Anyone good at identifying birds?

[snosrap5]

Sounds like he likes your birdfeeder just fine.

 

[gingersmom]

Originally Posted by sarahp

I love how everyone is sure it's a different sort of bird

Luckily, I am an expert and can definitively tell you it's a "White-chested brown bird with spots".

And I thought *I* was a brat!

 

[momofmany]

It's not a red-tailed. That's about the most common bird of prey in my area and they don't look the same. You can tell a Harrier by the way it flies. It tends to swoop the ground and fly very low. We have those around here also, and this bird's head isn't shaped quite right.

Karen - how do you have your bird feeder rigged up? If you hang it high enough on a tree, cats usually can't get to them. If they are on a post, I can tell you from experience that a cat will be able to leap up and catch a bird while feeding. My Bob's mom (feral cat) was an outstanding birder, and used to sit on the opposite side of the feeder on the ground from where the birds were, then leap into the air, twisting around to the other side of the feeder to catch the bird. We raised the feeder up another foot to discourage her, but then I was too short to fill it, so DH had to take over that job.

 

[AbbysMom]

The birdfeeders where the carnage was are on one of these:

http://www.gardeners.com/Birdfeeding...efault,pd.html