Birdfeeder

by YankeeJim | July 19, 2011 at 03:55 am

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Free Hopper

I decided to hang a birdfeeder on the balcony. Goldfinches visit the various flowers as a matter of routine, especially attending the sunflowers. On occasion, we get a visit from a cardinal. Commonly, doves show up to pick of the scraps.

I never fed the birds aside from providing habitat because birds can get out of control and messy. We don’t want pigeons, for instance. Crow nest above us and that is alright. Coopers hawks glide by at a distance as do blue heron on their way to and from the pond.

Buzzards arrive in the spring, though they roost nearer the Potomac River so we don’t see them in the hot summer. Bald eagles only show up when the beaver and muskrats have their young.

The addition of the birdfeeder is pleasant and has drawn sparrows. It took days before sparrows and doves discovered how to help themselves to the seeds. They have established a routine and “pecking” order.

There is a woman in the neighborhood who has gone overboard on feeders. See the photos – mine and hers.

They call my feeder a free hopper.

“Free Hopper Bird Feeder Plans

Hopper Feeders are convenient because you just have to lift the lid and pour in the food. They will usually hold more than one days worth of food. The hopper feeder has trays on each side for birds to land on and the bird seed is protected from rain and snow. The wood feeder can be reloaded with seed from the top and it can hang from a tree, pole or a hook.”