African Violets and Gesneriads: First of June Blooms, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
She didn't seem afraid at all. When I talked to her she began walking toward the end of the branch towards and I thought for a minute that maybe she was tame and would come close but she just sat in the tree watching me.

I love birds and have about ten feeders out in the yard. I spend a fortune on birdseed. And, we had the mockingbirds nesting all over this year. I have been cutting up blueberries, raisins, grapes, cherries and apricots for them ... it's so much fun to watch the adults feed the babies! Now the babies are flying all over. They land on the brick wall in front of my house and screech and cry to be fed. I have a terra cotta plant saucer right there on the wall with the berries in it and they will eat on their own and then screech until an adult bird comes to feed them ... funniest thing I ever did see. It's like they know how to do it themselves but they still want that attention from mama! We have loads of bluejays and cardinals with babies this year too. The jay babies fly from tree to tree and wait for the adults to feed them ... very noisy in the morning and late afternoon, but so much fun to watch!

Here's the red bellied woodpecker