Thank you. Nearly half my property is a part of a much larger environmental zone that has remained undeveloped. It's fairly wild down there and being in Oregon there are a lot of trees and blackberry thickets. Plus, I feed them.
Great view of many familiar birds seen in the western US. The Hutton's was the only one I wasn't aware of. The Towhee is now the Spotted towhee replacing the Rufous-sided towhee which used to include the Eastern towhee as well.
John Hamil It's lovely that You look after the Wildlife (as We all should). Please try to make sure this land never gets developed? There's far too many People & too many buildings but there's not enough of this & the rate We're going there won't be any of this left at all. Places like this are an oasis & sanctuary for Wildlife. Well done.
Dear John Hamil, what a beautiful beautiful place you have. Taking care of wild life is something I do as well. I get great joy from it. The first thing God told us to do is take care of the earth, and the things in it. No wonder we find peace and happiness in this simple pleasure, God bless you❤
Praise the Lord praise the Lord for all these wonderful creatures and God blessed us with thank you so much for sharing God's creation with us thank you for the releasing the blessing to all of us
As a German who has never been anywhere outside of Europe, this is really great to see. You have some beautiful birds over there! (Though I still love ours, of course ;))
Wonderful video. Birds are drastically declining in numbers so anything anyone can do to provide them with a friendly environment, food and water is very helpful.
You did a nice job with this. I love how you took the time to make captions to identify each species and their gender. I suspect this took a reasonable amount of effort to do this or other people would too. I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, so I don't see or recognize most of the birds in your video.
Who gave birds their colors, Who taught them how to sing....? Thank you for the video. Silence. Natural. Birds talking. Wind blowing. Parfumed rosemary...
Thank you for the beautiful video! I love watching the beautiful birds 🐦 ❤️ lovely to see the different types 😍 I live in the uk and love watching the birds coming to my feeders ❤️❤️❤️
Hi John! Thank You for a wonderful morning video. Your birds are soothing to watch, almost hypnotic. Naming the birds is also a very helpful touch that allows us to better understand what we see in our back yards. Thank You again.
I always think about how birdwatcher hobbyists/enthusiasts watch videos like this with genuine fascination. Maybe I've been spoiled by owning a pet bird but I just see this as adorable. It's like puppies playing in a pool to me. I can understand the more serious appeal or interest, but I also just can't help but find them really cute and silly
Thank you for posting this! Your video and amazing sound quality, make your filming stand above the rest! This video I could loop for long periods! Beautiful.....
Very relaxing video! I miss the bird bath we had in our yard when I was growing up. We'd just get it filled when a silly robin would get in and splash most of the water out. Always a delight to watch!
Oh wow! I didn't know Scrub Jays were up in Oregon. I'd never seen them before moving to FL where I'm also in an environmental zone. I hadn't really looked into it their habitats, but it's good to know they have more territory than I had expected. They're lovely birds!
These have the finest flying technology out there. Just couple of caterpillars and a few drops of water and they good to fly for hours with best maneuvers, dive, lift and hunting.
It’s nice that you’ve identified them, for those of us not from the West. Thank you...and thanks to our government and chem trails our bird population in down 30%.
What a lovely little video. I came upon it while Googling the difference between Hutton's Vireo and the Ruby-crowned kinglet. How is it that you have so many varieties coming to the birdbath? Is it because you are in specific location, or? I would like to know....This will be one of my go-to videos for calming down at the end of the day. Thanks. Julia from Toronto, Canada
i live in the area too and see those same yellow birds and was wondering if they are lesser goldfinches or just regular goldfinches--thank you for confirming i was pretty sure they are lessers. also thanks for the huttons vireo ID, i have seen them around and didnt know what they were
Your Hutton's Vireo is actually a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Note the diagnostic wing flicking, thinner bill, active behavior and distinctive dry two noted quick "tzi-tzi" vocalizations that this bird makes.
You are so lucky. I have a birdbath and water bowls here in UK. I get sparrows magpies blue tits wood pidgeons and squirrels. We had parrots once but once they saw cats they never returned.
