# My Back Yard **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703 "2024-05-11T21:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/21 "2024-05-19T14:34:39Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/2/4/c24791f6d01175ce25b970db4f1cc5b190ace028.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/3Yw7krf) Current front door situation ---
**Author:** ![JSERR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jserr/32/186876_2.png) [@JSERR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JSERR)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/22 "2024-05-19T14:35:56Z")
NM doesn’t have a lot of cardinals. There’s a native species of desert cardinal here, but it’s almost never seen where I live. I’m keeping an eye out this year though, lots of birds out right now. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/23 "2024-05-19T15:58:48Z")
Do you know what they are? 😃 I’m guessing Mockingbirds. Though I could be so far off, as I am not some sort of educated bird person. ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/24 "2024-05-19T18:47:05Z")
They’re robins, I see the parents giving me the stink eye every time I open the door 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/25 "2024-05-19T19:01:06Z")
Desert cardinal sounds sick! I have been seeing an unusual amount of animal activity this spring. I think the odds are in your favor. Me and my gal watched a fox family, two adults, five kits, run around and play chase for like an hour the other night in our back yard. We also have a deer highway back there and a resident groundhog who has been very active. We also get to watch lots of squirrel vs. robin vs. bluejay battle royales. Half of our neighborhood squirrels have little stubby tails from their fights. Or maybe predators. There are also lots of big birds like owls, hawks, eagles (rare), and turkey vultures. What’s especially crazy about all that is, we live in a small city. I’m only just now realizing how lucky I am with the wild life front. Thanks for helping me recognize that. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/26 "2024-05-19T19:34:03Z")
It’s so hard to tell when they’re that size. We just started using our side door. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Ironical\_Monocle1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ironical_monocle1/32/244603_2.png) [@Ironical\_Monocle1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ironical_Monocle1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/27 "2024-05-19T21:14:31Z")
I usually use the garage door, but I insist on my having my coffee on the patio in the mornings… I like to think they have grown to tolerate me :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/28 "2024-05-24T21:53:25Z")
3 hatched this morning. I’ll check the 4th tomorrow. I try not to disturb them. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/6/6/066b02d122d6a24cfb0f939be2a9275927bb4a1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/29 "2024-05-27T16:48:35Z")
All 4 have hatched. 😃 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/6/4/364d1dbd492cd0cf671a52e04b2be5887b21a89f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/30 "2024-05-27T16:49:34Z")
So cute! I think ours are getting close to hatching! ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/31 "2024-05-27T16:50:51Z")
Mama and Daddy bird REALLY did not like me getting that picture. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/32 "2024-06-03T10:04:14Z")
Yesterday. All 4 still alive!! 😃 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/f/d/bfdf56424f83ba967b4bc323d3783412b7efe28e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/33 "2024-06-03T11:09:52Z")
We lost our eggs… One morning we came out, and the nest was completely empty. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/34 "2024-06-03T11:18:35Z")
Actually this morning it appears that the nest was destroyed and the baby birds all killed overnight. 😔 Nature can be very cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/35 "2024-06-03T11:24:34Z")
Ugh!!! The Mama and Daddy bird are still hanging around. 😩😩 ---
**Author:** ![jaf0018](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jaf0018](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jaf0018)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/36 "2024-06-03T12:13:25Z")
Dang man i wish u wouldnt have told us that. 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Yodaddyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yodaddyo/32/602050_2.png) [@Yodaddyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yodaddyo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/37 "2024-06-03T13:38:32Z")
I had this happen yesterday with a house wren nest. Such a bummer. I spent so much energy and time keeping my cats away, but they got let out yesterday evening while I was gone, and of course that’s when mom and dad decided to try and push the two babies out of the nest. I was a little frustrated and a lot sad 😞 ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/38 "2024-06-03T18:24:01Z")
I definitely saddened me, my wife, and daughter. We have quite a few stray cats in the neighborhood and I feel certain that’s what got it. Of course there are foxes too. ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/39 "2025-08-25T14:36:03Z")
Haven’t had any nests close by at the new house but there are woods and lots of wildlife. Here’s what was happening Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-back-yard/400703/40 "2025-08-25T14:39:27Z")
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