I invite birds into my yard throughout the spring, fall and winter. Sorry birds, no food for you in the summer as I try not to let you find out about all my berries! Anyhow, I keep a regular seed feeder, thistle feeder and hummingbird feeder out most of the year. (Just a couple months without the humming bird feeder as the Rufous hummingbirds arrive by the end of February). I also have two birdhouses, but no birds living there yet as I think they mainly consider my backyard a restaurant and not a condo. The kids love watching the chickadees that love to hang out in the cherry tree. The 13 month old points and laughs whenever she notices birds in the tree. I myself enjoy the Varied Thrush the most. This bird just flips over mulch and soil and looks for worms and grubs under everything all day long. He’s very thorough!
I’m also starting a bird list of all the birds I have seen on a separate page. It will be a life bird list, not just birds from this yard. I’ve kept a list in my bird identification book for years and might as well publish it all in one place.
