I know Blue Jay's can be noisy and hog the feeder, but in the winter I love them. Cardinals & Blue Jays together in the tree, with snow on the ground, look like Christmas ornaments! And they are so smart.
When my mom, who loves birding, was working at a retirement home for men of the cloth, she had long conversations with one of the residents who also loved bird watching. Her most memorable and funniest was one on blue jays. She said it was the closest she's ever seen someone of the cloth use profanity. He basically said blue jays are the a-holes of the bird realm.
Black capped chickadees will always be a favorite of mine. Something about their adorable little bodies and cute squawks throughout the year makes me smile.
I have 2 pairs of cardinals living in my yard. They live close enough that they track my schedule and are always first to the feeders in the early afternoon. Because of this I didn't realize they are usually late feeders, so I learned two thing today. That they are late feeders and that mine eat according to my schedule lol. I do love them and my other birds. There was a day I wasn't feeling well so I was going to forego a day of feeding, but my cardinal buddy was sitting out at the box feeder at lunchtime staring at my door like "where food tho?" And it made me feel guilty enough to haul my sick self out there and refill the feeders. I appreciate them. In my area cardinals are also viewed spiritually as signs of loved ones who have passed on. A week or so after my very beloved dog passed I noticed one of my cardinals perched on a branch directly outside my bedroom window, out in the open, staring at me, which I thought was very unusual bc as you said, they prefer cover even in the safety of my yard as I have 2 very large trees for them to hide in. He sat for a while and we watched each other until I reached for my camera and he flew away. It was probably a coincidence but the timing of it gave me a lot of comfort. So that's why I'm willing to let them guilt me into feeding them lol. Cardinals will always be a welcome sight at my feeders.
I have had similar situations with my cardinals. 💛 Even though initially I didn't pay much attention to the visiting of loved ones passed. Now I enjoy my time with them and of course think about loved ones. 2 and 4 legged, I have so many loved and remembered. I enjoy the Cardinals and also all birds who visit my backyard. 🙌 I am blessed to be able to fill the feeder and heated waterer. 🙌 I enjoy counting how many different ones are there at a time. People need to learn to get along so well!
I adore all birds. I feed them all year round. I have cardinals, blue jays, starlings, grackles, sparrows, robins, Carolina wrens, morning doves that visit my backyard. They are such a delight! ❤
Robins are my all time favorite bird. I feel I have a kinship with them lol. Ducks are my second favorite bird. I absolutely love feeding them. Love both their personalities.
My husband has been feeding birds in the yard for decades. We have a year round birdbath that is heated, and a few different kinds of feeders. We also provide birds with roosting boxes for the winter and clean bird houses. My husband keeps a bird journal and we have seen some rarer birds at our humble home. We have always had many different birds, but noticed a jump in the number of less seen birds during the pandemic lock-down. This gives me hope that more of the creatures we share the planet with may survive the condition we are leaving the place in.
I stopped feeding the birds due to salmonella outbreaks in the pine siskins that swarm the feeders in PNW. So I garden for the birds. The hummingbirds have the Salvias, fuschias and agastache. The chickadees have an elaborate ritual to " steal" the blueberries I planted for them. 🥰 The house finches and lesser goldfinches love the sunflowers and will deseed a flower in five minutes. I have 4 water stations fountains and baths that really bring in the birds . I just wish the crows would stop stealing the copper pieces I place in them to help deter algae growth. I'm scrubbing bird baths today. They give me pieces of broken glass and pottery but it's not an even trade though i appreciate the thought!
I get all of these species at my feeding station with the exception of the Black Capped Chickadee. I do, however, get the Carolina Chickadee in great numbers because I live in Eastern Virginia. I’m also happy to report that I get lots of Eastern Bluebirds, Downey Woodpeckers, and Carolina Wrens! I’m constantly cleaning and filling bird feeders, but it’s absolutely worth it for the joy these birds bring.
I've seen the exact same distribution as you, here at my daughter's house in the Maryland DC suburbs. She also gets Hairy, Downy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos in winter, Song Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, and Red-winged Blackbirds. I've seen a Pileated Woodpecker in the trees but it doesn't come to the feeder. Just yesterday a Northern Flicker was ground feeding beneath the feeder. Maybe we'll put out suet for them. I look forward to new species as the Spring migration kicks off.
I ❤ the tufted titmice, they are so adorable and always make me smile. One bird that I think that should have made the list is the Carolina wren, they love habituating near humans and are frequent fliers to the suet feeder.
House wrens are really a hoot too!! The bachelor males will build multiple nests in houses, trying to attract a female. If she likes his handiwork, she'll mate with him, and he helps care for the young and cleans out the nest of their droppings, and when they've fledged, he kicks the lady to the curb and starts over again!!! I have chickens (so I stopped using feeders so as to not attract all of the birds/less chance of them spreading fuses disease) but the wrens love flirting with the hens!! VERY amusing to watch!! The only "feeders" I put out are hummingbird feeders bc they don't congregate and they're a joy to watch!! The other birds have plenty of seeds, berries and insects since we are surrounded by forest
I recently added bird feeders and bird baths to my backyard. I have been seeing doves, male and female cardinals, bluebirds, little finches. Watching them has been entertaining while recovering from an injury. Many times when I got out early in the morning to refill their feeders and freshen their water I see a good number of birds perched on the electrical wires waiting for breakfast!
I would add the mourning doves ❤ I've had up to 6 in my backyard, and they eat next to the goldfinches. Are peaceful in my backyard. I love them so very much! 😊
Throw a handful of sunflower chips onto the ground under the feeder and the doves will ground feed all day. the squirrels will get at it too but the small chips forces everyone to take their time! My mourning doves will often nap in the low branches of our pear tree or even on the ground where then feed.
