Greetings, everyone. I moved into a new house in Central New Jersey last year and started setting up my bird-feeding station outside a picture window to my backyard in January. I’ve fitted this first pole with 5 natural branches and four artificial branches to hold more feeders (8 in total) and to give plenty of places for all of the birds to perch.
We've seen 18 species so far in the first month, but once I started using a combination of fresh Nyjer seed and fine sunflower hearts in a mesh feeder and another tube feeder with tiny holes and a spiral perch ring, the number of Goldfinches (our state bird) exploded. During peak feeding times we’ve counted 35+ Goldfinches at a time. I also set up a brush pile with various kinds of food for ground-feeding birds and squirrels. Here’s a video of my current pole setup as well as a quick overview of some of the other bird friendly parts of my yard:
As it gets a little warmer, I have lots more feeders and bird houses to set up. I'm really hoping for some Eastern Bluebirds, Orioles, and Hummingbirds. Might be a little too wooded for Bluebirds here, but the Hummingbirds are already attracted to some of the flowering plants here.
Hope to learn lots of good stuff from you all!
We've seen 18 species so far in the first month, but once I started using a combination of fresh Nyjer seed and fine sunflower hearts in a mesh feeder and another tube feeder with tiny holes and a spiral perch ring, the number of Goldfinches (our state bird) exploded. During peak feeding times we’ve counted 35+ Goldfinches at a time. I also set up a brush pile with various kinds of food for ground-feeding birds and squirrels. Here’s a video of my current pole setup as well as a quick overview of some of the other bird friendly parts of my yard:
As it gets a little warmer, I have lots more feeders and bird houses to set up. I'm really hoping for some Eastern Bluebirds, Orioles, and Hummingbirds. Might be a little too wooded for Bluebirds here, but the Hummingbirds are already attracted to some of the flowering plants here.
Hope to learn lots of good stuff from you all!
