#my bird feeder

[hersheyfont]

Lazuli bunting male at my feeder this morning!

#my bird feeder #lazuli bunting #aviary #gives me the impression of a goldfinch who replaced all yellow with blue

[dinosaurwithablog]

He knows that I'm watching him and now he's watching me watch him. I love the Steller's Jays. They visit me almost every day. They make me very happy when they stay and hang out for a while. I keep my bird feeder full so they know they're welcome here.

#Steller's Jay #my home #my bird feeder #sharing #friends #birds #love #happiness #backyard friends #beauty #nature

[notbecauseofvictories]

When I was younger, we had a clock in the garage that would sing bird calls every hour, instead of chiming or ticking or the regular things clocks do. (......I am fairly sure it was exiled to the garage by my mother, who hated the hollow, tinny sound of it.) Anyway, I mostly remember that clock because the mourning dove call was so distinctive---twoo, twoo, too too too, too too too. I can shut my eyes and hear that song, and it taught me to identify it with unerring precision, even though I couldn't pick out another birdcall to save my life.

To this day, mourning doves are one of my favorite birds. and when I caught sight of one perched delicately on my bird feeder I lost my ever loving mind and will take it as a sign of good things to come.

#they are so beautiful!! grey ladies!!! #sad and lovely and stately and flighty I love them!!!!!!!!! #I know it's very nerdy to get hyped over a bird but counterpoint: I have lost count of the sparrows #that eat at my bird feeder. #there are maybe 1-2 female house finches; 1 male cardinal; 1 female cardinal; 2 squirrels; 1 robin #AND ONE MOURNING DOVE I LOVE HER!!!

[monstermonger]

Fire-roasted chestnuts bring in the best visitors C:

#dragons #dragon art #bird feeder #tbh i’m a tiny bit shy posting this one because- #i’ve seen a VERY popular post cross my dash multiple times that looks very similar to this xD i promise i made this 3 yrs ago #had only uploaded to twitter tho #based on my balcony in the summer #only slightly exaggerated #bird art #fantasy illustration #fantasy creatures #small dragons #chickadee #nuthatch #stellars jay #pnw #fantasy art #dragon #fantasy garden

[kstearb]

Lemme tell you when I went outside to see what the birds see I HOWLED

#cat #beautiful #oh my god #lmao #art #bird feeder #cats #cat cute #cats of tumblr #white cat #radarplz

[adam-trademark]

Six in the Morning

(April 27, 2023)

#2023 #April #April 2023 #Backyard #Bird Feeder #Blue Sky #Branch #Branches #Early Morning #Grass #Morning #My Backyard #My Photography #My Photos #My Pics #My Pictures #Photography #Photos #Pics #Pictures #Pink Sky #Sky #Sky Photography #Sky Picture #Spring #Spring 2023 #Spring Season #Spring Time #Tree #Trees

[alcnfr]

Somehow being on the Squirrels' Minitable feeder made this Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) incredibly Bold!

#nature #my photography #mourning dove #nature photography #doves #wildlife photography #feedlot #wild birds #bird feeder

[octotriosimp]

Not worth it

#twisted wonderland #twst #disney twisted wonderland #twst meme #twst shitpost #twisted wonderland meme #twst crowley #dire crowley #crowley twst #dire crowley is a bird #please leave it alone #please leave my bird feeder alone #sir please #you are too old for this #you have a collage you should be running #emphasis on the should #Dire Crowley the bird feeder bandit

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

when i say that i'm an old soul, i mean that i stand at the window with my hands folded behind my back, watching birds in the yard, then immediately go tell someone when i see a new one. i just Entirely Sincerely said "there're new birds. [bird name]. quite Striking"

#AND IM RIGHT! #very gorgeous very happy to have them here #i spent a solid few minutes tracking down the species #would've been quicker if they werent so far away... #absolutely unprompted #i love birds <3 i love casual birdwatching <3 #honestly id love to go on a genuine birdwatching tour. brochure and binoculars and all #ive done One but it was more casual. still an absolute ton of fun! #birds my beloved <3 #i want to get a hanging suet block #a lot easier to maintain than a legit feeder! which is perfect for me lol #wanna hang it riiiight on the porch... the birdwatching would be Insane... #watch me drag roadkill deer into the yard to attract eagle & raven action-

[utterdrip]

ive been gardening SO much friendos would anyone be open to seeing pics?

#frankie posts #i say this before i go outside and install my huge fucjing bird feeder and squirrel feeder #and plant my trees and put some seeds in some starter pots

[hersheyfont]

Hummingbird!!