My favorite of the American birds are Quails. I like to keep low growing bushy plants for them to hide in. Plus food and water on the ground for them. We have three species here in Arizona. Great video, thanks!
The chickadees will eat right out of your hand if you have the patience. In the winter I have a downy woodpeckers that will happily sit on our suet feeder that hangs at my face level within seconds of my hanging it.
This was a really fun and interesting video! Living in Tennessee, I actually see all of these birds at my feeders. We recently had some incredibly cold weather right after Christmas and all of my feeders stayed quite busy! It's amazing how much watching and identifying these birds and their behavior can bring you such peace and joy! I also really enjoy reading others comments and experiences because you learn so much from them. Thanks again for putting this out!
Same here. Our double Suet feeder lasted 4 days but our 6 hole tube feeder is empty by the end of day 2. I'm going to build a much bigger flat feeder w/roof over soon. Here the cardinals and squirrels eat from the ground though 🤷♂️
The Tufted Titmouse seems a bit smarter than other songbirds (from what I've witnessed). So far, they're the only bird at the feeder that will come to the window and bang on it if there are too many birds at the feeder or if the feeder is out of birdseed.
Hah the titmouse in my hard angrily squak when the feeder is empty and they see me in the yard. It happens all the time so I'm pretty sure they've got my schedule down for when I come outside to fill the feeder. 😊
Really love the Downy Woodpecker as well. Actually, in general, the Woodpeckers seem to be pretty docile. I watched a Northern Flicker just sit on my bird feeder for several minutes (perhaps to stay warm in the winter) not phased by any other birds that would quickly come to grab some food. And the other birds didn't seem phased either.
Thank you for posting this informative video. My mother was a birdwatcher and maintained a feeder for gold finches. She always said, “I want to fly like they do.” Recently, I was gifted two bird feeders. I went to the store and bought a bag of seed for Songbirds. The birds have come and four of the five birds on this video come to visit. Most of these birds I’d never seen in the wild on a branch. Now I see them everyday and I’m hoping to learn their song to recognize them by their sound. Thank you for providing names. The gifts came because I’d mentioned how much fun it would be for the current visiting felines to see birds in our yard…voila!
Have a Blessed New Year, and thank you for sharing your video. We live in New England and see all of these throughout the year. I love to feed the birds year-round - they make my days! 🙂. We are also fortunate to get visits from the Indigo Buntings and Eastern Bluebirds; they are gorgeous! The latter is a sweet and gentle bird - it reminds me of a soft spoken person. They are a delight to have around. We had a brood this past 2022, and what a sight to behold. A pair of Tree Swallows have nested for 2 consecutive years in one of our bird houses, which is usually in high demand - we call it the Red Roof Inn because you guessed it. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds come every late spring too. And what a sight for sore eyes is to behold the Northern Cardinals on a white blanket of snow during winter!
I love seeing Cardinals I remember hearing it from my grandmother and my great-grandmother that if you see a cardinal that is somebody who has passed away a loved one that you love very much coming to visit you
yes, my favorite bird is number 1. chickadee's have a special connection with me. i was walking home from my last exam from high school, i stopped to catch my breath, and i heard a bunch of them doing their "fee-bee" song and it was the most beautiful thing i've ever heard and that how i got into birding.
My most favorite bird would be the Nuthatch. They are extremely talkative and have a nasil yank yank call. Plus I love the way they point their beak straight up.❤️❤️
I've been blessed with seeing everyone of these birds at my feeder. I run suet all year around and I've gotten woodpeckers I've gotten the titmouse I've gotten the nuthatch the Cardinals all winter long
The tufted titmouse are so friendly!! They recognize me and will wait on the porch rail within 3 feet of me to refill the feeder 😆 They'll do anything for some black oil sunflower seeds
We get all 5 on your list. We particularly enjoy when red-breasted nuthatches show up. We also enjoy the woodpeckers, regularly getting Downy, Hairy, and Red-breasted.
Last month I had a notification on my Blink doorbell. It was a red breasted nuthatch tap tap tapping at my doorbell. ❤. I have most of these birds at my feeders. In the summer I can have a thistle sock full of them! (Northern Indiana)
I agree with your list. I would add house finch too. They are just beautiful birds and get along with all the others at my feeders. It’s so much fun when the titmice and Carolina chickadees are out at the same time, which is very often. It’s hard to keep your eyes on them they move so fast! Their calls also sound like an electronic chorus. I love it.
I am in new brunswick Canada. Cardinals are the main burden I love to see at my feeders. I also have varieties of woodpeckers, finches, red polls, nut hatches, blue birds, blue Jay's, chickadees,grosbeaks, morning doves and lots of others. Bird watching is my morning past time after I feed them I sit in my livingroom to watch them. Love it.
Thank you for another excellent video. I love watching cardinals at our feeder. The male will come in to grab a seed and give it to the female who is perched nearby. Very entertaining.
There could NEVER be a bird I wouldn't want at our bird feeders. Any & all birds are ALWAYS WELCOME at any of our feeders. I couldn't & wouldn't pick & choose who I welcome to our feeders. All birds, squirrels, etc., all of God's birds desiring our offerings are always welcomed with love.❤❤🐦🐦🕊🦜
Love all the birds who visit. I get juncos, red bellied woodpeckers, Downy and hairy woodpeckers, doves, white throated sparrows, house finches, purple finches, song and house sparrows, blue Jay's, blue birds, starlings, grackles, Robin's plus all those mentioned in your video. I just love watching them.
Great top five don't forget oriole and blue jays they both are colorful.I know blue jays get a bad wrap they can sound an alarm very quick when danger is near by
Absolutely loved your presentation. It’s wintertime here. I only put food in the bird feeders when it’s snowing or extremely cold, as they may need the immediate nourishment.