Sugar water for the hummingbirds - suet for woodpeckers and the other bug eaters - sunflower seeds for just about everybody and a feeder with thistle seeds for goldfinches
I try and look for smooth, white bird baths, because that makes it much easier to tell if the water is dirty. Dark colors and mosaics are the worst for seeing dirt. Birds are the only creatures that will see these designs and I doubt they care about the design inside the BB. The crevices around an interior design inside a bowl are also the most likely place for mold to begin growing and these crevices also make it much harder to clean the bowl (If you don't care about dirty water it doesn't matter.) I also keep a tightly wound handle strainer hung-up near the bird bath and use that to clean very minute debris and birdcrap out of the birdbath between changes of the water. (I buy 3 or 4 at a time at the dollar store) I change the water at least once a day. Some species of birds like doves and sparrows will crap in the water on a regular basis. I try and remove it while it is still fresh and intact. I went to a Lowes to buy a birdbath recently and I was very surprised to see that most of them were designed very poorly in my opinion. But I guess a lot of people buying their first birdbaths are novices who are more impressed by aesthetics than the utility of the design(?) I never use my clay/pottery bird baths in the winter. The constant pressure on the sides from freezing ice at night and thawing during daylight will cause these bird baths to disintegrate much sooner than they should. I'm only aware of this because it happened to a neighbor of mine. I use a heated, white, plastic bird birdbath in the winter but I don't fill it up too high because the water on the lip will freeze. I thought the heater had stopped working until realized I was filling it too high. I try an remember to turn it off and empty it at night but sometimes I forget to do this. But I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia and people in warmer climates probably don't have to worry about this. WRZ Delaware County, PA
The vireo has a larger hooked beak often orange underneath and dark feet as well as lacking the black wing bar. The kinglets when not showing the bright crown have a needle like beak, a prominant black wing bar and orange feet. There's a side by side view at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/species-compare/65760531
The ex and I started-out with two Zebra Finches at one point - just two. Would NOT have been a problem EXCEPT that they were male and female. So we married the two off, got them a nice large bird cage (self-constructed). Bought a nest, i.e. a thing you can clasp onto the bird cage - gives them a place to retire for the night. Watch Fallon, Kimmel etc. Put a little bird tv in there with all the channels - i.e. the premium bird channel. High-def of course. Put in all of the things your average Zebra Finch would want - bird seed - items for building a nest, string etc. - some screws, a couple of tools - shades - some curtains. We wanted our home to feel like their home. About six months in we lost track of how many birds were in there. A year later there were almost 50 - therefore the cage hadda be expanded and expanded. What a racket 50 Zebra Finches can make and with their especially-weird bird call(s). Long story we broke up - but are still fighting over the birds. "Hopper" is technically MY bird, I bought Hopper from a local pet shop - groomed him - found him his own mate - so yeah I went to court in order to regain custody of Hopper. .
You should see Zebra Finches when you put their morning fruit in - all diff colors - orange, yellow (Lemons just to gauge their reaction to the bitterness), green (Avocado), purple (Grapefruit), you average oranges - everything sliced up - we even put a little festive toothpick in there - of course with some spinach. Zebra Finches like Spinach. . .
The scrub-jay uses to be Western scrub-jay, but there was a split a few years ago, so unless you live up near Mono Lake (which, being in Oregon, you don’t), they’re now California scrub-jays. Also, Rufous-sided towhee was split quite awhile back, so being as you’re in the western part of the U.S., it’s a Spotted towhee (in the east it’s Eastern towhee, which doesn’t have the spotting seen in SPTO).
Yes, the names change over the years, as we learn more about the biology of these birds (the birds know, of course!). So Rufous-sided Towhee is now Spotted Towhee (in the West), and Scrub-Jay was split to Western Scrub-Jay and now to California Scrub-Jay (to distinguish Oregon birds from scrub-jays in Florida, the Rockies, and Santa Cruz Island). Note that Steller's Jay is spelled with two es, honoring 18th-century naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who sailed with Vitus Bering on the first European voyage to Alaska.
American Robins and European Robins are both thrushes, but the thrush family Turdidae is a large one, and the two species are sort of on opposite sides of the family.
Watching this video wax a delight especially with the captions naming each bird as it came to drink or bathe. That was ingenious. Bird numbers are declining so it’s harder to find some species to view. Thanks so much for filming this. Do you have other species that come not on this video? Seems like you would esp the hummingbirds.
