Bird Feeders and Backyard Critters

[HudZ]

Nice Shot! (As always)

You even got it to pose!!

[username]

Don't have a picture but here in Brooklyn I see every late afternoon in the summer, like 7/8 o'clock, small flocks of smallish black birds flying swiftly around and not fluttering their wings much. I call them stunt birds because it looks like they do stunt flight maneuvers. I never see them too closely since they fly higher up and are just pitch black with no pattern. Any idea what bird these could be?   

Bats? They fly erratic routes, not straight, darting here and there.

[~King Lake~]

Bats? They fly erratic routes, not straight, darting here and there.

Just keep in mind it's not a bird


Just like tomatoes are not a vegetable...

[EliJelly]

Bats? They fly erratic routes, not straight, darting here and there.

For sure not bats

[Something Fishy]

Swallows

[EliJelly]

Swallows

Close! Only thing is that swallows have pale bellies while the ones I see are pitch black. By googling swallows I assume they are Chimney Swifts. Can that be?

[Something Fishy]

Close! Only thing is that swallows have pale bellies while the ones I see are pitch black. By googling swallows I assume they are Chimney Swifts. Can that be?

There are at least 2 different swallow species it can be, some of which have dark bellies and all of whom can appear pitch black towards the end of the day.

Chimney Swifts have a more direct or circular flight path and will typically be a lot higher than swallows.

[Something Fishy]

You can also tell a swift from a swallow by way longer, pointier wings and a "flying cigar" shape. If you have any kind of tail visible you 99% have swallows.

[EliJelly]

You can also tell a swift from a swallow by way longer, pointier wings and a "flying cigar" shape. If you have any kind of tail visible you 99% have swallows.

This one looks precisely as the ones I see.

https://www.brooklyngreenway.org/chimney-swifts-ncl/

[~King Lake~]

Look at this lovely Goldfinch couple eating at my Finch tube today

[aygart]

Newborn bunny.

[Something Fishy]

Newborn bunny.

Just in case you don't know, mother bunnies leaving their newborns like this is normal. Don't touch or try to "rescue" them.

[MHP]

https://www.wyze.com/products/bird-feeder-camera-bundle

[Something Fishy]

66 birds:

• American Crow
• American Goldfinch
• American Redstart
• American Robin
• Bald Eagle
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Black Vulture
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Blue Jay
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Canada Goose
• Carolina Wren
• Cedar Waxwing
• Chimney Swift
• Chipping Sparrow
• Common Grackle
• Common Nighthawk
• Common Raven
• Cooper's Hawk
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Towhee
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• European Starling
• Fish Crow
• Fox Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Gray Catbird
• Great Blue Heron
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hermit Thrush
• House Finch
• House Sparrow
• House Wren
• Mallard
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Cardinal
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Parula
• Northern Mockingbird
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Purple Finch
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Song Sparrow
• Tree Swallow
• Tufted Titmouse
• Turkey Vulture
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-throated Sparrow
• Wild Turkey
• Winter Wren
• Wood Thrush

7 mammals:

• Common Racoon
• Eastern Chipmunk
• Eastern Gray Squirrel
• Little Brown Bat
• Groundhog
• Striped Skunk
• White-tailed Deer

Northern Parula, #66:

[Something Fishy]

First new mammal in forever.

66 birds:

• American Crow
• American Goldfinch
• American Redstart
• American Robin
• Bald Eagle
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Black Vulture
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Blue Jay
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Canada Goose
• Carolina Wren
• Cedar Waxwing
• Chimney Swift
• Chipping Sparrow
• Common Grackle
• Common Nighthawk
• Common Raven
• Cooper's Hawk
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Towhee
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• European Starling
• Fish Crow
• Fox Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Gray Catbird
• Great Blue Heron
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hermit Thrush
• House Finch
• House Sparrow
• House Wren
• Mallard
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Cardinal
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Parula
• Northern Mockingbird
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Purple Finch
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Song Sparrow
• Tree Swallow
• Tufted Titmouse
• Turkey Vulture
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-throated Sparrow
• Wild Turkey
• Winter Wren
• Wood Thrush

8 mammals:

• Common Racoon
• Eastern Chipmunk
• Eastern Gray Squirrel
• Groundhog
• Little Brown Bat
• Red Fox
• Striped Skunk
• White-tailed Deer

[SSLPhD]

First new mammal in forever.

You can probably attract opossums if that interests you.  I believe those are actually marsupials, and you can add a new category.  (You may never get rid of them once they come.)

[Something Fishy]

You can probably attract opossums if that interests you.  I believe those are actually marsupials, and you can add a new category.  (You may never get rid of them once they come.)

I'm pretty certain I have them, along with bears. But no proof yet. Let's see what else my trail camera picks up going forward.

[Something Fishy]

New bird right before Rosh Hashana:

67 birds:

• American Crow
• American Goldfinch
• American Redstart
• American Robin
• Bald Eagle
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Black Vulture
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Blue Jay
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Canada Goose
• Carolina Wren
• Cedar Waxwing
• Chimney Swift
• Chipping Sparrow
• Common Grackle
• Common Nighthawk
• Common Raven
• Cooper's Hawk
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Towhee
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• European Starling
• Fish Crow
• Fox Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Gray Catbird
• Great Blue Heron
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Hermit Thrush
• House Finch
• House Sparrow
• House Wren
• Mallard
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Cardinal
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Parula
• Northern Mockingbird
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Purple Finch
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Scarlet Tanager
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Song Sparrow
• Tree Swallow
• Tufted Titmouse
• Turkey Vulture
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-throated Sparrow
• Wild Turkey
• Winter Wren
• Wood Thrush

8 mammals:

• Common Racoon
• Eastern Chipmunk
• Eastern Gray Squirrel
• Groundhog
• Little Brown Bat
• Red Fox
• Striped Skunk
• White-tailed Deer