Okay, okay, I know I said I'd never put up a bird feeder again. But, it was just sitting there looking so lonely, no seed, no birds. I did it, I put shelled sunflower seed and thistle seed in it. I am hoping that the already shelled sunflower seeds will prompt a cleaning up below the feeder.
Only the smallest birds are willing to go through the grate to get to the seed. Pine Siskin as seen here, Mountain Chickadees and Pygmy Nuthatches are the only ones I've seen inside.
Down below the feeder though, the larger birds are coming in to do clean up work, mostly the Oregon Junco such as the young fellow below. They seem to be doing a pretty good job on the clean up. The quail come in now and again and the occasional robin.
These kids are so small that even with my telephoto they're a bit hard to get a good photo of.
Speaking of hard to get a photo of, the darn Mourning Doves are skitish as all get out. The slightest noise or movement and they're gone. I saw one come in for a drink, so went out and just stood as still as I could and finally another one came in for a drink. The sun behind didn't help, but not a bad photo.
I do love this Sony camera with Carl Zeiss lens, it makes me look like a pretty good photographer. It's a bit bulky, but it does take good photos.
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