I've been keeping a record of the birds coming through my yard since 2010. I have useful photo records of 74 species. There are quite a few more who have evaded me. Hopefully the webpage is self explanatory as each thumbnail is a link to that species' webpage. There is a "recent sightings" section at the bottom of the index page to track the itinerants comings and goings. www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html
I don’t have birds at my bird bath and feeders like I used to. I blame it on the feral cats roaming around. I only get sparrows, starlings, and robins. Every now and then the occasional goldfinch or house finch.
Over the years I've notice quite a few ups and downs that correspond to habitat changes (when my neighbors cleared their property of invasive vegetation) and now the weather seems to have altered habits. Cats do play a part but birds outnumber them.
Thanks John for the great video ! I live in the Willamette Valley and feed and video my backyard animals as well, this sure did help me identify some of these lil guys. Is that a sack of blood meal for the deer ? 🦌
You're welcome. Even though I'm on a creek most of what I see are upland-mixed forest birds. I've a more inclusive set of bird pages indexed here: www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html I tried blood meal years ago but the ten deer visiting daily kept coming. We built a fence.
Watching in 2022. Thank you for making this video! So calming, and the labels are so great. Beautiful property.
Thank you. Nearly half my property is a part of a much larger environmental zone that has remained undeveloped. It's fairly wild down there and being in Oregon there are a lot of trees and blackberry thickets. Plus, I feed them.
Great view of many familiar birds seen in the western US. The Hutton's was the only one I wasn't aware of. The Towhee is now the Spotted towhee replacing the Rufous-sided towhee which used to include the Eastern towhee as well.
I'm jealous of that fig tree!
John Hamil It's lovely that You look after the Wildlife (as We all should). Please try to make sure this land never gets developed? There's far too many People & too many buildings but there's not enough of this & the rate We're going there won't be any of this left at all. Places like this are an oasis & sanctuary for Wildlife. Well done.
My cats love the birds, I love learning the names of them. Thank you for excellent feather-tainment!
Dear John Hamil, what a beautiful beautiful place you have. Taking care of wild life is something I do as well. I get great joy from it. The first thing God told us to do is take care of the earth, and the things in it. No wonder we find peace and happiness in this simple pleasure, God bless you❤
Very nice. My little grand daughter and I enjoyed this.
İt's so wholesome ö
I have a Bird bath look🐥👍
That scrub jay is beautiful!
Thank you for naming which species arrived at your birdbath! They are all so beautiful! X3 X3
Thank you so much for providing names of the sweetest small birds. I love the natural sounds!
They're so sweet and wonderful!
Praise the Lord praise the Lord for all these wonderful creatures and God blessed us with thank you so much for sharing God's creation with us thank you for the releasing the blessing to all of us
how i'm watching this in 2019 is a true marvel thank you for filming these
I am watching this beautiful video in February of 2021 ❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏
I have a Bird bath look😋❤
Amazing photography, fabulous ID work! Nicely done!
Thank you . The cast of characters has increased since then. If you're curious ... www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html
Their chirping sounds are very calming.
As a German who has never been anywhere outside of Europe, this is really great to see. You have some beautiful birds over there! (Though I still love ours, of course ;))
As someone who has lived in Germany for 3 years, I think youre blessed to be glued to Geemany
@@wiesbadengera1 What...do you mean by that? I don't think I understand you correctly 😅
What a joy to see these birds!
Its do calming to watch them.. sigh♥️😊
I have a Bird bath look😁😊
You are blessed to have such a variety of visitors!
Its soo good to see so many of them at once. I love birds💞👌
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Wonderful video. Birds are drastically declining in numbers so anything anyone can do to provide them with a friendly environment, food and water is very helpful.
Because of wild cats
@@pauldean7690 And housecats. And some dogs. And hunting for sport.
Chestnut-backed chickadees are so dang cute they’re like a parody of adorableness.
Thank you for including the name of such lovely visitors. What a paradise!
It’s one thing to see pictures of these birds in books; it’s another thing entirely to see these birds in reality! Quality educational content
what a great video, birds are so perfect.
Спасибо. :) Все птицы супер.
th-cam.com/video/cF4umAThOb8/w-d-xo.html👍🦚
Beautiful, heavenly, peaceful.
I have a Bird bath look🦋🐱
One of the best bird videos. I love that you named the birds. You have a lovely backyard😊
You did a nice job with this.
I love how you took the time to make captions to identify each species and their gender.
I suspect this took a reasonable amount of effort to do this or other people would too.
I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, so I don't see or recognize most of the birds in your video.
