Backyard birds

Last year for Christmas, mom gave me one of her bird feeders that sits in a window sill and has a two way mirror so I can watch birds. I installed the feeder at the beginning of Spring, filled it with a mixture of seed and waited a month before a Sparrow found the feeder. As the time went on, more and more birds discovered my feeder, eventually I purchased a Thistle Nyjer Stocking and hung it above the original feeder which successfully attracted 6 sets of American Goldfinches. As the summer months came I eventually was able to attract more birds with different types of seed such as the Black-capped Chickadees, a pair of Northern Cardinals, Purple Finches, Chipping Sparrows, and Cedar Waxwings. Usually every morning I wake to these different birds chirping and or fighting over the feed, once in a while I am able to actually open my window without scaring off all of the birds, unfortunately I have not yet been able to capture a Cardinal or Cedar Waxwing, but I have been able to capture a few Goldfinches, Sparrows and a Purple Finch from my 2nd floor apartment window.

I enjoy sitting on my bed watching the birds fly in and out of the feeders, fighting, feeding and listening to them sing while reading my Bible in the morning and or after supper.