tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34429437.post8929609838987111575..comments2024-03-14T20:14:20.974-06:00Comments on The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: backyard dinosaurs #4traumadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387315561167115253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34429437.post-47598277100920915642010-06-20T17:52:24.034-06:002010-06-20T17:52:24.034-06:00aw! soo cute!aw! soo cute!Dinorider d'Andoandorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289450500493424952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34429437.post-22937362942176766712010-06-16T15:12:52.962-06:002010-06-16T15:12:52.962-06:00The most common visitors to my feeder are chickade...The most common visitors to my feeder are chickadees and juncos. The chickadees fly with one seed at a time to a nearby perch and hammer it open, then return to get another. They tend to discard some seeds untouched and let them fall to the ground, where the juncos seem quite eager to feed. Every once in a while a junco will learn the trick of clinging to the feeder like a chickadee would, and while they aren't as good at it the seem to be able to succeed in snatching a few quick bites. The occasional finch and woodpecker that show up have no problem with the seeds or the feeder, either. Rather than fly off with each seed one by one, these birds just cling to the feeder, going around it and cracking each seed one by one. Sometimes a Steller's jay comes along (always announcing its presence with a loud call), too. Jays aren't clingers, but it doesn't stop them from trying get to the feeder, sometimes by hanging upside down from an overhanging branch! More often they just go for the seeds I scatter on a tree stump close by. More recently I've been seeing white-crowned sparrows, which feed on the ground like the juncos.<br /><br />Crows are very common here but don't feed on the seeds much. However, whenever I put some pieces of leftover bread out, they always come (often as soon as I enter the house) and take it all. I always try to put the bread in more interesting places for them to find and eat, like on the roof or impaled on branches. I've noticed that to reach a piece of bread stabbed on a branch, a crow will fly at it repeatedly until the bread falls (or the branch breaks).<br /><br />Then there are some birds that arrive but don't appear interested in the food, like warblers, starlings, and robins, but may have been attracted by the commotion or maybe insects that the ground feeders unearth.Albertonykushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345306530772709064noreply@blogger.com