Despite the slow start to my WoBirdy experience, I had a feeling that once the weather changed {and all my flower seedheads disappeared}, we’d start seeing more action. I was right.

Once the house finches discovered the feeder, they’ve been regular visitors. Often as a date, sometimes in a group. The females get all the way in the feeding tray, which is adorable.

They’ve got competition though: the cardinal! This guy is hilarious: he either hears the camera/sensor or can see his reflection, and I have much footage of him pecking the camera. He has also started coming for an early breakfast, which results in very cool night-vision images.

His lady even came by one day, crashing a house finch date.

Some of our tiny bird friends are starting to get braver now, especially on the colder days.

I was so excited when the bluebird finally made it down to the feeding perch! He’s been hanging out on the roof, apparently it’s a nice sunning spot. Hopefully he’ll be back and I can get better pictures – he is such a handsome fella.

Surprisingly, the mockingbird has yet to discover the feeder: last year he was the self-appointed guardian of the suet feeder we had hanging, and would chase away any bird that got too close. It’s still early, with a lot of cold weather left, so things are likely to change. I’m just so happy more birds are finding the feeder and I love when my phone pings with alerts of “Birds detected”!