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This is the first day that the bird bath has had a waiting queue. I had birds in there bathing, while others waited their turn / stood watch on the limb above. It's really kind of amazing, watching how they regulate that by themselves, with no input from outside. Everyone does get a bath, in the end, although the lower-dominance birds have to wait. The high-dominance birds often, but not always, stand guard after they bathe.
I had a Brown Thrasher at the seed tray earlier. They're by no means uncommon birds (you *hear* them ticking away in the bushes, constantly) but they're very secretive. You just don't see them in the open. This guy flew right in, no poking around, then hoovered up seeds for about three minutes, then left. I have to conclude that he was very hungry, and the temptation was too much for him. He may have just arrived from migrating.
The Downy and Red Bellied Woodpeckers have been eating from the seed tray as well. I ran out of suet blocks, and everything's closed today, so I'm glad that worked out.
I'm tempted to spend some or most of my TrumpBux on a garden pond/bird bath combo. It would be a pain to install, but would keep me busy for much of the summer. It would be nice to offer the birds filtered, flowing water as well, plus I'd not have to fill it so often. Given that everything's flat, there's no obvious place to put a water feature, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone else. The local yards are filled with piles of rocks emitting gushing waterfalls.
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This is the first day that the bird bath has had a waiting queue. I had birds in there bathing, while others waited their turn / stood watch on the limb above. It's really kind of amazing, watching how they regulate that by themselves, with no input from outside. Everyone does get a bath, in the end, although the lower-dominance birds have to wait. The high-dominance birds often, but not always, stand guard after they bathe.
I had a Brown Thrasher at the seed tray earlier. They're by no means uncommon birds (you *hear* them ticking away in the bushes, constantly) but they're very secretive. You just don't see them in the open. This guy flew right in, no poking around, then hoovered up seeds for about three minutes, then left. I have to conclude that he was very hungry, and the temptation was too much for him. He may have just arrived from migrating.
The Downy and Red Bellied Woodpeckers have been eating from the seed tray as well. I ran out of suet blocks, and everything's closed today, so I'm glad that worked out.
I'm tempted to spend some or most of my TrumpBux on a garden pond/bird bath combo. It would be a pain to install, but would keep me busy for much of the summer. It would be nice to offer the birds filtered, flowing water as well, plus I'd not have to fill it so often. Given that everything's flat, there's no obvious place to put a water feature, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone else. The local yards are filled with piles of rocks emitting gushing waterfalls.
