Birds galore!!

Have never had a visit by a Tanager! Lucky you. Thanks.

grosbeak, oriole, tanager...

The only ones of those (even tangentially) I get regularly is the black-headed grosbeak.

I'm really enjoying the birds, this year. We are getting different ones than normal. I need to list them as dependents.

Do your orioles eat the oranges? Mine won't, which surprises me.

Humming bird water. This year the dried meal worms are a hit.

So fortunate in the birds.

I bought a bag, last year, but never put them out. I couldn't figure out what I could put them in where they wouldn't blow out since we have a pretty strong breeze most of the time. Do you just wet them down? Wouldn't they soon dry out and blow out of the bowl?

The orioles AND cardinals hit the grape jelly pretty hard.

The bowls attach with florist clay and pull right up after the season.. I mix the meal worms with the other seed and they blow less. I also mix with seeds and place in a mess basket bird feeder.
One winter the bluebirds wintered over in central WI. It was so freaky seeing them huddled over the heated bath. We threw meal worms in the water then to reconstitute them and the Bluebirds ate them all winter. The worms were really expensive then and I could find them only at the ritzy pet shop. $20 a pound then. Now they are at Walmart for $9

I would LOVE to have bluebirds. My daughter lives a couple miles from me and she has 3 bluebird families each year in her birdhouses. They are such happy birds to have around...always bring a smile to my face.

I have robins come up for them. Titmouse, nuthatches, peckers, all of them.. Robins can eat a half cup in one sitting.

The red headed woodpecker will even stop occasionally for worms..

I will certainly add the worms to the dry seeds and see what happens.

Right now, I'm watching for a new fawn I think was born, last night in my timber. I don't want to go outside just yet and make the doe apprehensive if she's nearby. Last year, she left twins at the base of an oak tree. They were so much fun to watch.

had one come to our feeders or garden. How do you get them to be so social?

We have a screenhouse ten feet away and they will arrive with us and our dog in it. Took a long time. Cardinals and red headed woodpeckers are shy as well.

Today an indigo bunting blew through. I’ll have to try to keep my camera close.

How incredible. I'm waiting for the feeder to clear and then I'll go out and clean and add food and jelly and oranges. How lovely!

You must be giving them the right vibe.
You must not have a cat. Hope he comes back. The female is so plain. Hard to recognize. 🌞😉❣️

but this is the first year that I knew to put out grape jelly as a lure and I've stocked the feeder with song bird

Rose Breasted Grosbeak...Baltimore Oriole...Scarlet Tanager.

I am so very jealous. We get the grosbeaks in East TN, but have to travel to see the others.

TN? That’s some beautiful country. Almost moved to Chattanooga.

like to be near a stream on the edge of woods. Baltimore Orioles like water too -- slice some oranges in half and stick them on some tree branches and you may attract them to your yard -- or you may get Catbirds or Mockingbirds, and some Woodpeckers like oranges too. I saw a Red-bellied Woodpecker enjoying one yesterday. I get the first two in my yard (Grosbeaks and Orioles) but have never seen a Tanager in my area.

Never seen that much unique color before. Its amazing the bird calls you here around here.

Such a beautiful group of birds in one shot! Thank you for sharing...