MIGrandma
Lives in the middle-of-the-mitten.
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
I am always so sad when the hummingbirds leave at the end of the summer. I love feeding them, both here at home and at our place up north, during the summer. I haven't seen one since we got back from vacation on the 15th so I'm pretty sure they've left. But, just this morning I heard a Blue Jay again. Hadn't heard one here all summer. We have a birch tree outside the kitchen window and we put ears of corn on the tree for them and I just saw one get a piece of corn.
I hope we have Cardinals this year. I saw ONE last year and he didn't stick around. We generally have a pair every year. When we rented a cabin in Nashville last winter I loved washing dishes, as I could look out the window and see a dozen or more Cardinals in the tree! So pretty!
Anyone else feed the birds? We put out suet cakes, and bell cakes, the corn, and I keep finch feeders filled. We had loads of pretty yellow finches all summer, now I haven't seen them so I'm not sure if they moved on, or if they are just able to find other food now that fall is here. We usually have them in the winter too. We have a few different varieties of woodpeckers, occasionally see juncos and chickadees, and one year I had a red breasted grossbeak. I also leave all my perennial flowers in the garden alone, and don't trim them back until spring. Lots of seeds there for the birds to enjoy.
If you feed the birds, what kinds do you have?
I hope we have Cardinals this year. I saw ONE last year and he didn't stick around. We generally have a pair every year. When we rented a cabin in Nashville last winter I loved washing dishes, as I could look out the window and see a dozen or more Cardinals in the tree! So pretty!
Anyone else feed the birds? We put out suet cakes, and bell cakes, the corn, and I keep finch feeders filled. We had loads of pretty yellow finches all summer, now I haven't seen them so I'm not sure if they moved on, or if they are just able to find other food now that fall is here. We usually have them in the winter too. We have a few different varieties of woodpeckers, occasionally see juncos and chickadees, and one year I had a red breasted grossbeak. I also leave all my perennial flowers in the garden alone, and don't trim them back until spring. Lots of seeds there for the birds to enjoy.
If you feed the birds, what kinds do you have?