Did You Know?

There are 17 species of Mockingbird but the Northern Mockingbird is the specie found in North America.

The Northern Mockingbird is considerate the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
They like to eat from Platform Feeders or Suet Feeder. They eat berries, dried grapes or dried raisins, figs, apples, oranges and dogwood. ]]> http://site.outdoorbirdfeeders.com/blog/2010/06/10/the-northern-mockingbird/feed/ 0 http://site.outdoorbirdfeeders.com/blog/2010/05/22/claim-your-free-hummingbird-nectar/ http://site.outdoorbirdfeeders.com/blog/2010/05/22/claim-your-free-hummingbird-nectar/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 23:40:58 +0000 marina http://site.outdoorbirdfeeders.com/blog/?p=80

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Bird News

Why Should I Buy a Bird Bath?

My backyard always receives visits from birds and squirrels.

There are all kinds of birds in my backyard such as Cardinals, Blue Jays, Mocking Birds, American Robin, etc.

There’s always something going on in my backyard. I spend hours there watching the birds eating, flying, hiding between branches or singing. I love to stay there and take pictures of the birds and squirrels. Here are some pictures that I took.

Mocking Bird Eggs.	Red Cardinal on the Absolute Squirrel Proof Birdfeeder.
Bird Under Orange Tree.	Egrets.

You may be impressed… but squirrels don’t eat the bird’s food in my backyard because I provide them with food. I always feed the squirrels with corn and I feed the birds with sunflower seeds, safllower seeds and oranges. I used to watch the squirrels always trying to get into my squirrel proof bird feeder until I got them a toy that they could play with. Now I love to watch the squirrels bouncing up and down on the Squngee Bungee Squirrel Feeder (their new toy) which always has corn on it. Something funny! Instead of the squirrels stealing the bird’s food I have noticed some birds have been stealing the food from the squirrels. When the squirrels are gone, (while they have the opportunity) I have seen the cardinals sneaking into the corn and eating the corn as fast as they can. When they notice that the squirrels are coming back they immediately fly to the bird feeder.
Squngee Deluxe Squirrel Feeder	Squirrel Eating Acorns.

In my backyard I have some orange trees. Lately I have noticed that some of the oranges are spread throughout the yard, close to my fence far from the orange trees. That made me question myself about what these oranges are doing around the yard and so far from the trees. I thought that the weather could have spread them around, but I wasn’t sure. So, I decided to spend more time being alert to what was going on in my backyard. I finally found out the reason that there were oranges spread around my yard. One day while I was there taking picture of the birds, I saw a squirrel holding half an orange high in a tree. The squirrel was eating the orange and it wasn’t even scared of my presence. I thought that was so funny that I decided to take pictures of that moment. Now I know that they don’t just eat corn or acorns but they like to eat fruit too. I’m not sure of how they are able to steal the oranges and carry them up high in the trees. Below are the pictures of this funny situation.
The squirrel leaves the Oak Tree.	The Squirrel pauses for a moment before going towards the Fence.
The squirrel can almost reach the orange tree.	The Squirrel jumped off of the fence and stole an orange off of the tree.
After stealing the Orange, he is seen up high in a nearby Oak Tree.	I think he likes his tasty snack.
He regained his hold on the orange so he won’t drop it.	He is devouring the orange. They provide hydration to squirrels so they don’t get too thirsty.

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