Kennebec Bird Walk

[rolanni]

So, I'm over here at the Morning Song Bird Food site, and among their helpful tips is How to Attract Blue Jays. And I'm thinking, there are people who want blue jays at their feeders? They should send me their address and I'll ship 'em some of mine. Air mail.

What I want to see at my bird feeders -- are cardinals. Don't get me wrong; I'm very fond of the woodpeckers -- downy and hairy -- who now have their own hanging basket full of stuck-together seeds -- which the blue jays (*sigh*) also enjoy. And of course the chickadees, the nuthatches, house finches, juncos, titmice, purple finches, house sparrows, and pine siskins that grace us with their winter custom. But cardinals...I'd love to get cardinals as regular visitors.

What birds come to your feeders? Which are you trying to attract? What bird book do you keep closest to the bird-watching window? (I like Stan Tekiela's Birds of Maine Field Guide. The birds are sorted by color, which is just about my speed, and the photos are clear and unambiguous.)

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Further on the cardinals -- Wife says they rarely show up at the nature center. Maybe once or twice a year, and the place has tray feeders as well as tube feeders.

Guess cardinals are more of a city bird in Maine. So you may not get them even if you try bait.

As far as that guide goes, the photos may be unambiguous, but the birds don't necessarily match their portraits. More variation than you'd expect from Momma Nature.