Blue Birds

The Blue birds are hanging tough. The Sparrows have come by and try to out stare the Blue birds but it is a no go. The Blue birds are feeding their new young and fly in and out irregardless of the Sparrows.

We quit using bird feed that had millet in it. Millet is the favorite food of Sparrows and encourages them to stick around the area. But with the absence of the millet, the Sparrows are few and far between. Good ridance.

Judie hung a Wren house in one of the Hackberry trees. We have had them poking around the patio like they did out in Arizona. We watched a Cactus Wren wall up a House Finch house. The House Finches like open nesting facilities, Cactus Wrens like closed houses. This little Wren worked her butt off closing off the extra entrances leaving but one to go in and out on. Having done all that work, she moved off, I guess she was not satisfied with her new abode. Instinct working full bore, gotta build that nest.

I watched the Blue birds fly in, sit a few minutes in the Oak tree or Hackberry tree observing the nesting box. One female did not do that, she flew right to the box and fed the youngsters. They operate as a family, all take care of the young.

We have lots of Blue Jays (peanuts bring them in), Morning Doves, Woodpeckers, Nut Hatches feeding off the peanut feeder (different from whole peanuts that Blue Jays and Squirrels like). They all like the water in the bird baths. If you have water it will bring in the birds.