I live in Georgia near the Atlanta area and we have chickadees. I have to laugh when they "fuss" because they are not getting what they want. Love the cardinals. We have a lot of those. A male was feeding a chick on my deck about a week ago.
Great video! Greetings from South Texas, RGV. We get the Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, American Goldfinch migrates through here, but year round we get the Green Jay, the Great Kiskadee, Altamira Oriole, and a host of migrating birds our favorite is the purple Martin who live in our backyard from May to August. Lots different raptors too. All of them beautiful , all of them providing us a bounty of pleasure.
I'm currently feeding 13 species of wild birds. Also, hummingbirds. I enjoy the American Goldfinch & Downey woodpeckers. I have spotted the Indigo Bunting (bright blue) on 2 occasions. Birds are pure joy.
As a Canadian 🇨🇦, from Manitoba, I would for sure say: • Evening/Pine Grosbeak • Black-capped/Boreal Chickadee • Northern Cardinal (regular but rare) • Varied Thrush (regular but rare) • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Really enjoy your videos. Great list! Here in NW FL we only have Brown headed Nuthatch year round and they don’t frequent feeders much. Wish we had White breasted, but in irruption years we do get red breasted. My top 5 would have to be Carolina Chickadee, Common ground Dove, cardinal, RT Hummers, and Titmice. Hope fall migration brings you guys some good birds! Starting to get good here! Had an Olive-sided for a few days. Real treat! Take care
Chickadee, Cardinal, pileated (or any) Woodpecker, Phoebe, Bluebirds, Gold Finches, Orioles, Flycatchers all visit our feeders as well as Warblers and two nuthatches. We also get Bluejays and Mourning Doves. Whats nit to love? We love them all.
Cardinals are at my feeders every day. I think it's so cute when the young ones flutter their wings and the parent bird feeds them. I made a video of a Tufted Titmouse at one of my feeders. It was flinging out seeds like there was no tomorrow. Not eating them, flinging them out!
Just made a list of the 30 species that visit our feeders and bird baths; our gardens and wooded area in our far backyard. Love them all, but come spring most look forward to the arrival of the Baltimore Orioles and Eastern Bluebirds! And being a MA resident, proud to call the preious Chickadee our state bird!❤
I'll tell you the benefits of a few species not mentioned (some aren't birds too). If squirrels come and eat seeds that have spilled, that is a good thing. Squirrels are out in the daytime, so it is better that they eat the spilled seeds than have them remaining for the night crew of rats or mice. Chipmunks will eat mice; they seem more carnivorous than squirrels from what I've seen. Blue jays (from what I seen today) where warning all the birds and critters that a Cooper's hawk was around. If your feeders don't work for mourning doves, they will be happy just for a place where they feel safe; I used to have them hang out at my place before I even started feeding them. Mourning doves will eat spilled seeds; again, you don't want to be attracting some members of the night crew (rats & mice). I also love the 4 species that I mentioned a whole lot (just as I do with so many other native species!)....but what I said is also true.
I live in the Northwest near Canada. Some of my favorite birds are the flame like Western Tanager, the elusive Varied Thrush, Stellers Jays, Evening Grosbeaks, and red shafted Flickers. We also have Gold finches, Purple Finches, My favorite hummingbird is the orangey Rufous hummingbird. Many kinds of hawks and eagles as well, several types of migrating swans and geese. Many more, too.
:) I get all of these, a pair of hairy woodpeckers, a pair of mourning doves, the pine siskins, and once in a while a northern flicker. European Starlings come as well, but we open our patio door and startle them away. We have eastern bluebirds but they don't come to the feeder...they nested once in a robin house on our deck. We get sparrows from time to time as well, but not as often as the pine siskins.
Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, House Sparrow, and Mourning Dove are the most common birds at my feeders. I’d like to have Goldfinches, but they rarely come to the feeders. However, they do come to get seeds from flowers I’ve planted. I also see Brown Thrashers, Eastern Towhees, and more rarely Blue Jays.
We have all of these bird's at our porch every day, including downy, hairy woodpeckers & grosbeak,usually a yellow-bellied sap sucker. You are correct these are very entertaining to watch. Nice video.
Definitely Indigo buntings. They would show up at Dads bird feeder when he fed birds on a regular basis. Their blue color and powerful song make them fun birds to have around. I would have to include the colorful Painted Bunting as well. I know Lazuli buntings come to feeders sometimes as well…
NAILED IT! 🔨 All are my favorite and number #1 is mine! When I was a kid, living in the midwest, walking through the woods I always had a Black Capped that would talk to me 😀
I live in Mississippi and we get all kinds of birds in our yard, blue birds, blue jays, robins, black birds, cardinals, and the list goes on and on, we also several varieties of woodpeckers and while I haven’t seen it yet, but there’s a sapsucker that lives in the area , there’s two trees at the end of our driveway when you pull in, that are lined with little holes from where it had been feeding, and we also have a large pond, so we get all manner of wading birds, ducks and geese, and there’s even a belted kingfisher that lives there pretty much all year
The male American Gold Finch is my favorite bird. They're so beautiful and bright. It's unusual here to see just one though as they usually come down from the trees in a flock. Love them. When I first moved here to S.C. and put out my feeders I saw a bird that I thought was a parrot that had escaped from someone's house. It was green. I couldn't believe my eyes. The next day or so I saw more and then I realized it was not a parrot. It was a Pine Warbler. Very cool!!!
I have lived in our S. Ont woodlot 20+ years. Each year without fail chickadees will gladly eat from my hand. The only other bird I can coax is the red breasted nuthatch, but not as regularily. My children and now grandchildren love these friendly birds!
I get all five at my feeder, however the gold finches are somewhat irregular in their appearances. I love watching the nuthatches. There's a tree near to my computer room window, onto which the nuthatches regularly land on to open or store their sunflower seed. My feeder also holds suet blocks, so I get downy, hairy, and red bellied woodpeckers on a regular basis.
