Thank you all. matoad - the orioles adore the grapes, as do the catbirds. Some of the others pick at them, but it's mainly for orioles and catbirds. As for squirrels, we do have them, but they have to cross a fairly large expanse of lawn to get to the feeders and we have two dogs. During the winter they eat at the feeders a lot (and I don't mind) but during the summer they really stay mostly in the woods. Yes, I do have hours of enjoyment. This time of year I am always late going to work because I'm so busy watching the birds! Ann

I came across Find-A-Grave while researching where ancestors may be buried. I found them, but on a couple there was an error in the information listed as far as relations-to,etc. So I typed a message to the "keeper"(?) of those memorials and mentioned the wrong info and it was corrected right away. But on another, when I typed a correction and added that I was a great granddaughter of the deceased, they sent an email saying they had transferred the memorial to me since I was a relative. I had registered in order to edit the info, but I was confused on how to actually type the corrections onto the memorial page. Apparently I have to find each child's obit on Find-a-Grave and edit their information so that it appears under the mother's (listing children)? And also I thought I read there is a $5 fee to do that? I got confused so didn't do anything. I remembered there was someone here on KT that was involved with Find-A-Grave so hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread.

What do the birds look like they you are trying to identify? Right now theres a lot of warblers in the Valley. Orange crowned and yellow rumped are the most common. They are insect eaters though and you will see them in your trees and bushes but not at the feeders. Theres lots of white crowned sparrows here right now as well, and they come to feeders regularly, as do Abert's towhees. I saw quite a few lesser goldfinches at the Rio Salado Habitat Area last weekend and they are nyjer lovers so you might be getting them, too along with the house finches. I don't know if the mimids come to feeders often but tue curve billed thrashers and the northern mockingbirds have been going crazy establishing their breeding territories right now and so have the phainopeplas (plus the mistletoe is ripe so they are especially abundant in areas where its plentiful). Then theres always the gila woodpeckers of course. They use my suet and before I had to buy a different style of hummingbird feeder to keep the bees out, they would drink the sugar water I put out. I also have a rock wren who lives in the neighborhood that comes and pokes around my potted cacti looking for bugs and a Say's phoebe who drinks out of the bird "bath" from time to time. So thats some of what I've been seeing around here. Of course I live in a crowded new housing development surrounded by alphalpha fields and more crowded housing tracts. If you are near more open country and have a mire spacious landscape you'll probably be seeing a lot more diversity that I only get to sre when I go "out and about." If you have any pictures or want to try and describe what you're seeing (I'm not as good with descriptions... 100% visual/tactile learner here haha) we can figure them out I bet!

Looks lovely! There were some little suction cups on the bottom of mine that I could get to adhere between fillings to the bird bath - but then, mine was too shallow to use it, which is probably why the suction cups could reach the bottom. If you did use pebbles, be sure not to block any of the light - mine would turn on and off again repeatedly with any shade. It really does look beautiful! I hope it works for you.