Busy Birds

Howdee all,

The birds are busy with home making in Sickstas yard..

The resident Bluebirds have chosen the same nest box for the third year in a row.There is plenty of food hanging around for them…This resident Chickadee found some for himself..

Did you know Chickadees live in the moon?

Well they do…at least a pair of them do:)And the moon…Is Happier for it…A Brown-headed nuthatch checks out this old house…Wonder if he will entice a lady to this shanty?The Downy woodpeckers love Bark Butter…and leave the suet aloneMy feeders are happy with birds…

Can you see the happy face?We have had scads of Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch

A Ruby-throated hummingbird has been at my feeder, but prefers the tasty garden flowers.

The birds are returning~

I am eagerly awaiting the Blue and Rose breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings and any other bird that wants to come to Sickstas Garden…

Life is Birdie Good

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Ode to Bark Butter

Ode to Bark Butter

…or Zick Dough..or whatever you might use that is peanutty good

Sing to the tune of

 Matchmaker Matchmaker

Bark butter..Bark Butter
bring me a bird
find me a bunch
catch me a cache
Bark butter Bark Butter
here come the birds
enjoying your nutty taste

Bark Butter..Bark Butter
So quickly you work
sending me birds
making them chirp

Bark Butter Bark Butter
Thanks for the fun
you've brought me the birds
I was longing to see
now I'm
The envy of the birding community.

 

…ok..so maybe I need a little help with the ending, I am welcome to any lyric additions..or changes…

Go out and get some Bark Butter or make your own Zick dough a and find out for yourself how well this works!

Bark Butter Garden Birds

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Chipping Sparrow

American Goldfinch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Pine Warbler

Pine Siskin

Carolina Wren

Brown Creeper

American Crow

Blue Jay

Don’t forget to check out who I featured on Birdingblogs.com as

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Birds love Bark Butter and Zick Dough

Howdee all,

 

Whether you buy Bark Butter from your local Wild Birds Unlimited Store…or make your own…it doesn’t quite matter..because

Birds Love Bark Butter and Zick Dough!

You don’t need a suet feeder..just press the butter into the tree

Here are a few of our recent visitors to my Home made Zick Dough

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Chipping SparrowPine Warbler

Downy WoodpeckerWhite-breasted nuthatch

Check out Zen Birdfeeders Post about Bark Butter…detailed instructions on how she suggests using Bark Butter.

 

My Visitors to Zick Dough and Bark Butter

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Chipping Sparrow

American Goldfinch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Pine Warbler

Pine Siskin

Carolina Wren

Brown Creeper

American Crow

Blue Jay

and probably a few more I am forgetting..

 Happy Birding!

Don’t forget to check out my latest post on Birdingblogs.com

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

 

Meanwhile…Back in North Carolina…

Howdee all,

Back in North Carolina…

I am not there now…but I was..

Proof here in Homeys tire…

The squirrels are still there…and most likely still stealing nuts from the pile Jeff was cleaning…seems the squirrels like the convenience..of hulled hickory nuts.The nut pile wasn’t meant for the squirrels, Jeff was cleaning them for my parents..we were to take some back for their squirrels who wanted a few nuts for Christmas….We did take some to Ct..That’s where we are now…

But these Purple finches are still in North Carolina..

And so is this Towhee..Yes…the white stuff is snow..A dusting a few days before we left for our Christmas Road trip.The squirrel didn’t care about the snow…he just wanted all the nuts Jeff had carefully hulled.After the freeze and snow I put out extra bird seed…the wine bottle is another story..

I wanted to set the empty bottle out by my stairs to bring to the trash later…but..

it slid about six feet on the icy snow…..and landed near the bird seed.The Cardinal didn’t seem to care about having any wine…Neither the Downy Woodpecker..it much preferred the nut butter.And so did the White-breasted nuthatchI wonder if ..the Purple Finches are still hanging around…I am sure the Goldfinch are there..I left the feeders full.The Pine Siskins stopped in when the cold weather came..I wonder if they will still be around when we get back..

Will find out in a week or so…But until then..

I am not there…

We have arrived in Connecticut..and we will be spending Christmas here..

Maybe I will take a few photos in CT..or maybe I will take a blogger

<<<Vacation>>>

If I don’t post again before Christmas…

To all my Friends and Family that celebrate..

A Very Happy Christmas to you all!

Warm, overcast, breezy with lots of Birds and nuts

Howdee all,

Its been warm and overcast the past few days here in NC.

Monday we had our Thanksgiving day with Sicksta and Craigy. Craig was working at Pinehurst resort on Thanksgiving..and Jeff Sicksta and I pigged out at the amazing buffet there.

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So we decided we still needed to have our family Thanksgiving together.

Sicksta and I made Molasses glazed Turkey, Sausage stuffing, Corn fritters, mash potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans and Craigy made the gravy. We had Pecan pie and whip cream for desert.

Jeff did the dishes.

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Before and after dinner we sat around the fire and chatted.

Remember the Trees full of leaves…

They have fallen…..leaving a few hundred hickory nuts still hanging on the tree ready to fall.

Yesterday,after raking and blowing leaves…. Sicksta and I picked up at least ten bucket fills of Nuts and moved them to another area so we wouldn’t fall and break our necks on them. OUCH

See the top of Homey below..waiting like a drum for the nuts to drop and make their music…BANG!

Flocks of Robins and Cedar waxwings have arrived..Gorging themselves on the holly berries…

Stopping to drink out of the water dish I set up

Still lots of birds at the feeders.

In the video below you can get an idea how busy the holly trees are now…CRAZY With BIRDS!!!!!

Take out your Binos now and watch the video..

What birds to you see?

What birds do you hear?

Listen for the Cedar Waxwings, a Brown headed nuthatch and other birds.

 

Crazy with birds

Its been quite gray and I am finding it hard to get good photos..Will keep trying.

Hope you are having a wonderful week!