Bird Photos for favorite Letter B

These are all songbirds I have in my yard at different times of year.
1. Fox Sparrow is a ground feeder.
2.Goldfinch likes feeder or ground.
3. Blue Jay. Feeds off large square wood pecker cage feeder and likes peanuts and berry feed.
4. White Breasted Nuthatch. Likes suet I put out in different ways and manners.

How Could I Forget

When doing my favorite things for letter B. I totally forgot my very top favorite Birds. I have had visits from approx. 100 different birds in my yard. During fall and winter months I ground feed and do a couple feeders. I purchase different feeds, sunflower, nuts and seeds, millet. All birds like different stuff. some really only do feeders. Some like ground feeding. and quite a few do both. I want to put out grape jelly for oriels, but have no where to place it where dogs cannot get it. I have 3 hummingbird feeders and I forgot to mention one butterfly feeder which the humming birds use more than the butterflies.
We have 2 large white domestic ducks. (We had 3, but something got one when they were 1/2 grown with yellow still on them. We do have a coop, but the night this happened it was late and we could not get them cornered and in the coop so the one night they were left out one disappeared. The ducks stick like glue so I knew something bad had transpired. A few days later my son and his friend found leftovers in the woods behind the wood pile.
we also have 7 small chickens. Started with 15. Lost two to wild animal sneaking into coop during day when we had let them out, but were really too small yet. 2 just died in box from their water wetting them and even though they were under heat lamp they still perished. One my daughter was trying to catch when letting them out for air to place back in their baby box and it turned sharply and she squashed it with her foot. On got sick and died and two others when the chickens were slightly bigger were found just dead on lawn? There are 3 funny roosters and 4 hens. left. Bandy chickens. My husband got them and ducks to eat the bugs like ticks which are terrible here. they roam the yard during day and are doing a good job at it. the ducks have a swimming pool which is so much fun to watch them bathe in. Roosters starting to scrap and one hen acts like she is ready to nest. We will see what goes on in this saga. Next blog pictures to follow up with.

Mourning Dove.

At this moment I am trying to rescue a dove that I found this morning lodged inside my bird feeder. Somehow the birds had knocked it down and the lid came off. this poor bird climbed inside to get at the seed in the bottom and became stuck. I tried to gently pull it out backwards through the hole it got in with, but was too frantic. I could see it's side was red and wounded and was afraid it would lose a wing. All It's tails feathers came out so easily and it was loosing much down.
My dogs were only exacerbating the problem with their curiosity, so I brought the whole feeder with bird inside on the counter. I let the bird calm down for a few minutes then unscrewed the 4 screws holding the feeder plastic inside the cage where the bird was lodged. I did this slowly, stopping as soon as the bird started to frantically slam inside the tubing. and rotating the screws so I could get to them when the bird was calm. I had thought the bird was hurt and would not be able to do what it did, but as soon as I pulled open the top of the feeder and tried to grab the bird so I could either get it in a box until it was well enough to get back outside again or if it seemed well enough let it out the sliding glass door. I tbacked up and flew out so strongly bashing-as I am sure most have observed with a wild bird inside-itself against the walls. I tried to drive it through the open door, but it flew up onto the top of the kitchen cupboard behind an antique sewing machine.
I was concerned about it as it sat there for several hours. I fianlly checked on it as discreetely as possible,hoping it was not dead. It had been so still. I had to climb on the step stool. I was thinking my son might help me with this problem if it could just live out two more hours until he reached home from school. I was very concerned it might be very thirsty by that time. and who could tell how long the stupid thing had been inside the bird feeder. Well this caused the bird to bolt. Back kamikaze into the walls again. Frantically until it landed outside my laundry room. It walked in there. As I followed it rose and dove for the window. It is now pacing back and forth behind the glass staring so longingly outside. If I enter the room it will slam itself in the small area. ! hour till my son gets her and maybe we will be able to help it's survival. I have had birds get in my house before and kill themselves against the window.