New Top Bird in the yard:Dark-eyed Junco

New bird visitor - the Junco

I saw the “Dark-eyed Junco” move up to #1 on my “bird listener,” and I had never heard of this guy. Turns out the Junco spends the spring until fall in the Canadian Arctic and then migrates “south” to Michigan among other places.

Check the birdseed mix

So I made sure the birdseed mix we’ve got out supports them - but they like more of the “cheaper” mix like millet. We’ve had primarily a “woodpecker, titmouse, chicadee, cardinal, blue jay” which is sunflower seeds, some nuts, and a little dried fruit. Many of the rest of my “Top 10” eat bugs … I tried live mealworms for the Eastern Bluebirds we had this year, and that failed miserably - and I think it would be worse in the cold and freezing weather. So no plans for “help” for those birds this winter - any ideas?

In the end it’s cool to know what birds are in my woods to help plan and make these decisions.