Birds at the Feeder 

Birds at the Feeder

My wife has installed a bird feeder on the back deck or porch, with ramp extension. We get a great view of the birds from our kitchen. The best time may be the morning. This morning I was up with the dogs about 7:30, and there were maybe half a dozen doves out there. Mourning doves, like this? Later there were a pair of blue jays--stereotypically big and beautiful, but then they started fighting and making that horrible noise. We get a lot of grackles, and there seems to be one pair of cardinals around. Robins, of course, and some smaller ones I can't identify.

Here's a photo of a blue jay.