I have all of these minus the nuthatch at my feeders! One of our black-capped chickadees has also taken up residence in our birdhouse! I’m new to birding and this is super exciting!! It’s fun to see them in distinct pairs. We have a pair of a male and a female cardinal that stays near the front yard, and a pair of male and female house finches. Theres a ton of chickadees but I don’t know how to tell the genders apart. Same for the titmice. Still a ton of fun to watch at the feeders! I’ll have to put out some suet and hope I attract a nuthatch :)
There's 4 cardinals that come by my feeders quite often; 2 males and 2 females. I often see them chasing one another off a branch or attempting to court one of the ladies. I absolutely love my titmice and black-capped chickadees because of how much personality they add to the garden. I also tend to get a pair of mourning doves alongside a whole flock of bluejays which are my favorite. So much sass and personality in one single little jay!
I’m in southwest Michigan and I love the Black capped Chickadee.They’d be number one on my bird feeder list. Followed by Tufted Titmouse, White breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, and American Goldfinch.
Wingsandbeaks ~ We are in N Central Oklahoma and have the same species you have. Birding is such a gift from the Lord for 40+ years 4:49 and a major part of our life as retirees.
I'm in the PNW we've got 15 different kinds of birds over the course of winter/spring I love my chickadees!I can never remember them all at once but let's see there's nuthatches, towhees, purple finches, juncos, pine siskins, sparrows, doves, stellar jays, starlings, kinglets, woodpeckers in fact just saw two at the same time minutes ago, seen quails on occasion and a helluva lot of robins but they just catch worms on the grass. Oh and then there's squirrels. Plenty for everybod plus I spread the mix out all over the place. Excellent videos btw.
I love feeding the birds. I have two big trees, in front garden, one is their dining room, one is their bedroom, so l have nine birdhouses on one tree and three big squirrel proof (with cages) feeders on my big maple. It is so much fun watching from my living room picture window . They cannot see me but l spy them joyfully! I do NOT feed them in the summer. I miss them, but was told it’s not necessary and makes them dependent and lazy! Please give me comments on this, as l really would love to feed them year round. I live in NW Virginia. Thank you!
I know Blue Jay's can be noisy and hog the feeder, but in the winter I love them.
Cardinals & Blue Jays together in the tree, with snow on the ground, look like Christmas ornaments!
And they are so smart.
The problem with Blue Jay is like, with most Jay's, they are large and aggressive
Isn’t that due to them being part of the corvid family? Magpies, Crows, and Ravens seem to be really aggro with other birds at times.
I've watched Blue Jays chase off squirrels multiple times, so aggressive yet beautiful
Blue Jays are one of my favorite birds. They're extremely smart
When my mom, who loves birding, was working at a retirement home for men of the cloth, she had long conversations with one of the residents who also loved bird watching. Her most memorable and funniest was one on blue jays. She said it was the closest she's ever seen someone of the cloth use profanity. He basically said blue jays are the a-holes of the bird realm.
Black capped chickadees will always be a favorite of mine. Something about their adorable little bodies and cute squawks throughout the year makes me smile.
They are cute, and their song is like The Clapper jingle.
I have 2 pairs of cardinals living in my yard. They live close enough that they track my schedule and are always first to the feeders in the early afternoon. Because of this I didn't realize they are usually late feeders, so I learned two thing today. That they are late feeders and that mine eat according to my schedule lol. I do love them and my other birds. There was a day I wasn't feeling well so I was going to forego a day of feeding, but my cardinal buddy was sitting out at the box feeder at lunchtime staring at my door like "where food tho?" And it made me feel guilty enough to haul my sick self out there and refill the feeders. I appreciate them. In my area cardinals are also viewed spiritually as signs of loved ones who have passed on. A week or so after my very beloved dog passed I noticed one of my cardinals perched on a branch directly outside my bedroom window, out in the open, staring at me, which I thought was very unusual bc as you said, they prefer cover even in the safety of my yard as I have 2 very large trees for them to hide in. He sat for a while and we watched each other until I reached for my camera and he flew away. It was probably a coincidence but the timing of it gave me a lot of comfort. So that's why I'm willing to let them guilt me into feeding them lol. Cardinals will always be a welcome sight at my feeders.
A beautiful experience that needed to be recorded. It may not be a book, but it is a story for all of us to retell. Thank you for sharing…
I have had similar situations with my cardinals. 💛 Even though initially I didn't pay much attention to the visiting of loved ones passed. Now I enjoy my time with them and of course think about loved ones. 2 and 4 legged, I have so many loved and remembered. I enjoy the Cardinals and also all birds who visit my backyard. 🙌 I am blessed to be able to fill the feeder and heated waterer. 🙌 I enjoy counting how many different ones are there at a time. People need to learn to get along so well!
I am so sorry for your profound loss of your precious dog. Seems to me that the One who made the birds sent that Cardinal specifically to comfort you.
With 2 pairs of cardinals, do you ever see young cardinals at your feeders?
I adore all birds. I feed them all year round. I have cardinals, blue jays, starlings, grackles, sparrows, robins, Carolina wrens, morning doves that visit my backyard. They are such a delight! ❤
Nice variety
Robins are my all time favorite bird. I feel I have a kinship with them lol.
Ducks are my second favorite bird. I absolutely love feeding them.
Love both their personalities.
My husband has been feeding birds in the yard for decades. We have a year round birdbath that is heated, and a few different kinds of feeders. We also provide birds with roosting boxes for the winter and clean bird houses. My husband keeps a bird journal and we have seen some rarer birds at our humble home. We have always had many different birds, but noticed a jump in the number of less seen birds during the pandemic lock-down. This gives me hope that more of the creatures we share the planet with may survive the condition we are leaving the place in.