What a neat video you made. Thank you for sharing. They’re all so cute! There so neat with their different patterns, colors and calls.
Absolutely lovely video of so many wonderfully BEAUTIFUL birds to grace your backyard. Wow. ❤❤
Thank you for posting.
Beautiful! 🙏🏻
Beautiful beautiful video I love all birds they are wonderful to watch.
Beautiful captures, each and every one. Love Oregon, what a wonderful place to call home.
thankyou john for helping us understand the birds
This video is very well put together... simply lovely
So awesome plus you give the names of the bird species. Thank you
Who gave birds their colors, Who taught them how to sing....?
Thank you for the video. Silence. Natural. Birds talking. Wind blowing. Parfumed rosemary...
Thank you for this relaxing beautiful video 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I have a Bird bath look⭐😁
BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF BIRDS, LUCKY YOU.
I HOLD MY BREATH WATCHING, FEARING ILL SCARE THEM AWAY 😊
CAMILLE AUSTRALIA
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Beautiful. Thanks for posting
Thank you for the beautiful video! I love watching the beautiful birds 🐦 ❤️ lovely to see the different types 😍 I live in the uk and love watching the birds coming to my feeders ❤️❤️❤️
Hi John! Thank You for a wonderful morning video. Your birds are soothing to watch, almost hypnotic. Naming the birds is also a very helpful touch that allows us to better understand what we see in our back yards. Thank You again.
You're welcome. It was my pleasure.
This is great! I'm going to get a larger birdbath.
I always think about how birdwatcher hobbyists/enthusiasts watch videos like this with genuine fascination. Maybe I've been spoiled by owning a pet bird but I just see this as adorable. It's like puppies playing in a pool to me. I can understand the more serious appeal or interest, but I also just can't help but find them really cute and silly
California Scrub Jay is my absolute favorite here so far. Can't wait to get to have a Steller's Jay visit one day too, they're so majestic.
th-cam.com/video/cF4umAThOb8/w-d-xo.html😂🦓
My Babie Doll loves watching these and so do I. I love that you put the name of the birds up so I can learn the names.
Thank you for posting this! Your video and amazing sound quality, make your filming stand above the rest! This video I could loop for long periods! Beautiful.....
I have a Bird bath look😇🦩
Very nice too see!!!
Very relaxing video! I miss the bird bath we had in our yard when I was growing up. We'd just get it filled when a silly robin would get in and splash most of the water out. Always a delight to watch!
th-cam.com/video/cF4umAThOb8/w-d-xo.html🦋😋
This is my experience, but with magpies! : D Worth it- i love watching them splash around!!
I can't imagine drinking somebody else's bath water!
No, you would have to be a bird to do that! 😄
Visonista: That, or a thirsty gamer boy
@@raccoonchild Yes, as both are part of the animal kingdom. 😊
I drank my own when I was younger... because I was dumb. I also picked up a mouse bare-handed.
Noone ever told yas we all drink recycled water? It doesnt pour from the space out of the black hole well onto Earth.
I live in west coast canada and i recognize many of the birds in this video! I love Towhees, they are so cute.
Merveilleuse idée et merci pour le spectacle et le nom des oiseaux très instructif 💝🌈
Какие красивые птицы в тропиках.
Эти в США, в Орегоне.
Thank you for name in the birds.
Oh wow! I didn't know Scrub Jays were up in Oregon. I'd never seen them before moving to FL where I'm also in an environmental zone. I hadn't really looked into it their habitats, but it's good to know they have more territory than I had expected. They're lovely birds!
A wonderful and entertaining video.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful video!
I have a Bird bath look😘🐥
Just lovely!❤
Such a variety you are in heaven 💚 with Rosemary to serve as a protection to them.
Also, the bird naming with the presences of the birds are the sweet spot,
MARAVILLOSO
Muito obrigada John por compartilhar tamanha riqueza
Great video. I really enjoyed this
Fabulous vid - ThanQ for naming the birds ~FactsMatter
So enjoyable - thank you!
Magnífico y gracias por compartir. Thanks for shearing
the bird at 2:35 is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Muito lindo a natureza this place, especialmente com os pássaros voando livremente. Parabéns pelo lindo vídeo
These have the finest flying technology out there. Just couple of caterpillars and a few drops of water and they good to fly for hours with best maneuvers, dive, lift and hunting.
