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Northern cardinal bird parents feeding bugs to chicks and cleaning up the poop to keep the nest clean

Caught a glimpse of nature today right outside the office window…bird on left acts all tough for the first min and a half not sure what is wrong with his beak(freak beak) – at 1:33, the cardinal enters the scene(musial) – a bit later the musial tries to feed freak beak…weird scene!

I live in the Midwest and enjoy feeding the birds. I feed sunflower seeds, suet cakes, thistle, and sugar water. I also have a bird bath. I get a nice variety of cardinals, sparrows, chickadees, finches, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and even an occasional duck — but is there something could offer to bring in rarer birds? Like Orioles? Bluebirds? Doves? More? I live near a creek, greenway and several large, heavily wooded parks.
Thanks — all your answers are great; I’ll give them a try. Unfortunately, I can’t leave a thumbs up — "Pollice verso" — for all of you as a "Level 1," but if I could, I would.

my area has a few set of cardinals and blue jays what are some ways to accommodate these types of birds so that they will stay around for along time. types of foods / housing suggestions will help?

In the winter we went to a garage sale where i bought a small, plain little cardinal birdhouse for a quarter. I painted it with small roses and the door hole with a green rim, sealed the outside, and when spring arrived, I hung it in the tree in our backyard. We have a pair of cardinals in our tree, but not the birdhouse, they sit on the feeder and sometimes the little stopper for them to stand on in front of the house, but they never went inside. Just yesterday, I got really frustrated and went out to look at the house because I wanted to know why the beautiful red birds are so repulsed. Inside, i found a wasp nest, and a fat queen laying eggs inside. I have a terrible fear of flying stingers, and taking the birdhouse apart is not an option. How can I take them out, kill them, and keep them out for good without taking the birdhouse apart and repulsing birds?
I’m looking for serious answers.

It’s the strangest thing. My dog sits in front of the window all day and looks outside, it’s one of his favorite things to do. All sorts of birds come and go throughout the day, sparrows, mourning doves, cardinals, crows. He doesn’t bark at any of them. In fact, just the other day a sparrow got into the house and he hardly paid it any heed! He just glanced up as it flew by every so often. He was more excited by my activity trying to catch it than by the bird. (I got it out safe and sound.)

But he goes crazy any time he sees a chipmunk outside. The chipmunk is about the size of a sparrow and has the same patterns and coloring. He barks and jumps up and down and turns circles for a long time after it leaves. Why is that?
My dog is a maltese.

Hey there I feed the birds in my backyard. I use Wagner’s deluxe blend bird food and usually attract the same birds like sparrows, 1 or 2 cardinals, finches, morning doves and sometimes pigeons. I live in longisland ny closer to the nyc border. I wanted to know if anybody has any tips on attracting more of a different variety of birds. Thanks in advance

based on your observations? Most people will go by folklore of the Wooly Bear caterpillar others will go by how plants grow.
I feel it will be one of the coldest winters that North Carolina has seen since the blizzard of 77-78. In late August, the squirrels had already started stripping the trees of their nuts (mostly pecan and oak) and by the second week in September, it was done. They usually won’t start till late September mid October. Mice already trying to get in the house. Birds started flying south in mid August and have already seen the flurry of cardinals and black capped chickadees hanging around. They usually don’t do that till late October. Even the Canadian Geese have started their migrations to our area since the end of August, usually it’s late October early November.

What are your predictions for your area or the states in general. Let us know what state you live in as well.

Stay warm
Eye of Mars : LOL! I’m originally from Southern Indiana and I definitely can agree to that.