I stopped feeding the birds due to salmonella outbreaks in the pine siskins that swarm the feeders in PNW. So I garden for the birds. The hummingbirds have the Salvias, fuschias and agastache. The chickadees have an elaborate ritual to " steal" the blueberries I planted for them. 🥰 The house finches and lesser goldfinches love the sunflowers and will deseed a flower in five minutes. I have 4 water stations fountains and baths that really bring in the birds . I just wish the crows would stop stealing the copper pieces I place in them to help deter algae growth. I'm scrubbing bird baths today. They give me pieces of broken glass and pottery but it's not an even trade though i appreciate the thought!
sorry to hear about the salmonella! And the crows are so goofy!
That's too funny
I love crows and ravens they’re so smart. I don’t have any but wish I did !
You built a paridise..
Love that they "try" to make up for their thievery!
I get all of these species at my feeding station with the exception of the Black Capped Chickadee. I do, however, get the Carolina Chickadee in great numbers because I live in Eastern Virginia. I’m also happy to report that I get lots of Eastern Bluebirds, Downey Woodpeckers, and Carolina Wrens! I’m constantly cleaning and filling bird feeders, but it’s absolutely worth it for the joy these birds bring.
Nice!
I like your story!
I live in Missouri I get all these birds I love to feed wildlife
I've seen the exact same distribution as you, here at my daughter's house in the Maryland DC suburbs. She also gets Hairy, Downy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos in winter, Song Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, and Red-winged Blackbirds.
I've seen a Pileated Woodpecker in the trees but it doesn't come to the feeder. Just yesterday a Northern Flicker was ground feeding beneath the feeder. Maybe we'll put out suet for them. I look forward to new species as the Spring migration kicks off.
I ❤ the tufted titmice, they are so adorable and always make me smile. One bird that I think that should have made the list is the Carolina wren, they love habituating near humans and are frequent fliers to the suet feeder.
Tufted titmice are probably my favorites.
Carolina wrens are full of personality. Sometimes I will see one hopping about chirping to himself, all alone!
House wrens are really a hoot too!! The bachelor males will build multiple nests in houses, trying to attract a female. If she likes his handiwork, she'll mate with him, and he helps care for the young and cleans out the nest of their droppings, and when they've fledged, he kicks the lady to the curb and starts over again!!! I have chickens (so I stopped using feeders so as to not attract all of the birds/less chance of them spreading fuses disease) but the wrens love flirting with the hens!! VERY amusing to watch!!
The only "feeders" I put out are hummingbird feeders bc they don't congregate and they're a joy to watch!! The other birds have plenty of seeds, berries and insects since we are surrounded by forest
Another endearing feature of the Cardinals is their elaborate vocabulary of calls.
I recently added bird feeders and bird baths to my backyard. I have been seeing doves, male and female cardinals, bluebirds, little finches. Watching them has been entertaining while recovering from an injury. Many times when I got out early in the morning to refill their feeders and freshen their water I see a good number of birds perched on the electrical wires waiting for breakfast!
I would add the mourning doves ❤ I've had up to 6 in my backyard, and they eat next to the goldfinches. Are peaceful in my backyard. I love them so very much! 😊
We love Mourning Doves! However some people don’t like the way they can monopolize a feeder
I live in Ohio and when you hear the call of a mourning dove that means that spring is coming soon
Throw a handful of sunflower chips onto the ground under the feeder and the doves will ground feed all day. the squirrels will get at it too but the small chips forces everyone to take their time! My mourning doves will often nap in the low branches of our pear tree or even on the ground where then feed.
My favorite of the American birds are Quails. I like to keep low growing bushy plants for them to hide in. Plus food and water on the ground for them. We have three species here in Arizona. Great video, thanks!
The Chickadees are always the first to come down to feed...in fact they don't even wait for me to leave feeding area! Love them!
When I'm refilling their feeders the chickadees wait at the feeders until I'm done.
The chickadees will eat right out of your hand if you have the patience. In the winter I have a downy woodpeckers that will happily sit on our suet feeder that hangs at my face level within seconds of my hanging it.
This was a really fun and interesting video! Living in Tennessee, I actually see all of these birds at my feeders. We recently had some incredibly cold weather right after Christmas and all of my feeders stayed quite busy! It's amazing how much watching and identifying these birds and their behavior can bring you such peace and joy! I also really enjoy reading others comments and experiences because you learn so much from them. Thanks again for putting this out!
Same here. Our double Suet feeder lasted 4 days but our 6 hole tube feeder is empty by the end of day 2. I'm going to build a much bigger flat feeder w/roof over soon. Here the cardinals and squirrels eat from the ground though 🤷♂️
I agree the Northern Cardinals are Beautiful
The Tufted Titmouse seems a bit smarter than other songbirds (from what I've witnessed). So far, they're the only bird at the feeder that will come to the window and bang on it if there are too many birds at the feeder or if the feeder is out of birdseed.
Same here
Hah the titmouse in my hard angrily squak when the feeder is empty and they see me in the yard. It happens all the time so I'm pretty sure they've got my schedule down for when I come outside to fill the feeder. 😊
Mmmm a tittymouse.
I’m in Midwest, those are my regular year round favorite birds! In addition, I love orioles in spring through summer too.
Orioles are always awesome to see!
Although ground feeders, I sure do adore my Robins. They are so friendly!
Robins are great! They just don’t come to regular bird feeders really.