#aviary #my bird feeder #hummingbird

[blenselche]

doin' some bird sketching to renew my hand's muscle memory

taking my field arts class out to the vulture barn today after church

#bird art #bird sketches #bords #tfw half of my classlist are lutherans so we gotta wait like an hour for them to finally leave #just me and 7 other women sitting around my feeders with the house finches shooting the shit until the church next door lets the others go #our pastor neighbor is so long winded its gonna be a long wait uuuuuuugh #and then my dumbass sheep are gonna try and eat someones hair BET

[tilbugs]

this peanut stinks!

may 29, 2024

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

nebraska, US

#my photography #photographers of tumblr #bird photography #original photography #birding #birdwatching #birds #birds nature #nature #bird feeder #corvids #blue jays #inaturalist

[solarpunkani]

Y'know someone's probably waxed poetic about this already but it's on my mind so I'm gonna do it again.

When it comes to encouraging people to learn about native plants and habitat and involving themselves and their yards in the wider ecosystem, you gotta meet them where they're at.

And maybe that means they won't go as far into it as you are or would like them to in your wildest dreams. But even small steps count towards the bigger picture and I think we need to appreciate that more.

An example from my own life is my mom and the current gardening project we're working on. We're planning out the garden beds in the front of the yard by the mailbox--my mom's previous plantings for the most part haven't worked out, so I'm taking a crack at it.

I'm a pollinator gardening enthusiast who cares more about attracting as many butterflies bees and hummingbirds as possible than keeping things 'neat' and 'tidy'. However, not only do we live in an HOA neighborhood (though not as intense as some other stories I've heard), but I know my mother--an interior designer who has a deeply vested care for making sure the exterior of the house looks as Nice as possible.

We're still getting a pollinator garden in the front though. How? I'm meeting her where she's at, I'm making some concessions, she's making some concessions, but ultimately we're making something that works for the both of us. She doesn't want the plants too tall and messy? We'll trim them back in fall and winter--the insects can use the backyard garden to nest in. She doesn't want things too wild and bushy and weedy? We'll add a nice mulch to the beds, keep things a bit spaced out until they grow in to their larger sizes. She doesn't know the latin names for the plants I'm asking for, let alone how to pronounce them to ask for them at a garden center? That's fine, I don't know the Latin names for most things anyways, let's just use common names.

Does she care that the garden will attract butterflies and hummingbirds? Not intrinsically--she sees it as more of a bonus, if anything. She just cares about what color everything will be and if it'll be easy to maintain. The fact that they're native plants barely registers as a plus side to her. And honestly? That is fine.

If I approached this problem with a hardheaded attitude on how I wanted it to be just as wild and free as my backyard garden? There wouldn't be any native plants in the front beds. It's not like I didn't teach my mom things, but I didn't lecture her like she was lesser just for not knowing or caring as much about native gardening as I do. And that, ultimately, made her more open to the idea than she would've been if I looked down on her like I've seen too many people do to others.

Not everyone is going to develop a deeply seated care about native plants and Latin names and I don't think it's reasonable to expect that. Meet people where they're at and you just might get a lot more done. Meet people where they're at and you just might find they'll get excited enough to learn more--but if they don't want to learn more, that is fine.

We can't expect everyone on the globe to suddenly become plant experts rattling off Latin names left and right and professionally ID'ing native and invasive plants. In the same way we wouldn't expect everyone to suddenly learn the ins and outs of learning code, or how to synthesize medicines, or how to properly build a house. And that is fine. Because we can lean on those who do know when these things come up.

I lost track of where this was going but. Y'know????

#out of queue #ani rambles #may delete later #like idk between the CPBD channel and some posts ive seen on here #it feels like a lot of people expect EVERYONE to learn ALL the Latin names for everything and thats just not realistic #Latin names make me fuckin dizzy just hearing them out loud 99% of the time #we can't admonish your everyday homie for referring to things by their common name and not knowing the ins and outs of native gardening #you attract more flies with honey than vinegar. don't look down on people for things they don't know and instead lift them up #thats the best way to get people curious about wanting to learn more #and lead by example. show good results and people will be interested. #i put up a bird feeder for the first time like 2 years ago and just this weekend my mom decided to buy a window feeder because she likes #seeing the birds. does she care about providing habitat for wild creatures? no she just likes seeing the pretty birds. #im not gonna lecture her for not putting up a birdhouse and birdfeeder and just wanting to see the birds??? thats stupid #if she wants to get into more then she'll get into more and if she doesn't even a small contribution is still a contribution yknow? #like if someone's doing something actively/with risk to be harmful by all means talk to them about it but like #dont be fuckin rude guys #im going to bed

[aghostsdestiny]

Bird feeding time! ✨️

#destiny 2 #destiny the game #my art #fanart #guardian crow #crow #crow destiny #destiny crow #the crow #animals #birds #bird feeder

[daredevil-vagabond]

ENHANCE. its choiken

shes got Round objects

#chicken #chickenblr #chicken blogging #shes not even our chicken she reverse adopted herself into my families bird feeder. we love her tho #love her. da binch