It’s nice that you’ve identified them, for those of us not from the West. Thank you...and thanks to our government and chem trails our bird population in down 30%.
Truth. Geoengineeringwatch.org
Yep.
You get an A for this !💕💕
I have a Bird bath look🐬😍
What a lovely little video. I came upon it while Googling the difference between Hutton's Vireo and the Ruby-crowned kinglet. How is it that you have so many varieties coming to the birdbath? Is it because you are in specific location, or? I would like to know....This will be one of my go-to videos for calming down at the end of the day. Thanks. Julia from Toronto, Canada
IM FROM PORTLAND OR.I KNOW JOHNSON CREEK !
i live in the area too and see those same yellow birds and was wondering if they are lesser goldfinches or just regular goldfinches--thank you for confirming i was pretty sure they are lessers.
also thanks for the huttons vireo ID, i have seen them around and didnt know what they were
I wish that many of these bird species lived in my region on the world
th-cam.com/video/cF4umAThOb8/w-d-xo.html🦅😎
I have a bird bath
Your Hutton's Vireo is actually a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Note the diagnostic wing flicking, thinner bill, active behavior and distinctive dry two noted quick "tzi-tzi" vocalizations that this bird makes.
Thanks...This was posted over 7 years ago and I've learned since:(www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html)
Ha! I thought so too. I was wondering whether I'd been misidentifying vireos as kinglets.
Very cool , ty for sharing🐦
You're welcome.
The sparrow and the grosbeak looked like they were having a standoff until the latter turned away.
Considering getting a bird bath now.
You are so lucky. I have a birdbath and water bowls here in UK. I get sparrows magpies blue tits wood pidgeons and squirrels. We had parrots once but once they saw cats they never returned.
Hola que tal como amas tu esa fuente de agua rodeada por una higuera un romero y esa belezuras de aves parabién gracias saludos
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Thank you very much John. I still can't identify difference between some birds. I am also in Pacific NW. Mind sharing some tips? Thank you!
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I have seen a bird like Stellar Jay but it was brown and black colour on forehead.
The Hutton's Vireo is actually a Ruby-crowned Kinglet
You have lots of beautiful birds can o ask what bird feed you put out for them x
Sugar water for the hummingbirds - suet for woodpeckers and the other bug eaters - sunflower seeds for just about everybody and a feeder with thistle seeds for goldfinches
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This is so nice.
Thank you.
I try and look for smooth, white bird baths, because
that makes it much easier to tell if the water is dirty.
Dark colors and mosaics are the worst for seeing dirt.
Birds are the only creatures that will see these designs
and I doubt they care about the design inside the BB.
The crevices around an interior design inside a bowl
are also the most likely place for mold to begin growing and
these crevices also make it much harder to clean the bowl
(If you don't care about dirty water it doesn't matter.)
I also keep a tightly wound handle strainer hung-up near the bird bath
and use that to clean very minute debris and birdcrap out of the birdbath
between changes of the water. (I buy 3 or 4 at a time at the dollar store)
I change the water at least once a day. Some species of birds like doves
and sparrows will crap in the water on a regular basis. I try and remove
it while it is still fresh and intact.
I went to a Lowes to buy a birdbath recently and I was very surprised
to see that most of them were designed very poorly in my opinion.
But I guess a lot of people buying their first birdbaths are novices
who are more impressed by aesthetics than the utility of the design(?)
I never use my clay/pottery bird baths in the winter. The constant pressure
on the sides from freezing ice at night and thawing during daylight
will cause these bird baths to disintegrate much sooner than they should.
I'm only aware of this because it happened to a neighbor of mine.
I use a heated, white, plastic bird birdbath in the winter but I don't fill it up
too high because the water on the lip will freeze. I thought the heater had
stopped working until realized I was filling it too high. I try an remember
to turn it off and empty it at night but sometimes I forget to do this.
But I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia and people in warmer climates
probably don't have to worry about this.
WRZ
Delaware County, PA
how do you tell the difference between hutton's vireo and ruby crowned kinglets
The vireo has a larger hooked beak often orange underneath and dark feet as well as lacking the black wing bar. The kinglets when not showing the bright crown have a needle like beak, a prominant black wing bar and orange feet. There's a side by side view at: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/species-compare/65760531
Loved it!
