Started early this year! Mike got the "bug" to put the feeders up last week, when he noticed we had sunflower seeds left over from last spring. So I came home one day, and both seed and suet feeders (two of each) were hanging outside the kitchen window. It took the birds about a week to find them, but now, as he says, "It's like an airport out there." The weather has been very rainy, and some of the birds still have nestlings, so I suspect that this extra food source is appreciated even though there are plenty of insects and natural things out there for birdie consumption.
This year's list, to be added on throughout the season:
- Blue-gray gnatcatcher (may be a new yard bird)
- Brown-headed nuthatch
- House finch
- Goldfinch
- Cardinal
- Red-bellied woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- White-throated sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Northern Junco
- Northern mockingbird
- Tufted titmouse
- Carolina chickadee
- Ruby-throated hummingbird
- Red-winged blackbird
- Eastern bluebird
- Yellow-rumped warbler
- Pine warbler
- Mourning dove
- Eastern phoebe
- Northern towhee
- cowbird
- Carolina wren
- Brown thrasher
- Blue jay
- Rose-breasted grosbeak
