Bird Watchers

A couple months ago, Henri bought a finch feeder for our back yard. We put it at the edge of the patio so we could watch the finches from the kitchen window. There was only one problem. We attracted no finches. Finally, three finches arrived after the feeder had been in place for several weeks. They left a few weeks later, and we again had no finches. Lucy told me to have patience. When the weather warmed, the finches would return and bring their friends. She was correct. We now have about a dozen finches who visit the feeder daily. The picture shows six of them, obviously all of the same family, and we also have others with reddish coloring. The finches are hungry little birds, but the food they drop on the ground is not wasted. Two turtle doves and some other small birds stop by each day to eat the fallen seed. I wonder if a partridge would join our feather menagerie if we planted a pear tree???

Note: The swimming fish on the blog (under Ginger’s picture) also need to be fed. Click numerous times on the black background, and little white dots will appear. This is fish food. The fish will swim toward the food and eat it.