Feed the Birds

I love living in a part of the country that has wildlife.  Back home as a kid, I thought squirrels were exciting, and the only birds I ever saw were sparrows, pigeons, crows, seagulls, and the occasional robin.  Robins were a big deal.

Out here, we have an impressive array of various birds, and since we have woods in our backyard and a pair of bird feeders, we get all sorts of avian visitors!  So far I have seen at our feeders:

• Ruby-throated hummingbirds (gone for the winter now)
• House finches
• Gold finches
• Sparrows (I'm not sure what kind)
• Black-capped chickadees
• Northern cardinals (they can't use the feeders but they eat the spilled seeds on the ground)
• Tufted titmice
• White-breasted nuthatches
• Dark-eyed juncos (so pretty!)
• And the newest one this morning, a Red-headed woodpecker.  Yep, a woodpecker at the seed feeder.  Don't believe me?  I've got proof!

Neat, huh?

Plus, in the neighborhood we have blue jays, bluebirds (bluebirds!!), robins, turkey vultures, and some sort of raptor with a brown-and-white speckled breast.

Now if only they would stop pooping on my newly painted mailbox...