Bluebirds at the Birdfeeder

On the day both we traveled to San Antonio and then on to Laredo (February 5th )– there was a flurry of activity at our birdfeeder between 2:15 and 2:24 PM back home. It was all captured by the camera on the birdfeeder. I’ve created a slide show of the images with the most birds from the video.

Eastern Bluebirds!!! As I watched the video – I was guessing there were 4-6 birds. I looked closely at the images and found one where there are 6 birds!

The bluebirds were in large enough numbers to chase away the house finches that kept trying to reclaim their feeder. In the end, the finches were forced to wait until the little flock of bluebirds moved on after their hefty afternoon snack.

Having a small flock come through our backyard in late January/early February is not unprecedented. In 2018 – our heated birdbath was the focus of the birds’ attention.