Beautiful❤
I have a Bird bath look🦅😋
The ex and I started-out with two Zebra Finches at one point - just two. Would NOT have been
a problem EXCEPT that they were male and female. So we married the two off, got them a nice
large bird cage (self-constructed). Bought a nest, i.e. a thing you can clasp onto the bird cage -
gives them a place to retire for the night. Watch Fallon, Kimmel etc. Put a little bird tv in there
with all the channels - i.e. the premium bird channel. High-def of course. Put in all of the
things your average Zebra Finch would want - bird seed - items for building a nest, string etc. - some
screws, a couple of tools - shades - some curtains. We wanted our home to feel like their home.
About six months in we lost track of how many birds were in there. A year later there were
almost 50 - therefore the cage hadda be expanded and expanded. What a racket 50 Zebra Finches
can make and with their especially-weird bird call(s).
Long story we broke up - but are still fighting over the birds. "Hopper" is technically MY bird, I
bought Hopper from a local pet shop - groomed him - found him his own mate - so yeah I went to
court in order to regain custody of Hopper.
.
You should see Zebra Finches when you put their morning fruit in - all diff colors - orange,
yellow (Lemons just to gauge their reaction to the bitterness), green (Avocado),
purple (Grapefruit), you average oranges - everything sliced up - we even put a little
festive toothpick in there - of course with some spinach. Zebra Finches like Spinach.
.
.
Nice video.
beautiful shots . :)also, thanks for showing the name of the different birds .
The scrub-jay uses to be Western scrub-jay, but there was a split a few years ago, so unless you live up near Mono Lake (which, being in Oregon, you don’t), they’re now California scrub-jays.
Also, Rufous-sided towhee was split quite awhile back, so being as you’re in the western part of the U.S., it’s a Spotted towhee (in the east it’s Eastern towhee, which doesn’t have the spotting seen in SPTO).
This video was posted in 2011. I do track recent naming conventions: www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html
You forgot about Woodhouse's, Mary
siskiyou
Yes, that’s the split.
John Hamil
Sorry, John, I didn’t actually take note of the date...my bad. However, the towhee hasn’t changed in the 10 years I’ve been birding.
Yes, the names change over the years, as we learn more about the biology of these birds (the birds know, of course!). So Rufous-sided Towhee is now Spotted Towhee (in the West), and Scrub-Jay was split to Western Scrub-Jay and now to California Scrub-Jay (to distinguish Oregon birds from scrub-jays in Florida, the Rockies, and Santa Cruz Island). Note that Steller's Jay is spelled with two es, honoring 18th-century naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who sailed with Vitus Bering on the first European voyage to Alaska.
Ah your robins are so different than ours here in Europe!
American Robins are thrushes. I believe yours are flycatchers.
American Robins and European Robins are both thrushes, but the thrush family Turdidae is a large one, and the two species are sort of on opposite sides of the family.
John Walters thanks John
Watching this video wax a delight especially with the captions naming each bird as it came to drink or bathe. That was ingenious. Bird numbers are declining so it’s harder to find some species to view. Thanks so much for filming this. Do you have other species that come not on this video? Seems like you would esp the hummingbirds.
I've been keeping a record of the birds coming through my yard since 2010. I have useful photo records of 74 species. There are quite a few more who have evaded me. Hopefully the webpage is self explanatory as each thumbnail is a link to that species' webpage. There is a "recent sightings" section at the bottom of the index page to track the itinerants comings and goings. www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html
John Hamil thank you. I will check out your webpage.
Very nice!👍
I don’t have birds at my bird bath and feeders like I used to. I blame it on the feral cats roaming around. I only get sparrows, starlings, and robins. Every now and then the occasional goldfinch or house finch.
Over the years I've notice quite a few ups and downs that correspond to habitat changes (when my neighbors cleared their property of invasive vegetation) and now the weather seems to have altered habits. Cats do play a part but birds outnumber them.
you should add a rarity scale so i can be even more impressed
I think there were a couple of yellowthroats in there :)
Thanks John for the great video ! I live in the Willamette Valley and feed and video my backyard animals as well, this sure did help me identify some of these lil guys. Is that a sack of blood meal for the deer ? 🦌
You're welcome. Even though I'm on a creek most of what I see are upland-mixed forest birds. I've a more inclusive set of bird pages indexed here:
www.jwhamil.com/Bird/index/index.html
I tried blood meal years ago but the ten deer visiting daily kept coming. We built a fence.