No pictures this weekend, but I did have a fairly decent count with 15 species and 80 individuals. Still no House Sparrows taking over (unbelievable that they aren't here) but a flock of the Darling Snarling Starlings has been hanging around and eating up the Suet. There were about 6 Starlings in the feeder area throughtout the day, but then I looked out at the front yard and there must have been a hundred grazing in the yard. At one point there were about 40 in the feeder area. Thank goodness they didn't stick around!
| Mourning Dove | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 2 |
| European Starling | 40 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 6 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 6 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 |
| House Finch | 5 (0 with eye disease) |
| American Goldfinch | 9 (0 with eye disease) |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 1 |
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| Total Species / Individuals | 15 / 80 |
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Hi, I get lots of mourning doves, cardinals, bluejays and a single downy woodpecker that comes by every day to check out the buffet. Lots of sparrows too but so far no goldfinches or chickadees. Am I not using the right seed/suet? I put out store bought finch seed suet block and sprinkle mixed seed of cracked corn, millet and sunflower seeds on the ground. I get cardinals on the ground sifting through for the sunflowers and grackles swoop in to steal the cracked corn and the doves/sparrows eat up all the millet the squirrels don't steal.
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