Birds

If you like watching birds or have any comments about a cool bird in your yard or something, this would be a good place to discuss anything to do with birds.

Anybody know what kind of bird this is?

I probably agree as well. Racing pigeon. Maybe your nearby club was doing a race. 
My grandpa use to race pigeons all over the state. I recall only the racers being leg banded. 
​Didn't think that was a thing anymore. 

QR codes on bands rather than written notes?! National intelligence?? Jk, jk! Nothing surprises me anymore. Pretty cool, wherever it came from. Wouldn't have noticed the bands without the pic...

First thought was a common pigeon , but would be a first ever at the house . Appears to be somewhat tame & pic I took today can see a band or 2 on its legs . There is a homing pigeon club about 15 miles from here will check with them asap . 

Looks like a common barn pigeon but looks arent everything. Could be a homing pigeon or racing pigeon. If you have a long handle fishing net you might be able to snag it and look at the tags. 

This pigeon has been hanging around for last couple weeks . Seems domesticated & appears to have 1 or 2 tags on leg(s) , can get within 10 feet of & appears to listen as get closer . Maybe a pet or from a club ? First day saw it was drinking water from sump pump , appeared exhausted . Ground feeds at the bird feeder & see it near the house or at the feeders throughout day .  
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A few pics from this week, Google pixel camera takes great pictures.

Squirrel baffle high enough on the pole and keep far enough away from roofs and trees for their jumping abilities. Mineral oil on the pole itself works too

I have one of those camera bird feeders but don’t use it because the squirrels will empty it out 15 minutes after I fill it.

30 bucks...the memory card (separate) wipes itself, so long as you set it that way in your settings, if ya get one. You're working with a clean slate every 24hrs other than video or stills you want to keep. I'm not hard to find around here, but some may want to have their metadata swept automatically...that's just playin it safe. That's the cheap route anyway! Probably have them now where it's all taken care of, but I don't need any new subscriptions. 

Better yet, I just recently found the cams themselves on Amazon and a person could custom build a feeder, or just hang em by an existing feeder. Just ​4 days into it here...lol ​

Lol..... I meant to say house finch, some reason I always tend to call them red finches.
One of these days I need to get one of these feeders with a camera built-in.  Cool close ​up pics.

House, maybe u call that red, that was my thinkin. Thanks btw, I shall call him Red! Good call

Whata cool picture 357.  What ​bird is that? Red finch? 

He says hi...change the water out here please

On VIEUX DESSERT after supper yesterday and saw 3 waves of honkers going north also. ​I don't remember ever ​seeing that so late.