@@meowpurrrrr jelly?! Like strawberry jelly? Or like American Amber Jelly the fungi? (I think it’s a fungi 🤔
@@BadgerlandBirdingour state bird and they don't stay here year round😢
Agreed! Love the birds that come to my feeders! A lot of fun to watch! The female finches are always talking! 😊
Really love the Downy Woodpecker as well. Actually, in general, the Woodpeckers seem to be pretty docile. I watched a Northern Flicker just sit on my bird feeder for several minutes (perhaps to stay warm in the winter) not phased by any other birds that would quickly come to grab some food. And the other birds didn't seem phased either.
That the flicker was not fazed by any other birds is a delight.
Thank you for posting this informative video. My mother was a birdwatcher and maintained a feeder for gold finches. She always said, “I want to fly like they do.” Recently, I was gifted two bird feeders. I went to the store and bought a bag of seed for Songbirds. The birds have come and four of the five birds on this video come to visit. Most of these birds I’d never seen in the wild on a branch. Now I see them everyday and I’m hoping to learn their song to recognize them by their sound. Thank you for providing names. The gifts came because I’d mentioned how much fun it would be for the current visiting felines to see birds in our yard…voila!
Have a Blessed New Year, and thank you for sharing your video. We live in New England and see all of these throughout the year. I love to feed the birds year-round - they make my days! 🙂. We are also fortunate to get visits from the Indigo Buntings and Eastern Bluebirds; they are gorgeous! The latter is a sweet and gentle bird - it reminds me of a soft spoken person. They are a delight to have around. We had a brood this past 2022, and what a sight to behold. A pair of Tree Swallows have nested for 2 consecutive years in one of our bird houses, which is usually in high demand - we call it the Red Roof Inn because you guessed it. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds come every late spring too. And what a sight for sore eyes is to behold the Northern Cardinals on a white blanket of snow during winter!
I've got a family of 4 crows ... they bring me pine cones to show their thanks for food & water :) All is good.
You have to train them to bring you money!
Crows eat baby birds sometimes ☹️we had one eat our baby robins so I’m not a fan of them anymore
@@cheriselynn I didn't know that!
Corvids do do that. On the other hand, they also run off hawks.
I love seeing Cardinals I remember hearing it from my grandmother and my great-grandmother that if you see a cardinal that is somebody who has passed away a loved one that you love very much coming to visit you
yes, my favorite bird is number 1. chickadee's have a special connection with me. i was walking home from my last exam from high school, i stopped to catch my breath, and i heard a bunch of them doing their "fee-bee" song and it was the most beautiful thing i've ever heard and that how i got into birding.
My most favorite bird would be the Nuthatch. They are extremely talkative and have a nasil yank yank call. Plus I love the way they point their beak straight up.❤️❤️
I've been blessed with seeing everyone of these birds at my feeder. I run suet all year around and I've gotten woodpeckers I've gotten the titmouse I've gotten the nuthatch the Cardinals all winter long
Just one time, a pileated woodpecker came to sit on our front railing. Such a large bird!
Thank you for doing this! I have four of the birds, along many other birds. It is always fun to see the different birds throughout the seasons!
Black cap chickadees and their "me me me me!" Calls! 🥰
The tufted titmouse are so friendly!! They recognize me and will wait on the porch rail within 3 feet of me to refill the feeder 😆 They'll do anything for some black oil sunflower seeds
We get all 5 on your list. We particularly enjoy when red-breasted nuthatches show up. We also enjoy the woodpeckers, regularly getting Downy, Hairy, and Red-breasted.
For sure!
Last month I had a notification on my Blink doorbell. It was a red breasted nuthatch tap tap tapping at my doorbell. ❤. I have most of these birds at my feeders. In the summer I can have a thistle sock full of them! (Northern Indiana)
I agree with your list. I would add house finch too. They are just beautiful birds and get along with all the others at my feeders. It’s so much fun when the titmice and Carolina chickadees are out at the same time, which is very often. It’s hard to keep your eyes on them they move so fast! Their calls also sound like an electronic chorus. I love it.
I was thinking the same thing (house finch). They sing so beautifully.
I am in new brunswick Canada. Cardinals are the main burden I love to see at my feeders. I also have varieties of woodpeckers, finches, red polls, nut hatches, blue birds, blue Jay's, chickadees,grosbeaks, morning doves and lots of others. Bird watching is my morning past time after I feed them I sit in my livingroom to watch them. Love it.
We all have breakfast together basically every morning! Love my feathered friends.
Thank you for another excellent video. I love watching cardinals at our feeder. The male will come in to grab a seed and give it to the female who is perched nearby. Very entertaining.
Here the males are very skittish...so the ladies mix in with other birds and feed themselves! 😅
I enjoyed the video and the Cardinals are my favorite. I like to watch the doves and bluejays . The bluejays fight the squirrels for 🥜 peanuts .
I'm new to this . I have seen Cardinals, Tufted Titmouse, and Carolina chickadees.
There could NEVER be a bird I wouldn't want at our bird feeders. Any & all birds are ALWAYS WELCOME at any of our feeders. I couldn't & wouldn't pick & choose who I welcome to our feeders. All birds, squirrels, etc., all of God's birds desiring our offerings are always welcomed with love.❤❤🐦🐦🕊🦜
Love all the birds who visit. I get juncos, red bellied woodpeckers, Downy and hairy woodpeckers, doves, white throated sparrows, house finches, purple finches, song and house sparrows, blue Jay's, blue birds, starlings, grackles, Robin's plus all those mentioned in your video. I just love watching them.
We get all these birds and they are great to watch. Among those not listed that we also like are the eastern bluebird, blue Jay's, Carolina Wrens.
I love my eastern bluebirds!
Great top five don't forget oriole and blue jays they both are colorful.I know blue jays get a bad wrap they can sound an alarm very quick when danger is near by
Black Capped Chickadees are my fav. So energetic and almost fearless. Other birds take off if I'm nearby,,,,not the Chickadees.
Ssome of my favorites... Tufted titmouse. Cardinals. Black & white warblers. Red bellied woodpecker. Brown trashers.
