Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Winter 2012-2013, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Thanks AL! Now know where all your grit comes from.....

Watching my bird feeder this morning--seems the same birds visit all the time.
Nothing really new: I need to put out real suet cakes--right now I have just raw beef fat from the butcher.

The birds i see on a regular basis are:
Cardinals-both--Chikadees--Tufted Titmouse--Slate colored Juncos--an occasional white bellied Nuthatch--
all kinds of sparrows--and a red-breasted ??? like a bigger sparrow???.Tried to take a picture from my LR--
NOT a good one! I think it may be a Finch od some kind...see fuzzy picture attached...
Of course--there are blackbirds (not too many yet!) I think each year, they have to re-discover my feeder.
I hope they never do! They can trash it in an hour. Clouds of them!!!

I have put out a NEW Finch feeder--and filled it with NEW Thistle seed--but have not seen any Goldfinches yet.

If any of you have an "Ollies" near you (Sally--I know you do)--they sell suet cakes for 89 cents.

My plan for today--hunker down and finish working on my seeds--so i can make a list of "haves" and post it.
Then--I need to refresh my Trade List and add pictures.

Stay warm! Gita