Our feeding station
I thought I’d take a moment to share our feeding station. You can see I am not much of a gardener! This area is now full of sunflowers, but it has been too dark and rainy recently to get another good picture.
We have two more suet feeders and a squirrel feeder in other areas of the yard, but this is where most of the birds come. The various feeders are not real clear in the picture, but over the next week, I’ll share some close ups of each feeder and talk about the birds they attract, and the advantages and disadvantages of each feeder.
Just off to the left is a large bush where the birds dart for cover or wait for their turn at the feeders. In the winter, we hang extra suet in it and the nuthatches love it. There is also a large pine tree that fills with goldfinches just before they descend, squabbling to the feeders. The backyard can get pretty loud when a flock arrives! After coming in only very small groups all summer, we are now getting larger groups, again. We have had up to fifteen at once. Are they forming their flocks again so early? Or is it just because they have recently nested? It is predominantly males that we are seeing.
I will share more about each of our feeders over the next several days.
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