My bird feeder is like Grand Central Station some days...I get 3 types of woodpeckers (downy, hairy, and pileated) who love the suet. (The nuthatches love it too!) There are many ground feeders, including Junckos, brown sparrows, a whole flock of mourning doves, blue jays, cardinals, crows - all who go for the cracked corn, sunflower seeds, broken bits of bread, and a bit of dried cat food....sometimes peanuts when I can afford it. The hanging feeder has sunflower seeds, which gets visited by tufted titmice, chickadees, cardinals (surprised me a lot when they started perching there!) sparrows, and goldfinches, also a lone purple finch from time to time. About 2 years ago I added a 'tractor' attached to the tree - which has 2 long screw for pushing on ears of corn, for the squirrels. I regularly have grey squirrels, and this year I also have a pair of small red squirrels. In addition, I have started including 1/2 orange or tangerine, pushed on open side up, and found that I have a pair of flying squirrels (nocturnal) who LOVE citrus! All these wild ones also enjoy having available water - I have an electric heater positioned under the stone in the middle of my bird bath. It keeps the water from freezing even when it's below zero outside! I have seen one or 2 of my mourning doves sit on the rock to keep their feet warm! (LOL)
My bird feeder is like Grand Central Station some days...I get 3 types of woodpeckers (downy, hairy, and pileated) who love the suet. (The nuthatches love it too!) There are many ground feeders, including Junckos, brown sparrows, a whole flock of mourning doves, blue jays, cardinals, crows - all who go for the cracked corn, sunflower seeds, broken bits of bread, and a bit of dried cat food....sometimes peanuts when I can afford it. The hanging feeder has sunflower seeds, which gets visited by tufted titmice, chickadees, cardinals (surprised me a lot when they started perching there!) sparrows, and goldfinches, also a lone purple finch from time to time. About 2 years ago I added a 'tractor' attached to the tree - which has 2 long screw for pushing on ears of corn, for the squirrels. I regularly have grey squirrels, and this year I also have a pair of small red squirrels. In addition, I have started including 1/2 orange or tangerine, pushed on open side up, and found that I have a pair of flying squirrels (nocturnal) who LOVE citrus! All these wild ones also enjoy having available water - I have an electric heater positioned under the stone in the middle of my bird bath. It keeps the water from freezing even when it's below zero outside! I have seen one or 2 of my mourning doves sit on the rock to keep their feet warm! (LOL)