Careful with that slingshot that you don't become too expert with it....my dad used to hunt grouse with a slingshot ;)

That must have been a lovely afternoon on your deck. I'd meant to spend a while just sitting quietly on mine in the back, and never did make the time. While I was working outside, I did have the company of several robins, chickadees, one flicker, and a bunch of hummingbirds who were so crabby today, just fighting non stop. But nothing at all like your assortment. The only supplemental food I have out is for hummingbirds.

You need one of those high powered squirt gun rifles. Good luck in protecting your birds.

We used to have lots of doves here, but after the crows moved into the neighborhood, they disappeared. Grrr.

Caroline, can I come sit with you! We get a lot of birds here, but you have more variety. We have a great view from the dining area to the feeders, bath and flowers in the yard. At meal time, the entertainment of all the comings and goings of the birds, butterflies and bees is the best.

Good grief, you all sure are killers aren't you. Wouldn't it be something if they suddenly turned on you like that? It just irks me how people must kill, they have every right to live too.

kathy

That's a lot of birds!! You are blessed.

Sounds like my sisters yard. When we pulled in her driveway the other day she had 2 hummers, 4 yellow finches, 2 male cardinals and a robin. All at he feeders. They are so fun to watch. Love seeing the birds.

The birds sound wonderful - I envy you! But - why don't you just get some baffles? I've got feeders, too, and the baffles keep the squirrels off. The larger birds don't do so well lighting on the feeders because they are so big. The smaller birds knock seed onto the ground and the squirrels and big birds eat from there.

Why toss rocks at them (or - oh my - get a water rifle)? Easy to fix with baffles.

Solution: don't put feeders in the trees where squirrels can get to them. Or, leave the feeders where they're a temptation to the squirrels and continue to throw rocks at them (how's that working for you?). To each their own.

We eat breakfast on the front porch every morning. We have 3 feeders and a birdbath. We usually have 2 squirrels,, a ferry diddle, a chipmunk who comes on the porch for nuts. Usually 4 bluejays, many cardinals, nuthatches, titmice, downy woodpeckers, and lately a red headed woodpecker who is now bringing two young ones to the feeders . It's a joy watching them go back and forth between the two trees. We put unshelled peanuts on the porch for the jays . Not to mention the deer who come in the winter!

Susan-What is a fairy fiddle? I want a few!

Does a ferry/fairy? diddle have a fairy/ferry tale/tail?

Mostly robins, red-wing blackbirds and mourning doves around here ... with the occasional pigeon ... and some soaring hawks, on occasion.

o j

Caroline, a fairy diddle is smaller than a squirrel, and bigger than a chipmunk!

We (Wes) calls those pine squirrels or (me) "grey" squirrels, although they can be red, gray, or brown! Of course, they are not the huge, big as a tom cat, "grey" squirrels I sometimes see down in Grand Forks.

They're cute, for sure, but they are also the little buggers that were eating house and car wiring all over town until they were thinned out. We'll be good for a couple years now, and then they have another population spurt. I have to take back my request; I neither need or want any more Fairy Diddles!

Fairy Diddle is such a cute name. I learned something new today...and saw Cedar Waxwings and young cat birds!