BIRDS, BIRDS, and MORE BIRDS!

Soph, kitty, and I are sitting at the window with our eyeballs feasting on the bird party happening in the sunshine at our fly-through feeder. Today we've spotted: nuthatches, juncoes, black-capped chickadees, titmouses (titmice?), 1 brown thrasher - tricky little guy was in my hedge while I watched the feeder, and 1 summer tanager that is a smart little fellow.

I recently put out a suet feeder with some sort of apple ingredient (purchased at Lowes) that has NOT been a hit. At all. I can't even get the squirrels to eat it. Actually, I hung the suet by the fly-through because it seemed to be quite a squirrel deterrant! I'll be chunking the suet today, since the crowd hasn't been pleased with it. Suet goes bad in warm weather in a matter of days, so in the trash it will be going today! Don't want sick tweeters! Speaking of the fly-through, we'll soon be adding a hopper feeder to our collection. When we first moved in, the previous owners had a hopper feeder that was an absolute hit, but it was smack-dab in the middle of a flower bed. BAD IDEA! WEEDS! So, we dismantled it, since it was fairly hoopty & intend to get another one as soon as we can locate one that we like.

If you do not currently have a bird party happening in your yard, let me encourage you to get one started! This site can offer any basic info you need based on the state in which you live. For beginning bird feeding info, this site has tons of useful tidbits, FAQS, Do's & Dont's, etc.