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?
It baffles me at how many people are hateful, disrespectful, rude, and harrass people in this group. Obviously, those people can't read and the moderators aren't doing anything about it. I've made numerous reports and still get only hateful comments and harassed just for posting pictures of my birds and sharing funny comments and jokes.
I've even tried telling people if they are going to be rude, hateful, and not share anything nice or contribute positively to the post or group, to not say anything.
Then I get harassed for that. Hard to believe you all claim to be one with nature and love birds and people and preach about community, when most of what I hear from people is the extreme opposite.
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.