With all the excitement from the feeder at work, I started to create my own feeding area in my backyard. With the help of my awesome new bosses at the Wild Bird Center, I had a starter kit that included a mount for the half-fence in my backyard, a finch feeder to hang from it, and a pole setup to hang my new tube feeder from. I was told that it could possibly take a couple of weeks for the birds to find feeder, so imagine my surprise when on the first morning I saw five different species. And over the next week, my list of bird visitors continued to grow.
Black-capped Chickadee
Cardinals
Male Cardinal with a head mite (hence no feathers on his head...)
Goldfinches
House Sparrows
House Finch
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse with Golfinch
Cooper's Hawk
Grackle
Mourning Dove
White-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
American Robin (Who also fell victim to the head mite.)
I also had a blue jay once, but no picture.
