Bird House Feeder

This Rufous Hummingbird recently arrived in my little sanctuary, Although I did edit down the time a little, the entire raw footage clip was less than three minutes, as he shares the feeder with a young Anna. The male (brown body, ruby throat) is a lucky find for me as I rarely see them, let alone catch one on video.

I never thought that I would ever see a woodpecker come to my bird feeder .I have seen them in the neighborhood before but was shocked to see him land and feed from the feeder.He or she has been back a couple of times since this video but is very skittish,as soon as he sees any movement in the house or hears a noise inside he takes off.We also have Cardinals,Titmice,Sparrows,Nuthatches,Chickadees,Pine Warblers and Gold Finches as regular guests.Not to mention A couple of Hummingbirds that like to spy on me through the window .

What kind of feeder and seed should i use? I’m building a birdhouse next week to place out there too. In my yard right so far ive seen robins, mourning doves, chickadees and crows, etc with blue jays and cardinals during the winter. i also have goldfinches and hummingbirds during the summer but i’m going to wait to get them feeders because its starting to get cold and im sure they’ve already began to migrate south.

The video was shot over a period of 3 days. I have one feeder beside my canning room window and if I leave the window open the birds will fly about in our house. Most will fly back out on their own but the odd few will gently land on your finger and you can send them back out that way. The noise from the birds is incredible!

A great view from our kitchen window of our little hummingbird who lands on our potted citrus tree. It’s so cool how you can see the shadow as it drinks from the feeder! The blurry video in some parts is due to the sun screens on our windows, which is a must for any Arizona home, lol.

A gorgeous, flaming orange and black male baltimore oriole drinks sugar water from our hummingbird feeder with background accompaniment of singing locusts and the occasional cooing of a mourning dove.

I set up my Wingscapes Birdcam next to the hummingbird feeders to catch a glimpse of who visits us when we’re not at home. Filmed in Rimrock, AZ.

I placed a Bluetooth wireless mike in the lilac bush and from 2 — 3 feet away I got this video of these incredible little hummingbirds.

A couple of the Orchard Orioles and two other Orioles at the feeder. You can hear Iniga walking up and whining to be let outside.

I have always loved to have birds in my yard and for years have planted my yard to encourage them to nest and hang out. Mostly hummingbirds, mocking birds, house finches, sparrows and gold finches.

The down side is frequently for some reason or another I find a baby that has been abandoned. My track record for sucessfully raising a baby bird is zero. They all seem to die after a few days under my care.

What do I feed them? How often should I feed them. Also many have little tiny parasites on them. I live in the Anaheim, California area if you know of an organization I can contact for help.

HELP!!!!
Edit:I actually do not have a baby bird at the moment, but since this is that time of year the occasion might arise.

Yes, I know about the Magnolia Bird Farm. I have not been over there for years. Maybe it is time to pay them a visit. thanks.