About 3 years ago I bought this bird feeder from a garden show. It has been in the box since then. We moved into our house last Spring, and I didn't do anything out in the yard since I was pregnant. Now I have the fever and am working on sprucing it up! Anyway, back to the bird feeder. My husband finally put it up a few weeks ago. We also put out 3 bird baths.
Out of no where......there were birds....lots of birds! Birds I had never seen before!!!
This place is like a bird sanctuary...its crazy. We have a big field behind our house, so I think they like that. We also have a huge live oak, and several pecan trees.
I'm not a bird expert, and I honestly don't know what some of the birds are, but I like them. I took these pictures last Sunday when it was raining. The birds didn't seem to mind
I do know that these are Indigo Blue Buntings and Yellow finches. This isn't the greatest picture....I had to sneak outside...and I got part of the house in the picture. That would be the big blurry thing on the right side....oops.
A yellow finch perched in the pecan tree.
The other day I had just finished making a new flower bed, and sat down. I always keep the camera outside with me, because you never know what may show up. I took these next set of pictures in about a 15 minute time frame.
Don't mind my gloves and towel in the picture. I laid them over the gas tank to let them dry out. They don't make for the prettiest picture. I wasn't really thinking about photo back drops when I put the bird bath there.
One of the yellow finches became a casualty to our cat, Casper. I haven't seen any of them since then. I don't know if they have migrated, or she just scared the stew out of them? The other birds don't seem to care about her.
We put out 6 hummingbirds feeders also. So far, no hummers have showed up. Our weather here has been pretty crazy lately, so that may have something to do with it. Hopefully they will show up soon.