My bird-feeders attract several species of birds that I have no idea about.

 

I have Red-Winged Black Birds on and off and I just watched three of them chase and attack a Turkey Vulture for several minutes. I was surprised the Turkey Vulture got real low and into the woods behind my place and started flying through the trees like smaller birds do with all three Red-Winged Black Birds in hot pursuit and the Red-Winged Black Birds kept "attacking" the shoulder area of the Turkey Vulture which easily had a wingspan of 5 feet.

 

I was lucky enough to be within 30 feet of the birds a couple of different times and on the same elevation as them.

 

Additionally I get tons of Cardinals, some occasional Blue Jays, Robins, Pigeons, and some other smaller birds that I am not sure about.

There are some I don't know either. I have seen 2 doves several times. Only bird I have seen that do not fly away when squirrels appear. They will walk right up to them. We have lots of bluejays and cardinals. We have one bird that when it chirps it sounds like it is saying SEC. Another sounds like it is saying perty perty. I have no clue what they look like.

There's an awesome app put out by the Cornell University laboratory of ornithology that makes it super easy to identify birds. The app is called Merlin.

 

It asks you like 3 or 4 really easy questions about the bird's size, your location, what the bird was doing, time of year that you saw it, and any colors you might have noticed on the bird, and then it shows you pictures of any native bird species in that region that would match that description, plus gives you the option to hear those birds' calls.

 

I highly recommend it if you're interested in identifying what you see at your feeder.

 

Thanks so much I will look some up.

I finally got my hummingbird feeders up this evening. Two hanging in the backyard, and one hanging in the front. My wife also had someone give her a little suction-cup feeder to put on the window, so I've got all of them out with the nectar recipe the @Sportsaholic Mamaw posted. We shall see how this goes.

 

I was out of town most of the last week, but I saw a hummingbird at one of my feeders for the first time this evening...the one out in the front yard. I only saw it for a second, so I couldn't even make out any colors on it, but it was good to see that at least one has taken notice of the feeders.

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This post from the Coronavirus Memes thread reminded me of this one.

 

Anybody else taking an avid interest in bird feeders these days?

This post from the Coronavirus Memes thread reminded me of this one.

 

Anybody else taking an avid interest in bird feeders these days?

 

For sure, mine is still going strong.

Love my bird feeders! I have upped my number of hummingbird feeders from 2 to 4 last year because I was only getting a few. Had a ton last year. I could watch them forever. Have had my feeders out for two weeks. Haven’t seen any yet.

 

Otherwise, I have one finch feeder, two suet holders,and two wild bird seed feeders that I mix peanuts in. Get a lot of woodpeckers that way.

I have 5 feeders in my back yard plus a Martin house, lots of woods. In my front yard I have one on a Shepard’s hook, black birds are cleaning me out of seed, but enjoy the blue jays and red birds. The weird thing I guess, is I have a Brittany Spaniel, which is a bird dog, but I don’t hunt.

We have a few. 2 finch feeders, 2 hummingbird feeders and also a newer eastern bluebird house. A neighbor out our way started a bluebird trail (About 8 miles) and we had one installed. We have not seen hummingbirds yet this year but we have plenty of finches and now eastern bluebirds who are amazing. The wife really enjoys them all.