Chickadee

Visited the feeder this evening.  Couldn't tell which food was the preference.

So, so far in the last week since putting back the feeder, have seen song sparrows, goldfinches, and chickadees.

Chickadee! (Finally a bird has returned)

Hadn't seen any birds whatsoever at the feeders since I put them back a week or two ago.  Saw a junco once or twice fly away from the ground, but that's it.  Today saw a chickadee visit the green mesh feeder with the mix of sunflower and peanut.  Yay!

Golfinches galore; and song sparrows, house sparrow (female), and chickadee

6 goldfinches in the yard all at the same time!

And on another occasion, a bunch of goldfinches, and a song sparrow, and a chickadee all at the same time!

So fun.

I'm assuming there's also a female house sparrow, but seeing only one at a time, sometimes two maybe, and no males, so I'm not totally sure if these are house sparrows.

Zero sparrows/chickadees; only occasional goldfinches

So bizarre, went from tons of sparrows eating 2 Tbsp of millet a day, to zero.  Not hearing them singing, not seeing them in the yard, nothing at all.  Neither the chickadees.  Did they start to migrate?  Something else?  Hmmm.

I do still occasionally see goldfinches, both at the feeder and at the one remaining sunflower plant.

Also, this year I never saw the white throated or white crowned sparrows of last year.

So many birds! My birdfeeder dream come true

Oh wow this is so much fun!  So many birds coming to the feeder these days.  They obviously aren't bothered by its new spot.

Seeing these -- in various combinations too which is even more fun:

- song sparrows (eating more sunflowers now, bulking up for winter?)

- chipping sparrows with young (eating mostly millet)

- goldfinches (sunflowers of course)

- chickadees (noticed them starting today -- hadn't seen them since several months, maybe they didn't like it against the wall) (sunflower seeds)

- house sparrows (occasionally, and only one at a time)

Chickadees!

Fun, spotting a chickadee a few times today!  Haven't seen them in a few months, maybe they didn't like the birdfeeder being against the wall and are a fan of its current location.

Chickadee ate some paper wasp larvae

The things I see from the kitchen table.  This time, a chickadee swooped in twice and absconded with (I presume) a paper wasp larvae from the apex of the next house's roof.  Google says this is a thing.

Chickadees!!!

Finally saw black capped chickadees in my backyard! There are at least two as I them there at the same time. But they kept taking one thing and then flying away, and one would come back, grab a sunflower and fly away, etc. They ate mostly from the wire mesh sunflowers, with some mild interest in the mixed seed next to it. Anyway, so happy they've finally discovered my yard; hope they'll come back for more!