Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Cool Window Bird Feeder

WELCOME to my new Follower - Life with Luci and Loree!  Thanks for joining me in my Blog, I hope we meet up during our travels with our dogs some day.

A couple of months ago I clicked on one of the "Ads by Google" that looked interesting on one of the blogs I was reading, and ended up buying a Wild Bird Feeder that I thought would be great when I'm traveling in my RV.  Well, actually when I'm parked with my RV.  I've been trying to get a photo with a bird in it but haven't gotten any good shots.  It has suction cups to hold it on a window, and you can watch the birds from inside your house (or RV).

I put it on my patio window and it's so much fun to watch the birds!  My birds are all pretty plain little critters so far, but there were two that were coming around briefly that were a beautiful yellow - I think yellow cardinals?  Something like that.  Anyway, I'm tired of trying to get a GOOD photo, so am settling for these two:


If you click on the second one, you'll see more detail.  He's looking out the opening - probably ready to scare off any intruders.

Pretty lousy photos, but every time I started near the window, they flew off.  But you get the idea.

When I put the bird seed out, I felt bad that only one bird at a time could eat, so I put seed in one of the planters I have hanging on my low fence, and some doves come by and sit in it to eat. Usually there are two, one sits in the bottom ( the planter is empty) and eats, and the other guards.  They are such pretty birds I love it when the doves come by.
This photo is taken from my couch, with the Zoom lens - through the screen door.  Not super clear, but again, if you click on it, you can see them better.  This guy above is standing guard for his mate - you can barely see her head behind him.
Here they are just sitting, enjoying the view.  Sorry they are such poor quality, but I love my doves!

The only problem with this whole thing, of course, is all the birdseed on the patio.  What a mess!  And Katie tries to eat the seeds, too.  Hasn't hurt her yet, so I guess it's okay.  The seeds are only from the feeder on the window, though, and it is pretty small.  One of the reasons I put seed in the planters is all the cracked seed shells stay in the planter.  I just keep adding more seeds on top of the empty shells. 

That's it for now.  Have a good evening, everyone!