Wild Birds

[Karen]

Yes, sometimes it is hard to keep up with cleaning them and filling them. I got 10 lbs. of seed this year, the squirrels eat all the sunflower seeds out of it but the birds don't seem to mind. Have to make hummingbird nectar and clean the feeder every 3 to 5 days. It's SO worth it for me and the cat loves watching them

Do you have hummers year round there? I know some of BC is far more temperate than we are!

[Alysser]

I was never able to get Hummingbirds to the backyard but we get plenty of the Ruby-Throated hummingbirds at work. I live in a very suburban neighborhood currently, so that might be why.

[Karen]

One thing I have noticed during these last cold weeks is there is very little squabbling between the squirrels or between the birds or anything! Everyone is just so intent on getting enough to eat they leave each other alone!

[mon]

Yes, we have humming birds here all year 'round. I first noticed them at Harrison Hot Springs resort Hotel near Chilliwack. We stay there sometimes in the winter. They have about 7 or eight feeders outside in front of the lobby windows all year long. They were there in the middle of winter when there was snow on the ground. Everyone thoroughly enjoys them. I set out my feeder here in Surrey for at least a year before they actually came 'round. Hope springs eternal Now they are regulars, yipppeeee

[mon]

Sorry, forgot to say that it is very temperate here in Surrey. Very mild winter this year, snowed lightly for 1 hr. so far.

[Miss Z]

I see a far greater quantity of birdlife back at my family home than I do in my student home, which is surprising as it's far more rural in my current location! Down south, we get visits from a greater spotted woodpecker, and I see red kites over the farmland relatively often. Jackdaws prevail here! My favourite visitors are amongst the mammals - muntjac deer and the local foxes.

Back in Lancs, I've seen at least three species of owl in the past year's worth of visits - tawny, barn, and I think a short-eared owl passing through.

[Karen]

Back in Lancs, I've seen at least three species of owl in the past year's worth of visits - tawny, barn, and I think a short-eared owl passing through.

Wow, fun! Growing up we heard owls and saw their castings far more frequently than we saw the owls themselves! There are apparently a bunch of Snow Owls at Boston's Logan Airport, someday I will make that drive over to see if I can see them!