Honestly… Deb and I so wish we were out in the woods working on our new house during this quarantine. Not only would we be getting tons of stuff done, but we would be amongst nature. You may or may not know this, but Deb and I are nature lovers… aka bird ladies. LOL We love birds. ???? We love to sit and watch them at the feeder. It’s so relaxing to us. Our new house is going to have an entire back wall of windows so we can do just that. In our last house out in the country, we had a HUGE picture window looking over the back of the woods where we had an entire collection of bird feeders. I wish I had a photo. You would love it.
Deb is a bird feeder connoisseur. She has had so many bird feeders over the years and has so many different reasons why some work and some don’t. Believe it or not, we missed nature so much here at the rental because there were no birds. We love walking outside and hearing them. She ran to storage and grabbed one and we have had so much enjoyment out of that.
The one she grabbed from storage is a copper one on a stand. We found it online YEARS ago and it’s our absolute FAVORITE. It was pricey but I remember us feeling very down during a long winter here in Indiana. I believe that was the winter where there were several feet of snow on the ground for MONTHS…. We had a blizzard and then it stayed cold for so long that the snow didn’t melt. UGH…. It was TERRIBLE.
Deb contacted the maker a few days back to see if this one is still available. It is not. ☹️ I would have loved to share it with you. I know you would have LOVED it. We can see it from our desk here in our office. Currently, we have two doves and two squirrels eating off of the ground. This particular one is squirrel proof. We’ve seen cardinals, house finches, nut hatches, tufted titmouse, etc, here at the rental.
The joy we feel from this feeder here at the rental sparked her to get online and look up a few more bird feeders that she wants. I figured I would share them here since we all are feeling the affects of this quarantine. I know it’s really helping us since we can’t go anywhere. Oh… I forgot. We also had a bird book of Indiana where we marked the month and the year when we first saw each bird that migrated through. Bird books according to the state you live in are readily available.
We have all four of these and love them.
They are currently in storage. BUT… we put different types of seed in each one to attract all different kinds of birds. I remember in the Spring, we attracted Red Breasted Grossbeaks and it was just the highlight of our days. The never stuck around long. I think we were maybe a stop on the way to bigger and better things. AND.. I will never forget. We said, “If we EVER see an Indigo Bunting, that will be the day we KNOW we are bird nerds. ???? ???? I cannot tell you our excitement levels when they came each Spring.
We LOVE these copper ones. They look so pretty hanging in the woods. I cannot wait to retrieve our entire collection from storage and get them up. We had them all hanging on an old lamp post in the woods and an old porch post in the old house.
And, of course, our favorite time of the year was when hummingbirds made their appearance. We had two feeders in different areas of our yard. We would have so much fun watching them guard “their” feeder and chirp at each other when another one would get close to it.
Here are a few more Deb found that are pretty cool.
I found a few double sided indoor / outdoor clocks because every time I share this photo, people ask. We are definitely hanging another one on our new property. We loved the one we had out there.
Are you a bird nerd? ???? It’s just so peaceful every morning drinking coffee while watching nature wake up with you. I absolutely cannot wait to get out there in the woods….. But for now, we are here enjoying the few birds we attracted to our yard here at the rental.
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100% we have a pair of Red Headed Woodpeckers who brought their baby last year, so cool to watch them teach it how to eat from the suet feeder. They have come all winter and spring this year too..
Isn't it just so fun to watch. I love it so much.
We are bird nerds. The first year in our home in the country we saw blue birds so we put a blue bird house up. Within a week they moved in and had 3 sets of eggs that year. We feed them meal worms. We have tons of hummers, dove, cardinals, swallows, a road runner, wood pecker, and painted buntings. Those are cool. Once I saw a Mississippi kite male and female do the hoochy-koochy in a dead tree. ????. Total national geo moment.
hahahahah Oh my gosh... How fascinating. I cannot tell you how much Deb loves Bluebirds. We had a few houses at the house on the woods and we just loved them. For some reason, they wouldn't come to our mealworms we put out. I think we had it in the wrong spot.
We are complete bird nerds! Yesterday Gold and Purple Finches showed up while we were having a snow storm. I am waiting for the Bluebirds to come back and nest in our boxes. We too, had the thrill of our life with an Indigo Bunting pair last summer. I hope they come back too! The hummers are hilarious, territorial little buggers! Thanks for sharing the feeders. I am looking to add a few to our yard.
We LOVE watching the hummers fight over the feeders. It's so fascinating to me.
What a great idea to hang the clock on a tree...love it! You both give me so much inspiration!!
I love that idea too!
Try adding a fountain to your space
The birds are fun to watch while bathing!
YES...... We want to do that out at the new property.
Thank you so much!
We have a mated pair of hawks in our area. They sometimes land in the trees in our back yard. I also see cardinals quite often. Lots of doves, too. The turkey vultures aren't as pretty, but I appreciate the clean up job they do. ;) We haven't put up any feeders as we live next to open space that has rats, and mice. I'm not a fan of them and would prefer they didn't come enjoy the birdseed that drops to the ground.
Oh yes... I would be the same way. They are fascinating to watch.
The Indigo Buntings are my all time favorite! So beautiful! Followed very closely by the Mourning Doves! I really miss the feeders I used to have, so maybe this year I will be able to get some!
We are having such a great time watching them here in town. We are going to hang another one in another window.
I used to work at McCormicks Creek State park here in the Hoosier state. I managed the gift shop just for fun for a few years. We used to sell bird books for Indiana birds, and we sold something called 'Birdsong identiflyer. 'You get these cards, for example field and meadow birds, birds of the night, forest edge etc. Each card has several birds on them. You stick the card in this phone looking type thing and press a button by the bird and it will make the noise of that birds call. It can teach you how to id the birds you hear while on walks through the woods etc. I have twelve cards with about 10-12 types of birds on each card. It is awsome! They may have them on Amazon??
It is a must for bird lovers. So worth it!
Oh my gosh... we used to have one of those but it got tossed in a move. I am looking that up right now. I lOVED tht thing.
They do have them on amazon! You really would love it!!!
You are so right about it being so peaceful watching the birds at the feeders! I sit in my sunroom and can watch for hours. We have a ton of cardinals, which I love!! We also have a huge woodpecker that is always at the suet feeder!
Truly.. it brings so much peace. I remember being so anxious about something years ago. Someone told me to use birds as an example. Do you ever see a bird sitting on a guide wire shaking with fear they won't ever find food again? ???? I thought.. yes.. they trust there will be food readily available when they need it.
We live in a high rise on Miami Beach in the winter. Our birds are only the ones I see from the pool deck or from our balcony's. We, obviously, can't feed them. Can you see a bird feeder hanging off the balcony on the 21st floor!!!! But I swim at 7 every morning and have a great time watching the birds in the palm trees. Yesterday 2 parrots were having a huge argument. One was screaming at the other, the second one was trying to talk back, to no avail. I told my husband a whole story about their argument ( the days are getting long here, ha).
We live in the woods on a lake in Mn. in the summer so we get to feed the birds there. We have feeders but I have marked some of these for our collection.
Can't wait to see your new home.
Oh thank you! I love to be home, but don't like to be when I HAVE TO BE. LOL Stay safe.