The Futile Crescent

The Futile Crescent A page to share my interest in gardening for birds and other wildlife . As we have moved, this is the successor to Rattlesnake Creek Garden Club .

We have a lot more Northern Mockingbirds here than we did at the house with all the trees. Never seen one ar a feeder an...
04/29/2026

We have a lot more Northern Mockingbirds here than we did at the house with all the trees. Never seen one ar a feeder and now it's happened two days in a row .

Don't see mourning doves on the feeders very often . Usually on the ground with the squirrels .
02/13/2026

Don't see mourning doves on the feeders very often . Usually on the ground with the squirrels .

Leucistic female Northern Cardinal??
08/06/2025

Leucistic female Northern Cardinal??

Doo , doo , doo lookin' out my back door . Three turkey vultures eating something longish and dark in the back yard. One...
07/30/2024

Doo , doo , doo lookin' out my back door . Three turkey vultures eating something longish and dark in the back yard. One has a grey head , which could be an immature turkey vultures but so do adult black vultures. They can have it . Kind of yucky , but also kind of cool .

05/07/2024

Wow , just saw a smallish Pileated Woodpecker on our big tree ! Haven't seen one since we sold the old house and moved here in 2019 .

First Grey Catbird I've seen this year . Recognized his call before I saw him .
04/19/2024

First Grey Catbird I've seen this year . Recognized his call before I saw him .

First American Goldfinch male I've seen this year in breeding plumage .
04/15/2024

First American Goldfinch male I've seen this year in breeding plumage .

03/23/2024

Birds of The Crescent

Northern Mockingbird
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal M F
Eastern Bluebird M F
European Starling M F
Carolina Wren
Carolina Chickadee
White Breasted Nuthatch
Common Grackle
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
House Finch M F
Yellow Rumpled Warbler

Male and female Eastern Bluebirds at the suet .
03/20/2024

Male and female Eastern Bluebirds at the suet .

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