Morning Bird Pic

[sleigh]

MBP: Chickadees are hard to catch on the feeder given how quickly they come in and leave. The Tufted Titmouse is worse: in, grabs a seed, takes off -- all in a few seconds. So forgive the slight blurriness of this one, but here's the titmouse, seed in mouth and preparing to depart.

Comments

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Aren't they cute? I have yet to see one in the feather, so to speak.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

They are rather cute, if elusive. Took them awhile to show up, too -- thought I'm not sure if the titmouse (titmice? titmouses?) are 'permanent' residents in our area or migratory.

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Neat. We put a feeder out earlier this week, but it doesn't seem like any birds have noticed it. It took them weeks to notice it at the last house too. Even when there was still snow on the ground late in the spring and they had to be hungry. Any tips for getting birds to come be your guest?

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

It took a bit for the birds to notice ours, also, but then they slowly started arriving. I'd say to make sure that the feeder isn't in a place where there's going to be constant 'interruptions' -- most of our birds still flee whenever the back door opens, and the feeders are good twenty paces away. If movement and human presence are too constant, the birds may never feel comfortable enough to come around. But otherwise, just be patient. You're offering free food -- they'll eventually show up!

Though the type of feeder and the type of seed will also affect what birds show...