carol’s blog

Between April and June every year, the birds that stay here year round raise their babies… and I go through about a TON of birdseed. They can really suck it down. The babies grow to adult size pretty fast but still demand to be fed – even when they’re sitting on the feeder!

I can always tell the babies shortly after they fledged from the nest. They land on everything on my deck and mouth it. I guess to test out if it’s food. In the meantime the parents are busily stuffing themselves because as soon as they fly off the feeder, the baby is begging.

That baby grackle chased it’s mom around my backyard for months hoping for a handout. She eventually cut off the support but I still have to fill the feeder everyday.