They're watching me. Do they ever watch you?

[Safety Guy]

I was taking my grapefruit juice on my veranda early this morning before going to get breakfast.

And there they were:



Just watching me. As if they had nothing better to do!

Karl

[navid_2nh]

hi hi

nice birds

they know that what's good for watching

[codex]

That red bird looks cute, I don't know if I've ever seen one before.

edit:
I guess its just a normal house finch, according to wikipedia

Male coloration varies in intensity with the seasons and is derived from the berries and fruits in its diet. As a result, the colors range from pale straw-yellow through bright orange (both rare) to deep, intense red.

[Safety Guy]

Yep, they were small ones. Finch sounds right. My guess is that the two duller colored ones were females of the same species. Yeah, I know I'm going out on a limb here.

Reminds me of this book I read about recently in the paper:

http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890599

"America's Other Audubon." The very interesting story of Genevieve Jones, who also became an avian illustrator after seeing Audubon's work. Especially noteworthy is the participation of her family in finishing her book after her untimely death.

Karl

[PhoenixSHO]

We got 3 bird feeders at home , my wife started that , and I really enjoy it.

With the variety of birds we have here its really nice. Blue jays , cardinals , pink breasted cardinals , Baltimore orioles , and all sorts of small birds.

[zoom zoom]

Haha, they want that sweet smelling grapefruit juice! Leave a glass out and see if they drink it!

We have a woodpecker trying to make a home in the telephone pole in front of my house. He may have given up already?

[TominMO]

They're just waiting for the other 997 to show up before attacking.....

[twopass]

They are waiting to see if you wash your cars!

[freshtiva]

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/purple_finch/id

[Bert]

Purple Finch was the indigenous pinkish-coloured bird of the east until overshadowed by House Finches of western origin starting 20 years ago. Most likely this is what is sitting on your fence; one male and two ladies. Could be mom, dad and one juvenile but a bit early in the season, I'm thinking.
Attracting birds is a nice hobby. Problem at my place is all the GD neighbours leave their cats out and every corner of my yard has stalking cats in it. Consequently I've had to rename the feeder and nest boxes "cat feeders". I could clean the place out in a jiffy with a 22 but proven cat haters are not popular nor deemed socially acceptable. I'm told cats react badly (very) to Aspirin placed in bait but I've never gotten thoroughly angry enough to go through with that either. Maybe one day.

[drddan]

Yes, they are WATCHING!

Those are the new robotic camera's, the government has developed to watch over us....and "protect" us. lol

[JPT]

Yes, they are WATCHING!

Those are the new robotic camera's, the government has developed to watch over us....and "protect" us. lol

Easy to find out if they are. Just toss a quarter stick of dynamite into the air. The bird that doesn't fly away is the camera.

[DriverOne]

Cats hate offensive smells like methanol, and dislike noises like aluminum pie pans. It doesn't scare them, but it keeps them from getting around the birds without making a racket. Also, dogs help. Shih-Tsu dogs hate cats from what I've seen, and will happily chase off invading felines.