Julie!

The winter get bitter cold and hundreds of birds come to my feeder. It is my "hobby" and we are on a routine where the wrens wait for me in morning and evening.

I have woodpeckers, blue jays, finches, black birds, sparrows and wrens. Keeper goes to a feed store where they sell 50 pounds of sun flower seeds for $17 and keeps it in stock.

Cut an orange in half and other birds will come next month. The robins came last week but do not use feeder. 

Going to a park or beach and feeding birds is great fun and some birds recognize people.

This was meant as a post to encourage people to find a hobby, even cloud watching is a nice hobby. I photograph clouds, mushrooms, tree buds and cones, insects, birds and dogs.

Lots to do without having to talk to humans!

Those are beautiful photos, Alz, almost professional compositions!  I'm impressed.

We have a flock of wild turkeys around our house, and this season has brought something new-- a big tom turkey who is comfortable with being near our windows.  He's probably one of the chicks I saw raised in years past, because the mothers would bring them up near the house.  We only used to see the toms at a great distance and very infrequently.  If I can catch a decent picture of him, I'll let you know.