Love them all ..mt favorite is the bluebirds 😄😍😍
Great video. I agree with your list but also love the Bluejays.
Blue Jays are awesome! We left them off this list because they can sometimes be bullies.
I love my Blue Jays...and they have me so well trained!! 😂
Absolutely loved your presentation. It’s wintertime here. I only put food in the bird feeders when it’s snowing or extremely cold, as they may need the immediate nourishment.
The Blue Jay is my favorite!
I live in Georgia near the Atlanta area and we have chickadees. I have to laugh when they "fuss" because they are not getting what they want. Love the cardinals. We have a lot of those. A male was feeding a chick on my deck about a week ago.
Thank you for the 'info' and the presentation. You were great company at breakfast this morning ! Ken
Eastern bluebirds. Beautiful birds.
Blue Jays are beautiful and awesome to watch.
Great video! Greetings from South Texas, RGV. We get the Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, American Goldfinch migrates through here, but year round we get the Green Jay, the Great Kiskadee, Altamira Oriole, and a host of migrating birds our favorite is the purple Martin who live in our backyard from May to August. Lots different raptors too.
All of them beautiful , all of them providing us a bounty of pleasure.
I'm currently feeding 13 species of wild birds. Also, hummingbirds. I enjoy the American Goldfinch & Downey woodpeckers. I have spotted the Indigo Bunting (bright blue) on 2 occasions. Birds are pure joy.
Red breasted Nuthatch, Lesser Goldfinch, Black-Capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Oregon Junko. NW Oregon here
Solid
As a Canadian 🇨🇦, from Manitoba, I would for sure say:
• Evening/Pine Grosbeak
• Black-capped/Boreal Chickadee
• Northern Cardinal (regular but rare)
• Varied Thrush (regular but rare)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Completely agree with your list. I DO have black-capped chickadees visiting my feeders in Evans, GA.
Really enjoy your videos. Great list! Here in NW FL we only have Brown headed Nuthatch year round and they don’t frequent feeders much. Wish we had White breasted, but in irruption years we do get red breasted. My top 5 would have to be Carolina Chickadee, Common ground Dove, cardinal, RT Hummers, and Titmice. Hope fall migration brings you guys some good birds! Starting to get good here! Had an Olive-sided for a few days. Real treat! Take care
Nice! Common Ground Dove is an awesome feeder bird!
Thanks! Last winter I had 11 at one time eating white proso millet! It was pretty epic!
I love all of these birds. I used to have feeders and I realized I was operating a hawk buffet and they were loving my feeder birds.
Chickadee, Cardinal, pileated (or any) Woodpecker, Phoebe, Bluebirds, Gold Finches, Orioles, Flycatchers all visit our feeders as well as Warblers and two nuthatches. We also get Bluejays and Mourning Doves. Whats nit to love? We love them all.
Cardinals are at my feeders every day. I think it's so cute when the young ones flutter their wings and the parent bird feeds them.
I made a video of a Tufted Titmouse at one of my feeders. It was flinging out seeds like there was no tomorrow. Not eating them, flinging them out!
This is a great video. Love the info, also the comparison with similar species in different parts of the country!
I Love my Chicadees they are so fun and so busy 😂❤
Totally agree with your list being in Southeast New York, I have all these wonderful birds visit my birdfeeders, plus many Bluejays.
Where? Can I ask? That’s where I live
@@atis9061South Eastern New York
I'm from the UK and saw a Northern Cardinal as a kid in 1970. I didn't know it was a vagrant to the UK. It stayed in the same place for a week.
Just made a list of the 30 species that visit our feeders and bird baths; our gardens and wooded area in our far backyard. Love them all, but come spring most look forward to the arrival of the Baltimore Orioles and Eastern Bluebirds! And being a MA resident, proud to call the preious Chickadee our state bird!❤
I'll tell you the benefits of a few species not mentioned (some aren't birds too). If squirrels come and eat seeds that have spilled, that is a good thing. Squirrels are out in the daytime, so it is better that they eat the spilled seeds than have them remaining for the night crew of rats or mice. Chipmunks will eat mice; they seem more carnivorous than squirrels from what I've seen. Blue jays (from what I seen today) where warning all the birds and critters that a Cooper's hawk was around. If your feeders don't work for mourning doves, they will be happy just for a place where they feel safe; I used to have them hang out at my place before I even started feeding them. Mourning doves will eat spilled seeds; again, you don't want to be attracting some members of the night crew (rats & mice). I also love the 4 species that I mentioned a whole lot (just as I do with so many other native species!)....but what I said is also true.
Nice!
I live in the Northwest near Canada. Some of my favorite birds are the flame like Western Tanager, the elusive Varied Thrush, Stellers Jays, Evening Grosbeaks, and red shafted Flickers. We also have Gold finches, Purple Finches, My favorite hummingbird is the orangey Rufous hummingbird. Many kinds of hawks and eagles as well, several types of migrating swans and geese. Many more, too.
I’m watching a titmouse and chickadee at my feeder right now. I regularly have all of these species at my feeders, I’m quite lucky
Great video!
:) I get all of these, a pair of hairy woodpeckers, a pair of mourning doves, the pine siskins, and once in a while a northern flicker. European Starlings come as well, but we open our patio door and startle them away. We have eastern bluebirds but they don't come to the feeder...they nested once in a robin house on our deck. We get sparrows from time to time as well, but not as often as the pine siskins.
Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, House Finch, House Sparrow, and Mourning Dove are the most common birds at my feeders. I’d like to have Goldfinches, but they rarely come to the feeders. However, they do come to get seeds from flowers I’ve planted. I also see Brown Thrashers, Eastern Towhees, and more rarely Blue Jays.
Cool!
