Over the last few weeks, a relative abundance of available summertime food coupled with our reduction in the amount and number of feeders we’ve made available has reduced the number of our visitors quite a bit. All that seems to be changing though. This morning and afternoon there has been a flurry of activity in the yard at a level not seen since springtime.
We’ve been absolutely swarmed by dozens of sparrows, house finches, goldfinches, black-capped chickadees and at least three northern flickers on the feeder, often at the same time. Today, a juvenile flicker spent quite a bit of time foraging in the yard as did a pair of robins and literally dozens of sparrows. Its good to see more activity and a broader diversity too.
Still the repeated visits of the flickers on the feeder was one of the highlights of a busy summer Sunday afternoon.
