.❤️ I'm already nervous about the traffic.

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Puggywuggy — Fri, 24 May 2024 01:05:27 GMT

Soo very precious!! 💖

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Judaline — Fri, 24 May 2024 12:32:29 GMT

She looks familiar! How did you find out her name?

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Nightowlz — Fri, 24 May 2024 20:14:26 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@Nightowlz

Thank you so much for such a nice comment and a wonderful story. I wondered if you were scared of the woodpecker. I hear them every morning and would love to get some pics, but I'm unsure how that would go lol.

@cheriere

I wasn't scared. Didn't think about the woodpecker coming after me. It's amazing how they cling to the trees.

There are 2 different type in the tree we keep seeing them in.

This one had the little bird caught in the hole.

This is the other woodpecker we have seen. It's making hole above the other woodpecker.

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cheriere — Sat, 25 May 2024 14:24:54 GMT

@Judaline

I used an app on my iPhone to confirm the species after I'd taken some pictures. I love being able to look them up now.❤️

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cheriere — Sat, 25 May 2024 14:26:10 GMT

@Nightowlz

Wow! Both of those woodpeckers are really pretty. I'd love to know what type we have living in the trees here. I think this might be my next stakeout lol.❤️