I will have to clean up my feeders. I sometimes get orioles at the hummingbird feeders. I'll search in the fridge for grape jelly. They don't stay but we really like to see them. We have a couple red winged blackbirds now. The goldfinches are turning yellow.

Gosh, this seems too early to me! I better get DH on the ball, he is the bird feeder man.....Orioles don't stay long for me either. I just saw my cheap brand of grape jelly in the frig and DH started to use it....I told him get the blackberry jelly....that was for the birds.

I have the red flowering quince but it needs to be cut down and let grow back. There is so much dead in it that it doesn't have much color.

The resident Blue Birds are back in the West yard. I think they nest in a hole in the tree over there and I think one may be building in a house on the East side...hope so.
I scared it yesterday when I mowed that area.

Wow! Already? Gotta find those feeders. (They get lost every year even though I put them where I think I can find them. Maybe I should put them where I don't think I'll find them next year and then I'll be able to find them.)

Two feeders up and grape jelly on a plate on the porch!

We eagerly waiting.

Oh, got the martin house repaired and back up. It fell in one of our horrific winds and cracked the floor....all plastic, so I had to get creative to get it repaired. We now have the post wired to the bottom post instead of inserted inside it because a spring lock was missing. It doesn't bear close inspection, but I hope the Martins don't mind!

I finally found my hummer feeder. Hung so we could all see it from inside the house. But so we will not bother it when we are outside.
I sure wish the starlings would find someplace else to have such a huge family reunion. I get so many here some times the grass looks black out there.
Does anyone know what type of birds theses rare. They seem to be in pairs (2 sets) they are a dull red color over all. They are not cardinals. I think they are migrating. I didn't see them here during the winter or for that matter ever before.
Ideas?
Bonnie

I did some googling an it looks like it might be the purple finch.
I think this is what I have been seeing.
So according to this report and others I have read. they are only here until May.
So I hope they come back next year an stay for the winter. I will have to do some more reading about them so I can make sure I have what the "want" so they might stay next time.
Bonnie

Here is a link that might be useful: Purple finch