Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
In My Backyard

I had a chipping sparrow in my yard a couple weeks ago. Since then I have had several more. They were quite interested in what I was doing when I was refilling my feeders today. They're cute little birds.
I also had my first hummingbird of the season last week.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
In My Backyard

I had a new bird at my feeder today! It's not a first-ever bird, but it's a first-ever-in-my-backyard bird! Here is a picture of my hairy woodpecker. Hopefully he'll be a return visitor.
As far as new-to-my-backyard birds go, I've had a couple others since the last time I posted - a red bellied woodpecker and some American tree sparrows.
Friday, January 14, 2011
In My Backyard
I have had a lot of success attracting a wider variety of birds now that my feeders aren't overrun by house sparrows. I still have a few that visit my platform feeder, but most of them have given up on even trying to visit the feeders with the wires. There is one house sparrow who has figured out how to fly under the wires. Otherwise, they all stay away. I am amazed it worked so well.


I received a window feeder for Christmas. I put it up as soon as I received it, but no one visited it for almost 3 weeks! Finally this week a couple house finches tried it out. They don't visit it frequently and are rather skittish when they do, but it's a start.
I also made my own suet a couple weeks ago. The cardinals seem to like it best. Store bought suet is inexpensive, but I made my own with stuff I already had on hand, so it didn't cost me anything. I'm sure I'll try it again when my current batch is gone, assuming it's still cold outside. I think it would melt if it was very warm out.



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