Around the neighborhood
I was setting up some new feeders I bought yesterday. I finally gave up and bought two squirrel proof feeders. I'm tired of looking out my window only to see a darn squirrel eating it's fill of my seeds.
While I was out in the front yard I heard the whinny call of a Downey Woodpecker. I ran in the house and grabbed my bins.
A female Downey was in my neighbors Sweet Gum tree. There were lots of birds in that tree yesterday morning. Yellow-rumped Warblers, House Finches, Lesser Goldfinches, a Black Phoebe.
While I was admiring the woodpecker a Bullock's Oriole flew over.
Last year I had a Bullock's Oriole show up in my yard. I was very excited to see the return of the oriole yesterday.
So this morning I'm looking out my window and lo and behold the Bullock's Oriole is sitting in my honeysuckle. I ran to grab my camera, but the oriole had flown off by the time I returned to the window. Darn!!
I went outside and sat on my porch for a while hoping the oriole would return. No such luck. But while I was out there a Wilson's Warbler stopped by to check out the honeysuckle.
The birds aren't sure about the new feeders. They sit in the honeysuckle and look at the feeders like they are afraid it's some kind of trap. A few brave White-crowned Sparrows did check out the new platform feeder but only for a split second. As of yet I haven't seen any bird try out the new hopper feeder. :(