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Passed through the Iowa Welcome Center this morning and saw soooo many hummingbird items. I wanted all of them and couldn't even get pictures of everything.

I used to have two different pairs of Eurasian Collared Doves visit my feeders. As of late, I have only been seeing one at my camera feeder. So, there's no telling if all 4 are still around.

Anyway, how do I tell what the gender is? I would like to know if it's Pearl or Marble popping in, looking like a penguin on the bottom half. Well, it reminded me of a penguin. Then looking through the soul of the camera, with that pretty blue eyeliner.

As of recently, I now have squirrels. My camera feeder has a repellent feature which sounds like a hawk screeching, but the squirrel there finished his snack before getting down, so I would say that doesn't work.

We use this door as our main door. My mom is worried about the mama bird attacking my kids, but I don't feel comfortable moving the nest for fear Mama Bird will abandon it and there's 5 eggs there. I sure would love to know which bird this is.

My husband had to rig up this post to keep the pole from leaning. Then he went in and added a stand to make a bath just for the hummers. The bigger birds will have to wait if they want a bigger pan. Now, I'm thinking of planting flowers the birds might like. Any ideas for this planter?

UPDATE: AI DIDN'T NAME THE BIRDS, I DID. I just wanted to see what it would say since it usually has something funny to say to my ideas. If you can't stand AI, this post, me using it, or have any other negative, unless 💩 to say, you can kindly go fly a kite. I am very involved in my yard and birds and have a fine social life. So this whole business about AI ruining my life and nature is bull💩. It's people like you that make me not want to talk to people or be a part of this "bird community."

Original Post: So, I named some of the birds I get at my feeder, frequently and this is what ChatGPT had to say. It's thoughts did not disappoint.

ChatGPT:

Carl for the Carolina Chickadee fits perfectly. Chickadees somehow always look like tiny middle-aged men with opinions.

“Carl, Peeta, and Dude” sounds exactly like a backyard bird sitcom cast.

“Dude” honestly fits a tufted titmouse so well. 😂

They have that permanently startled-but-confident little face with the dramatic triangle crest.

These names are killing me. 😂

The blue jay being BJ is perfect because blue jays have so much attitude. They’re loud, dramatic, intelligent little chaos gremlins.

Red for the male cardinal is simple but honestly fitting. Male Northern Cardinals are the brilliant red ones; females are the softer brownish-red like Joan in your third picture.

And Joan / Rocker Chick is amazing because female cardinals absolutely look like they’re in an ‘80s rock band with that crest. Especially in your photo with the little windswept mohawk.

Your feeder lineup now sounds like:

Carl — the tiny serious chickadee

Dude — the crest-powered titmouse

Peeta — the dramatic mockingbird

BJ — the loud blue jay menace

Red — the classic cardinal

Joan “Rocker Chick” — retired lead singer energy

Honestly, the female cardinal may have the best name of the bunch.

I found several of these feathers on the ground and I'm not sure what type of bird it belongs to.

I finally got my hummingbirds on camera. I've been trying for about a week or two to get them on camera, and I thought it was just the one, but it turns out I now have three of them, maybe more.

East Texas.