So after some more of watching these two, they may be mates, and maybe even same species? Wing patterns look the same. The fly around together in the trees of my backyard.
They have names now: Harold and Maude.
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Pretty sure you're right, male and female house finches, look at those similar beaks. I am not an expert. They're nice birds, sing pretty.
I'm assuming the red one is the male? In birds, the males are more colorful usually, right?
Yes. Listen for a liquid melody and look for him perched high somewhere. Used to be one liked to sit on a branch beside my open bathroom window to get the shower acoustics.
Not sure if these two are buddies, or mates, or what. But they are at my birdfeeder every day many times right beside each other. Red one first, then the other one usually flies in.
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Birdfy feeder?
I can't remember. I bought it on amazon, and it's solar powered for the cam
Meanwhile on mine...
Yep, I have my bird feeder on a thin metal pole, and a squirrel still managed to get up there. So I got an upside down cone thingy, placed on the pole under the bird feeder and he can't get around that, so it worked. :)
It's under the awning until I get gutters on the shed, and so we can watch out the window. I made a baffle that stopped them for a few weeks but one of them figured out a way around it.
your cam is sooo much better than my feeder cam
It's a birdbuddy. Solar roof, 2k video. Got it for Christmas. I actually cropped the logos out of that shot so I didn't look like I was shilling. You can't share a video without your username and city, which I don't love. Here is a sample vid of a breeding pair of cardinals
Oh, that's a good setup!
Do you mind if I ask where you are geographically?
Idaho, US
I read that as 'I dunno, US'. :)
Pretty much same thing!