Feed the Birds . . . and Squirrels!

When the huge snow arrived, I bought bird seed.  Lots of it.

For some reason, however, the birds did not show up in the droves I expected.  We did get some goldfinches that have finally found their special finch feeder, but it took over a week for them to find it. We also have the requisite sparrows, but even they are not as numerous as I expected.  They found the millet, as did the dove, but it is certainly lasting longer than it should.  An occasional junco pecks around the ground, but the cardinals have not been visiting the sunflower seed at all.

The only thing that seems to like the sunflower seed is the squirrel.  And he is annoying.  Yesterday, he even took the top off the bird feeder so he could get inside it to eat the last seeds available.  And he has chewed so much wood off the top that I am going to have to buy a new one.

Oh well . . . the birds and squirrels are great entertainment for these snowy days.