jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
Any INGO bird experts out there? I have two completely unrelated bird questions.
1) Do Martens (the split tailed birds that like to eat mosquitos) have a natural born fear of Cub Cadet lawnmowers? Each time I fire it up to mow, I get dive bombed by 3-6 birds. They continue to get braver and will now fly within about 2 feet of me while I'm riding the mower.
The neighbor down the road has some Marten houses, so they are defnitely within earshot of me when I fire up the mower. Just wondering if it sounds / looks like something they might naturally be afraid of and are trying to run me off since I'm close to thier home.
2) I was sitting on our deck this morning having coffee and watching the sunrise (and reading INGO) when very small Yellow Bird caught my eye. It had landed in the middle of the brick back wall on our house, and was hanging on to it sideways. The bird was maybe 3-4" tall at most - defnitely smaller than a typical sparrow, and was a very bright yellow color. It flew away before I could get the camera. Any idea what it could be? I've never seen one before, and lived here in Southern Indiana 25+ years.
My google searching is turning up either a Yellow Warbler or a Goldfinch, but this bird didn't have any black on it that I could see.
1) Do Martens (the split tailed birds that like to eat mosquitos) have a natural born fear of Cub Cadet lawnmowers? Each time I fire it up to mow, I get dive bombed by 3-6 birds. They continue to get braver and will now fly within about 2 feet of me while I'm riding the mower.
The neighbor down the road has some Marten houses, so they are defnitely within earshot of me when I fire up the mower. Just wondering if it sounds / looks like something they might naturally be afraid of and are trying to run me off since I'm close to thier home.
2) I was sitting on our deck this morning having coffee and watching the sunrise (and reading INGO) when very small Yellow Bird caught my eye. It had landed in the middle of the brick back wall on our house, and was hanging on to it sideways. The bird was maybe 3-4" tall at most - defnitely smaller than a typical sparrow, and was a very bright yellow color. It flew away before I could get the camera. Any idea what it could be? I've never seen one before, and lived here in Southern Indiana 25+ years.
My google searching is turning up either a Yellow Warbler or a Goldfinch, but this bird didn't have any black on it that I could see.