Monday, September 24, 2007

Waiting for the birds...

After many months of having a broken (plastic chewed through by squirrels) birdfeeder, we bought a new one yesterday at Target. I put it up last night at dusk, and I've been watching all day today, but we've had no visitors yet. We have a number of cardinals in the area, so I expect they'll be back, along with a number of other birds of varying shapes and sizes. We like the cardinals best though.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Birds are fun to watch ~ I'm a big fan of those little yellow finches. So cute.

We took Nate to the National Aviary (here in Pittsburgh) and for some reason those birds scare me a little bit. They are so use to people they just swoop right at ya. :)

Sallie said...

build it and they will come...LOL

We used to have frequent feeders to our hummingbird feeder and then we let it go dry for a few weeks. We filled it back up and they eventually started coming back, but it took a while. I guess they didn't trust us!

God bless,
Sallie

jenn said...

Growing up in NY, cardinals were rare, but in SC, I see them all the time. They are beautiful!

Special K said...

Backyard bird watching is one of our happiest pastimes. Cardinals are our favorite too.

Suprina said...

I love birds and watching them. Unfortunately, our House is built new and there are NO and I mean NO trees around. So no birds really flock here.

AMAZINGLY, we do have a log of hummingbirds. Two of which always get stuck in our Garage just about every time it opens.

I have found that I love watching them. Next year I am going to buy a few hummingbird feeders for the front of the house.

I wish we would get more colorful birds here....I did see a blue jay about 5 months ago.

Stacy at Exceedingly Mundane said...

We are having a lot of cardinals at our feeders lately. Some little chickadees and wrens too, along with a lot of sparrows.

If you had a feeder in the vicinty before, they should find it pretty quick. Even if you didn't have one close-by, they will still find it. We put up a squirrel feeder a couple of years ago (with corn cobs) and I nearly gave up hope - it took them almost 4 MONTHS to find it. :) They did though, and now they eat a LOT of corn!

retrodaddy said...

I'm still waiting for families in my neighborhood to put up beer and nachos feeders in their yards.

Valtool said...

Mike (retrodaddy) you may always have a busy signal on the house phone, but that was very funny. Thank You.

Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said...

The birds will come - it just takes a while for them to find you. I am really enjoying my bird feeder - we have blue jays, chickadees, sparrows, doves, and a mommy AND daddy cardinal that visit us every day!

Rebecca said...

I keep thinking I want to get a bird feeder - but then I wonder if I want to deal with the poop issue that'll come with 'em! 8-)

Patti said...

I just can't seem to attract birds to my feeders. They hang around the yard but don't stay long! :)