Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

New Suet Feeder's

Hello all, I just thought I would let everyone know that San's idea of suet in a Coconut was a huge success in my yard.  All kinds of birds were able to feed from it.  Such as Grackles, Blue Jays and Downy Woodpeckers.

One of the biggest challenges when bird watching is being there when the birds are around.  So, every opportunity I have, I am looking out a window with my camera in hand.

These are a few of the pictures I was able to get at one of the feeders we made at our birding and bonding party.


What was really great, was a mother Downy Woodpecker teaching her young one how to feed from the feeder.  At first she would take some suet and feed it to her chick.  Then over the course of a day the chick was able to go to the feeder and feed for himself.
First on the Pine cone feeder, then he was able to feed from the coconut.

It was so much fun watching them.  I truly look forward to when we will have time to enjoy all the marvelous creations that were made to make our lives on earth so joyful. 

What a privilege it is to witness such wonderful goings on right in our own backyards.

I want to thank San for all the great birding 'moments' we have had over the years, and I look forward to our future adventures.
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