#feedingbirds

My birds are 4days today,they are growing exceedingly well and on that note I usually feed my birds every morning and every night. Normally,I use to scrape their feeders in the evening time because the

On Monday morning I decided to fill the suet feeders. I went down to the freezer where we’d kept the suet and discovered we only have 4 packages left from our last cow, years back. When I went out to hang

On Sunday it was sunny and I kept an eye on the feeders. The closest one had been spun off its squirrel baffle by the high wind in the night. I had to go out and put it back together. I haven’t seen any

On Saturday morning the rain hadn’t quite set in when my helper friend arrived with the birdseed. I went right out and got the storage buckets and then the feeders. By the time I got them filled, it was

My helper friend was here on Friday morning and we decided to hang the birdfeeders he’d washed up a couple weeks ago. When I had to take down all the trees on the east side of the house, I lost my birdfeeder

Welcome back. The 2020 GBBC is in the books. It's always amazing to look at the count results on the website. The numbers are updated in real time. As I write this, over 232,000 checklists have been submitted

Welcome back, it's been about a month since my last post. I continue to participate in Project FeederWatch which runs until early April. This Friday marks the start of another citizen science project that

Welcome back to my followers, and a special welcome to my new readers. The strange winter weather continues here in Central NY State as we are about half way through January. This past weekend brought

Welcome back. As the gardening season has come to an end, my focus will turn to bird watching and bird photography for the winter months. It's time to put up the bird feeders, dust off the binoculars,

This was a pleasant surprise to spot this bird at my feeders yesterday. Welcome back and as always thanks for reading and following my blog. This time of the year is unique for bird watching as it presents

This past winter I experimented with a Nyjer seed feeder, also known as thistle seed. I normally use the "regular" type of bird seed including sunflower seeds, cracked corn, millet, etc. Of course,

It took me all winter to capture these photos. As I described in a previous post, Chickadees (in this case a black-capped variety) are among the friendliest birds. They will eat from your hand, although

This friendly bird has been my favorite for many years. They have no fear. They will patiently wait while you fill the feeder and with patience they will eat from your hand. I am working on getting a photo