love our birds.

wish I knew what kind of birds just came and ate some of my winterberries. But there were two of them. Black wings and olive bodies.

Rita, was it the female Scarlet Tanager? Scroll down to the photos & look at the females:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/g...

Yes!!!! That was the two birds exactly. I thought they were pretty and they seemed to enjoy the berries. Wow, I have never had those before.

Cool Rita! Maybe they will stick around since you have food. Or they may begin migrating south soon. But they won't forget where you are & the goodies you have for them & I bet they will be back come summer.

Oh there are always berries here for the birds no matter what the season. Lots of both winter and summer foods.

Maybe they're just hitting you on their migration but that means they'll likely hit you again on their way back in the spring.

I was just thinking that they were probably on migration. Oh well, at least I got to see them.

And you never know when one or more is going to decide to stick around. They do breed in your area in the summer. The babies have to find new territory b/c they can't take their parents territory.

Wow, that would really be something if I ever got a breeding pair.

I hope you do Rita. I know how much you love the birds.

I love that I have lots of nice birds here in my yard all the time but something new would be extra nice! I have lots of shrubs and habitat to attract them but then I also do feed them birdseeds.

How about getting some meal worms for the ones who don't eat seed? You can get them dried or frozen.

Where do you buy them Ann?

Do you guys have Lowe's or Home Depot's up there? They generally carry them. Orrrrr there are places online where you can order them, the dried ones that is. Any place that sells bird seed should carry them.

No Lowe's yet, have Home Depot but have never seen dried worms along with their bird seed or feeders, I looked at Walmart last year, they didn't have any.

Margaret: If you have Wal-Mart in your area they usually carry dehydrated mealworms in the section that carries birdseed and feeders etc. I get the Kaytee dehydrated mealworms for $6.92 a bag at our local Walmart. I used to buy small plastic containers of dehydrated mealworms at Pet Smart for @ $9.99 but was so glad when Walmart started carrying the bags; larger quantity for less money! I mix them in with seed and also have a little feeder that I put only mealworms in for the birds who particularly like them.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kayt...

Thanks Lin, maybe I will try the pet store next time I go shopping. DH will freak out when he sees the worms, he hates bugs!

If you want to really freak him out then get some live meal worms! Better yet, start raising them yourself!

I often have live mealworms for the birds but usually in nesting season. They do love those mealworms. And so do chickens love them. I know because I once had chicks that I incubated from fertile eggs.