Ficnhes at the feeder

I have a feeder, but I put critter food in it because the cats think the squirrels are more fun than the birds...

I am not surprised that the cost of bird seed is going up as well! We had to take our pug Billy into the vet yesterday to have his ears checked and it cost us $50.00. That was for the checkup and a perscription which is what it costs for hubby and I when we go see the doctor. A year ago when we took Billy to the vet the same thing only cost us 26.00. Prices are unreal!

I enjoy feeding the birds, but we don't get as many here (in town) as we used to when we lived in the country. I have sparrows, finches, mourning doves, an occasional bluejay and lots of crows in the spring. The crows chase off the smaller birds, so I find myself scaring them away when I see them. Squirrels are a problem because I can't afford to feed them - they're gluttons! The price of bird seed has gone up about a dollar since last year. I'm wondering if I can find a spot to grow some of my own this year.

I have a regular (two sided) cedar bird feeder hanging on the huge tree in my front yard. I fill it about twice a week or so. I get sparrows, wrens, nuthatchers, red bellied woodpeckers, cardinals, titmouse, and downey woodpeckers that come to this feeder. I also have a double sided suet feeder. All the birds enjoy this feeder too.

I just bought a big bag of wild bird seed this morning and some sasflower. I have about 4 feeders. The little yellow finches like the sasflower and the cardinals. I do get the big black birds too. When I look out my kitchen window I can see all my bird feeders. And in the middle I have a bird bath. I love watching the birds. There is a set pattern my birds eat around 7:00 in the morning and then 6:00 at night. Enjoy watching your birdies.

We've been feeding birds and squirrels all winter and yea, it does get expensive.

I took the liberty of taking your photo and adding a bit of flash to it so you can see the little fella better.

He's a cutie!

The only birds I ever get to see around here are sparrows and pigeons. They are everywhere, then if we go to the parks there are a lot of seagulls now as well.

I haven't set any feeders out last fall being as I just don't have the extra money to be feeding them like I used to. I'm hoping I can do it this fall thru the winter thou cause I really miss watching all the different birds eating. I had woodpeckers, finches, sparrows, blue jays, cardinals, wrens, and some I never bothered to find out what they were. Beautiful mix of colors thou.

I would love to have a bird feeder, but dont. The only reason being that any birds arttacted to it, but would be fair game for my cats, & if I had a feeder out the back, the min fox terrier is an excellent hunter.
I have a lot of native birds anyway., I have two huge gum trees out the front & we see & hear lots of birds.
Our the back we have fruit trees that some birds are attracted to.
Finches are cure birds.
My parents used to have a bird feeder & they enjoyed watching various birds use it. They gave up on it eventually, as there were too many poos to clean up.

I sure wish I could have a bird feeder....used to. Years and years ago, I hung a bird feeder on one of the steps of the fire-escape of my apartment building....used to love seeing sparrows, bluejays, starlings, etc come for it...then my spoil sport landlord forced me to take it down..claimed it was obscuring space on the fire-escape--uh, yea, right sure