I keep one feeder filled with sunflower seed and the goldfinch seem to love it. I have not had much luck with nyjer seed.
The golden crowned sparrow is my favorite. Most beautiful song I’ve ever beard
We have all of these bird's at our porch every day, including downy, hairy woodpeckers & grosbeak,usually a yellow-bellied sap sucker. You are correct these are very entertaining to watch. Nice video.
I love humming birds ❤️
The Northern Cardinal is our state bird in Illinois! We are so fortunate to have all these species in our yard!
I agree for sure Thank you ❤God bless.
Have all 5. The Carolina wren, flickers and several woodpeckers are very abundant, also.
Oh, and blue jays.
Upper East TN
The tufted titmouse is my favorite.
I live just north of Tampa, Florida.
Great list! We agree completely!🙂👍
Definitely Indigo buntings. They would show up at Dads bird feeder when he fed birds on a regular basis. Their blue color and powerful song make them fun birds to have around. I would have to include the colorful Painted Bunting as well. I know Lazuli buntings come to feeders sometimes as well…
Very informative 👏 great job 😍
Thanks!
NAILED IT! 🔨 All are my favorite and number #1 is mine! When I was a kid, living in the midwest, walking through the woods I always had a Black Capped that would talk to me 😀
@Jerry Nielsen when I lived in upstate NY my son would hold out his finger for Hummingbirds. Yours is a special memory
I live in Mississippi and we get all kinds of birds in our yard, blue birds, blue jays, robins, black birds, cardinals, and the list goes on and on, we also several varieties of woodpeckers and while I haven’t seen it yet, but there’s a sapsucker that lives in the area , there’s two trees at the end of our driveway when you pull in, that are lined with little holes from where it had been feeding, and we also have a large pond, so we get all manner of wading birds, ducks and geese, and there’s even a belted kingfisher that lives there pretty much all year
Down in South Louisiana my personal favorites are the woodpeckers. I most often get redheaded, red belly, and Downy woodpeckers at the feeder.
I love the chickadees they always show their appreciation by singing at me when I put food out.
The male American Gold Finch is my favorite bird. They're so beautiful and bright. It's unusual here to see just one though as they usually come down from the trees in a flock. Love them.
When I first moved here to S.C. and put out my feeders I saw a bird that I thought was a parrot that had escaped from someone's house. It was green. I couldn't believe my eyes. The next day or so I saw more and then I realized it was not a parrot. It was a Pine Warbler. Very cool!!!
Love it! Cardinals are great songbirds!! And oh so pretty
I have lived in our S. Ont woodlot 20+ years. Each year without fail chickadees will gladly eat from my hand. The only other bird I can coax is the red breasted nuthatch, but not as regularily. My children and now grandchildren love these friendly birds!
I get all five at my feeder, however the gold finches are somewhat irregular in their appearances. I love watching the nuthatches. There's a tree near to my computer room window, onto which the nuthatches regularly land on to open or store their sunflower seed. My feeder also holds suet blocks, so I get downy, hairy, and red bellied woodpeckers on a regular basis.
I have all of these minus the nuthatch at my feeders! One of our black-capped chickadees has also taken up residence in our birdhouse! I’m new to birding and this is super exciting!! It’s fun to see them in distinct pairs. We have a pair of a male and a female cardinal that stays near the front yard, and a pair of male and female house finches. Theres a ton of chickadees but I don’t know how to tell the genders apart. Same for the titmice. Still a ton of fun to watch at the feeders!
I’ll have to put out some suet and hope I attract a nuthatch :)
In SoCal I love the scrub jays and all of the small birds. I love hummingbirds! Wish we had cardinals.
There's 4 cardinals that come by my feeders quite often; 2 males and 2 females. I often see them chasing one another off a branch or attempting to court one of the ladies. I absolutely love my titmice and black-capped chickadees because of how much personality they add to the garden. I also tend to get a pair of mourning doves alongside a whole flock of bluejays which are my favorite. So much sass and personality in one single little jay!
I’m in southwest Michigan and I love the Black capped Chickadee.They’d be number one on my bird feeder list. Followed by Tufted Titmouse, White breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, and American Goldfinch.
Cool!
Oh yeah- downy woodpeckers too! They are so cute and fun to watch! 🙂👍
Wingsandbeaks ~ We are in N Central Oklahoma and have the same species you have. Birding is such a gift from the Lord for 40+ years 4:49 and a major part of our life as retirees.
I live there also. I like Morning doves and Blue jays always reminds me of being up north hearing them in the morning
I'm in the PNW we've got 15 different kinds of birds over the course of winter/spring I love my chickadees!I can never remember them all at once but let's see there's nuthatches, towhees, purple finches, juncos, pine siskins, sparrows, doves, stellar jays, starlings, kinglets, woodpeckers in fact just saw two at the same time minutes ago, seen quails on occasion and a helluva lot of robins but they just catch worms on the grass. Oh and then there's squirrels. Plenty for everybod plus I spread the mix out all over the place. Excellent videos btw.
2:48 Bridled Titmouse: Am I a joke to you?
We didn’t see one out west and haven’t forgiven it for that
@@BadgerlandBirding Ok that is a fair reason to omit it 😂
I love feeding the birds. I have two big trees, in front garden, one is their dining room, one is their bedroom, so l
have nine birdhouses on one tree and three big squirrel proof (with cages) feeders on my big maple. It is so much fun watching from my living room picture window . They cannot see me but l spy them joyfully!
I do NOT feed them in the summer. I miss them, but was told it’s not necessary and makes them dependent and lazy! Please give me comments on this, as l really would love to feed them year round. I live in NW Virginia.
Thank you!
We get all of these in much of Canada too-certainly in Ontario. Beautiful creatures!
My favorite is the hummingbird I don't know what it is but I find them fascinating