Got a birdfeeder / cam set up several weeks ago.  You ever use one of these?  No results I’ll likely ever post, but I’ll let you know the report.  It’s short.

Dark-eyed juncos, possibly the most plentiful birds in the region, which had recently nested within a few feet of where this feeder is nailed up, have never used it.  Makes sense.  They are ground feeders.  Unlike the hanging basket they nested in, this does not look like ground.

Black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees have used it, but not as much as nuthatches and house finches.  Token appearances by goldfinches, one house sparrow, and an occasional stellar jay.  Other very plentiful birds that have not bothered – bushtits, california scrub jays, and starlings.  Perhaps noteworthy woodpeckers have skipped it, since we got a few mealworms there.

Oh, and it has a little nectar component, so anna’s hummingbird is nearly as frequent as house finches.  I didn’t mention that.  Far and away the most common bird on it is the house finch, once marketed as the hollywood finch, now living way outside its old range.  Usually it’d be one at a time, but as of yesterday?  There have been three all crowded in.  Fair.  Helluvalot of seeds on this thang.

The goldfinches are noteworthy in that we have never seen them here before.  The birdy app has sometimes heard them, but they never put in an appearance, except for this camera.

That’s all for now.  Nothing to write home about, but I wanted to knock my discoursey post out of the sidebar.  I feel the need to express those things but seldom enjoy the conversation that follows from the expression.

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