anon6789, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Yes, the starlings are the only ones I have to constantly remind myself that I don’t really hate them. 😂 At the end of winter they really start to destroy my feeder station.

I bought into the blue jays scorn since I grew up being told they were jerks, but it changed one day when I decided to offer one a peanut. I’ve got 7 pretty regular bird buds now.

My cardinals are pretty shy, but this year a mating pair of them learned they can get the peanuts too. I don’t see them near as much, but the lady cardinal is the more aggressive of the 2 when it comes to getting food and she will try to beat the jays too them occasionally and she can hold her own if she really wants that treat!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/05602ee3-1d33-441f-bf20-abbc8ee79229.jpeg

This day it was drizzling, so it went under by downspout to eat it’s peanut.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/443e267b-04e2-4411-8e7e-f2030cb311d1.jpeg

Just hanging out.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/641641e8-eed6-465e-9852-ae05d53f62d1.jpeg

I didn’t see what spooked this one, but this was the most unusual photo I got of one of them.