Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: busy

Seen at Feeding Stations Today

Feeding stations include hopper feeder, fly-through feeder, two suet cages, and a birdseed bell.  The bell has been hanging on the kitchen window since before Christmas.  The birds discovered it ... yesterday.

* sparrows (dozens)
* starlings (several)
* cardinals (pair)
* mourning doves (2)
* common flicker (1)
* downy woodpecker (1)
* cats (3)
Tags: birdfeeding, illinois, nature, personal, wildlife
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ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

February 10 2010, 20:34:46 UTC 11 years ago

We have a respectable amount of wildlife here. Not as much variety of birds as there used to be, but still pretty good.
ladyqkat

ladyqkat

February 10 2010, 20:39:01 UTC 11 years ago

Now, have the cats discovered the feeding stations or the birds thereon?
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 10 2010, 20:46:00 UTC 11 years ago

The birds. The cats sit and stare at the feeders, and the birds, and sometimes make running pounces. They rarely catch anything -- these aren't really birding cats, they're more mousers. (We've had a birder or two, who were excellent at aerial attacks.) Some days they remind me of Hogsqueal in Spiderwick.
glitteringlynx

glitteringlynx

February 10 2010, 21:19:14 UTC 11 years ago

With all those birds, the cats were pretty inevitable. ;) I'm amazed there were no squirrels. Do you have it set up so they can't reach the feeders?
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

February 12 2010, 06:27:27 UTC 11 years ago

... we have few squirrels here. Our home is out in the country, so surrounded by fields. There are squirrels at some other homes in our area. I've seen one or two in our yard. We don't seem to have any right now. I think they must not fare well against the array of foxes, coyotes, owls, hawks, etc.