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Mrs. Cardinal visited

14 years ago

This morning while checking my email, I saw a bird fly under my front window awning and sit on the support bar. It was Mrs. Cardinal! We've had a few doves arrive this past week also. Spring must be on it's way. DS called and said he'd seen a red winged black bird near the lake Wed. afternoon. (That's Lake Erie) First of the year.

Tami

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patti43
14 years ago
Hope it's a good sign for an early spring. I haven't seen any robins yet. Usually they drop by for a visit on their way up north.
lindaohnowga
14 years ago
Oh I sure hope ALL of the redwinged blackbirds come to stay with you for a while. They've been with us for two months, stripping our feeders, hundreds upon hundreds of them blackening our trees and yard. We've gone through soooo much seed and our poor little regular birds don't stand a chance. When all converge, it reminds us of the movie "The Birds". They are so noisey. They loved our beech trees when we lived in Ohio. They will return to us again in the fall.
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It might be your seed/feeders. I've found that my cardinals love Safflower seed, but it needs to be good quality seed. When I run out of the high quality seed and buy emergency seed at the grocery/pet store, they go elsewhere. If you are in SE PA, an absolutely fantastic bird feeding store is Birds and Beyond in Collegeville. They have everything you would ever need for attracting birds, really fresh/high quality seed and are a family business, not a chain. I also noticed that my cardinals like to eat from some sort of tray that is off the ground. They are most often eating from a safflower tube feeder that has a large seed catching tray on the bottom. Hope you cardinals show up soon, Bellatrix Here is a link that might be useful: Birds and Beyond
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I had a female cardinal that wouldn't leave a truck's side view mirror alone one year. The main thing is to block them from seeing their reflection. Once she settles down to nesting, you should be able to remove the window cover.
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lynn_d
14 years ago
I've noticed that we have fewer of the snow birds here, I really hate to see them go, they are fun little guys. But like your son I watch for the redwings.
tami_ohio
Original Author
14 years ago
Lindaohnowga, our big problem is the regular black birds and the grackles. The red wing black birds are usually not a problem where we are.
kayjones
14 years ago
The Robins and Starlings have been invading our area - thousands at a time - yep, they are headed your way, because we don't have any in the yard today!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
I have had a beautiful male Cardinal that has been coming into the atrium every day. I have been hoping it would make a nest there. So pretty and fun to watch.

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