Bird Feeding

 Trish and I love to feed the birds.  We have nine bird feeders that we can watch out our kitchen window.  When it is warm enough to sit on the screen porch we will also begin feeding on the other side of the house.

We have a large population of mourning doves around our yard and they love the big open feeders where they have room for their large bodies without trying to keep from falling off.

There are many many red-winged blackbirds who eat with us.  I have counted more than forty at one time.  They eat from the feeders but also eat up what the other birds scatter on the ground.  We appreciate that.  We also have an occasional incursion of grackles that we do not especially appreciate.

There is a new feeder attached directly to the window above the kitchen sink.  There we are face to face with the birds.  The smaller ones seem to like this feeder, but, this morning I had a wonderful extended close-up visit with a male cardinal.  He was enjoying peanuts!  

These little animals add joy to our hearts, especially when the weather is fine for them but too bad for us to be outdoors.