We have a new flock of birds at the farm. They live in the barn and the woodshed. They steal the laying mash from inside the chicken coop and roost in the doorway. This morning I brushed bird dropping from Lulu’s back.
The birds hang out in the lilac bush and on the window in the woodshed. I don’t know what kind of birds they are, if anyone out there does, l’d love to know.
They look like yellow or sometimes called golden finches. Such a pretty picture against the blue.
Thanks Barb!
They look like English sparrows! Such a sweet picture of them all lined up on the blue sill
That’s the second vote for English Sparrows Briana.
They found a home for the winter and food right there. Possibility wrens maybe? They look like the little birds that used to come to my home every March to the little birdhouse we had on our garage
I’m going to look all these suggests up and see which they are. Thanks Theresa
They look like they could be Eastern Phoebes
Hmm I’ll Look that up Vicki
I would guess they might be Mourning Doves. It was a bit difficult to tell from the photo. They have a tendency to roost on our stoop in the sun and poop.
They aren’t doves Karen, but thanks for your thoughts. We have a few doves and they seem to stay in pairs and feed on the ground.
House Sparrows
Ah Thanks!
Cindy’s right, House Sparrows, I have it on good authority from my Granddaughter, a future ornithologist
Thanks to you Jean and your granddaughter.
I agree with Cindy; house sparrows.
Thanks Jill
I was thinking House Sparrows, but the field marks are wrong. The light backs, with dark primary wing feathers, for instance. Also, House Sparrows favor holes for shelter, such as in trees. I can see how they might be Goldfinches in alternate (winter) plumage, but those haven’t usually overwintered in places where it regularly gets to 0ºF or below. However, global warming is changing the habits of many creatures, so maybe these, or some of them, are Goldfinches. It’s hard to be sure because they’re a little hazy in the background, and the angle doesn’t show some details. When you see them at feeders Goldfinches are delicate, with sharply defined features. The males have a slight yellow glow on their breasts, but no black caps in winter. If you have a seed feeder out the surest way to really see and identify them would be through that, and maybe binoculars. … It’s been many years since I left the northeast, though, so I’m a bit out of touch with how bird populations have shifted. These are definitely seed eaters, with the short, conical beaks, which indicates sparrow or finch.
Thanks Emily, that’s more information than I expected. I haven’t have a chance to look into them more because we were away, but I will.