(Update 9/3/08 - I received my bird feeder from birdfeeder.com today, it’s a “hopper” type feeder, a lot like the one I used before the feeder you see in my video, but the quality is much better! I especially like the fact that it has a tray to catch the seeds that would fall on the ground, and it has a WIRE hanger as opposed to the cloth one my previous feeder had.)
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This is actually my first attempt at putting together a little video, what fun I had learning how to do this, it took time, and some of my pictures are just a little blurry, but I’m learning! You’ll see our Ruby Throated Hummingbird, a little Goldfinch (a rare treat here), of course sparrows, we have no shortage of them, and finally, a very rare treat, a Rose Breasted Grosbeak that spent a few days coming to the bird feeders during the Spring migration.
I’ve learned a new BIG word, that I may be an Ornithologist of sorts? Actually, Ornithology is a branch of zoology that involves the study of birds, a little more scientific than I am, I just love watching them and feeding them all year round.
I am in need of a new feeder, I miss the one I used to have that had metal posts for the birds to stand on. As of today, there are only 3 of the plastic posts left on the feeder you see pictured in the video, the squirrels have chewed off the rest. I also miss having a tray attached to the feeder to catch the seeds that fall, so that I have a nice collection of birds sitting around the tray eating, instead of out of site on the ground below, so I’m going to look right now for a feeder at birdfeeders.com.