waiting their turn at the feeder

Sparrows' turn is 11.30 a.m.
Not long to wait. :o)

That's pretty funny, Irish...at my previous house, the birds would line up for the feeder then scatter when the woodpecker showed up...

Love this photos ,beautiful

lol the wee birds are clever, the starlings are so messy that most of the seed gets scattered on the ground and thats when the smaller birds fly down to get some

thanks janette

I want some sparrows!!! When I was little they were everywhere here. So they dont mind the magpies ??? I love how they chirp even though they are noisy.

no they dont seem to mind the magpies at all, quiet a lot of sparrows here lately

They are so cute...I still need to get my feeders out..have not been able to get to it...

mine are up all yr round CJ

Mine wait for the others to make a mess as well Eileen, then they pick all the little bits up !

They had plenty of feed through the summer. I only feed through winter and early spring...I was taught that mother nature knows how to feed them best. As a child my mother threw dry oatmeal out on the snow...and the snow birds ate from the winter apples still on the tree..the blue jays ate the hazelnuts that my dad harvested from his orchard much to his chagrin...LOL...they never did feed any other time than winter, so I suppose I never have either.

Lovely photo. The sparrows in my 'flats' are very camera shy and although they come to the feeder, they are very flighty if anything else appears (including me!)

Do you change the food when the birds are feeding their young Irish? I think I've read that whole peanuts can be dangerous for the little ones. I understand meal worms are good too when the birds and struggling to feed an hungry brood.

they do get different types of food dawnsaunt.

i havent been able to get a good photo of them at the feeder Gee, like you said they are very flighty