Tomato friends

Barbee · May 2, 2009

Hope you enjoy these pics. My new mater patch is located near my very active bluebird box. I snuck and planted 6 tomatoes this past weekend and the bluebirds sure are enjoying the cages.

A robin built a nest in my sweet autumn clematis right by the front door. The eggs have hatched and everytime I open the door, the babies open their mouths to eat

newatthiskat · May 2, 2009

All these pictures sure makes us know spring has finally arrived!
Those are some of the cutest baby bird pics I have seen
Kat

ContainerTed · May 2, 2009

I try each year to encourage the robins to build nests near my tomato plants. They'll chase off cats, squirrels, and anything else they don't like around.

Nice pics. That bluebird sure is a strong color. The ones I get here are a little more subdued.

Ted

Barbee · May 2, 2009

It was overcast and the background is pretty blah LoL
I'm sure that makes him stand out better. Or you may be seeing the female, which is more of a gray blue.

ContainerTed · May 2, 2009

Barbee, I think you're right about the light. I do get to enjoy those blue "buddies" coming thru occasionally ever since I added a feeder for the bug eaters.

Years ago I had at one time in my feeders a blue bird "herd". Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Bluebirds, Bluejay, and Scrub Jay - all at the same moment.

I do love my "Buddies".

Ted

cdbva · May 2, 2009

Nice photos, Barbee. That's a big mouth on that little robin!

I love my birds too. Last year I bought what turned out to be a pretty ineffectual soaker hose. It tended to shoot water up into the air several inches. But the birds came and would walk through it and try to take baths. I set a pyrex pie plate out under one of the sprays, and it gradually filled up, and they loved that. Or at least, they loved it while they had young. My mother said they were taking the kids to the pool.

I had families of robins, goldfinches, cowbirds, and sparrows. Most of them would wait politely when there were others in the water -- or drive them away -- but the sparrows didn't care. They'd hop in anytime, with anyone. Once there were five sparrows in that little dish, all splashing merrily away.

We never have bluebirds, which is a shame. Too many people around here for them.

Christine

May 2, 2009	#1
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	Tomato friends Hope you enjoy these pics. My new mater patch is located near my very active bluebird box. I snuck and planted 6 tomatoes this past weekend and the bluebirds sure are enjoying the cages. A robin built a nest in my sweet autumn clematis right by the front door. The eggs have hatched and everytime I open the door, the babies open their mouths to eat __________________ *Barbee*

May 2, 2009	#2
newatthiskat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: texas Posts: 1,451	reply All these pictures sure makes us know spring has finally arrived! Those are some of the cutest baby bird pics I have seen Kat

May 2, 2009	#3
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I try each year to encourage the robins to build nests near my tomato plants. They'll chase off cats, squirrels, and anything else they don't like around. Nice pics. That bluebird sure is a strong color. The ones I get here are a little more subdued. Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

May 2, 2009	#4
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	It was overcast and the background is pretty blah LoL I'm sure that makes him stand out better. Or you may be seeing the female, which is more of a gray blue. __________________ *Barbee*

May 2, 2009	#5
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Barbee, I think you're right about the light. I do get to enjoy those blue "buddies" coming thru occasionally ever since I added a feeder for the bug eaters. Years ago I had at one time in my feeders a blue bird "herd". Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Bluebirds, Bluejay, and Scrub Jay - all at the same moment. I do love my "Buddies". Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

May 2, 2009	#6
cdbva Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Falls Church, VA Posts: 538	Nice photos, Barbee. That's a big mouth on that little robin! I love my birds too. Last year I bought what turned out to be a pretty ineffectual soaker hose. It tended to shoot water up into the air several inches. But the birds came and would walk through it and try to take baths. I set a pyrex pie plate out under one of the sprays, and it gradually filled up, and they loved that. Or at least, they loved it while they had young. My mother said they were taking the kids to the pool. I had families of robins, goldfinches, cowbirds, and sparrows. Most of them would wait politely when there were others in the water -- or drive them away -- but the sparrows didn't care. They'd hop in anytime, with anyone. Once there were five sparrows in that little dish, all splashing merrily away. We never have bluebirds, which is a shame. Too many people around here for them. Christine