Viewing post #1141585 by mellielong

Bird people! I had a pretty excellent bird day. I didn't get pictures of everything I wanted, and some are a little (and a lot) blurry, but bear with me.

This one is easy - Blue Jay!



Downy or Hairy Woodpecker? I'm too tired to figure it out.



Cardinal. He was using his feet to scratch behind his head. It reminded me of a cat.



Blurry Tufted Titmouse. These guys are constantly moving!



The Red-Bellied Woodpecker seemed determined to test every tree in the neighborhood.



Carolina Wren? It wouldn't stop hopping!



And I think this is another Carolina Wren. It was hiding in the Azaleas with a Cardinal and I flushed them out.



But the most super, exciting thing happened! I finally got around to putting up the hummingbird feeder I bought! I was walking around the house when I came around the corner and saw a hummingbird using it! But I couldn't get a picture. I kept my eyes open all day, but I didn't see it again. After dinner, I went out to water the plants as the sun was going down. I was standing literally ten feet from the feeder, watering some plants, and here he came! I pulled out my camera slowly and got these shots! I noticed he only used the "flower" on the side away from me (look at the one just to the right of the glass part). It was like he didn't want to get too close or turn his back to me. Can't blame him. I did the one part sugar to four parts water like you guys said. I only put a little in because I wasn't even sure it would work. Looks like it did!