Snow is still Deep
Feeding the Birds
Grace, Kaya, Lanie, 2 or more
We try to help our feathered friends when food is hard to find.
After the big snow we hung out a birdseed man.
I wonder if they have found it?
Let's go check!
Come on, Tatlo!
Oh. well, it's here when they need it.
True.
Do you feed the birds or other animals in your area? If yes, all year round or just in the winter?
So glad you stopped! See you again soon! A bientot!
We used to have feeders, but we started having major issues with rodents because of them. And crows and starlings. Nothing can wipe a feeder out quite like they do.
ReplyDeleteWe were doing more feeding before we got the hot tub. Now we limit to winter and far from the house so they don't make a mess on the hot tub cover and porch. Plus somebody pooped on clean laundry. The cats loved watching the birds though. :)
DeleteWe have too many squirrels to feed birds. I just through it on the ground LOL
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe that. We have a lot of squirrels too. That's another reason we don't feed all year round.
DeleteI live in Texas so our winters are mild. I love to watch the birds. I have nine feeders and six bird baths in my small yard. We also have a lot of gray squirrels, there for I can not fill my feeders as they would be emptied in minutes. I go out several times a day and put a handful of seed in each feeder. We have blue jays,cardinals,chickadees,tuffed titmouse, American Goldfinch,wrens,finches and mocking birds. The mocking birds do not visit the feeders, but take baths in the bird baths. I have twice seen red breasted gross beams. Once I had a small parrot on my porch. I think he must have gotten loose from his owner. In the past we had crows, doves and in the trees two geese. I have twice seen hawks here, but don't feed the birds for a few days and the hawks go elsewhere. I also feed the hummingbirds and plant milkweed for the monarch butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful! With so many species visiting you could qualify for a National Wildlife Backyard Habitat.
DeleteThe grandparents Grace represents (grammy is Grace, but the blue eyes are grampa) retired to southern Texas. I always loved visiting and hearing all the different sounds of the birds. Grammy did not like the Grackles, but there song is unique and intriguing.
~Xyra
We've had just about all of the ones on Linda's list come to our feeders, either here or at our old house, we did a lot of research in what feeds to have here to attract them. I think our most interesting bird to come to the feeders was a red-bellied woodpecker, because they are big, they hang upside down.
ReplyDeleteHere we have blue birds! The first time we saw them, we did a double take as they are very hard to attract. We took a class on them, and decided our yard was too "dangerous" for them to feed, but they have to be living somewhere close for us to see so many of them.
We have the red crested ones out here. They are big too and the pecking is loud! Blue birds are great. I haven't seen many. Most of the blue at Nana Kestrel's belongs to jays. They can be mean.
Deleteenjoy the birds!
Yes, blue jays are nasty! I accidentally got in the middle of a flying lesson with a momma and her little ones. I thought I was in an Alfred Hitchcock movie!
DeleteYikes! I guess it is true with all species...don't mess with mama. :)
DeleteHey Melody! Guess what?
ReplyDeleteI've been in West Virginia where it snows visiting my pen pal! I've had the grooviest time! I hope all the birds are OK.
That's awesome! I hope you took pictures while you were there. :) Birds are doing well. The snow is almost all gone and it's warmish again so I think they are finding other food.
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