Bird Feeders??? Varieties???

Even I didn't know what a Bird feeder was and if birds would come to them and eat the seeds in that and fly away... its only after I saw it in my friends place did I believe that there is something like this.....

Bird feeders contain flower seeds like the sunflower seeds which are usually hung in the balcony roofs for all the birds to feed on them......

Wondering!!! as to what is there in this photo, that I have put it here.... This is the common sight seen in the road sides, where the birds search thier food, mostly for some small insects or dead animals.

Amazed to see all the different types at most of the houses... I am sure you all also would be surprised to see this....Thanks for taking time in looking into....



Ennada beer bottle thongudhenu ninaikkadhinga.........idhu fulla "Nectar" appadina .....Its the fruit juice for the birds...Instead of birds searching for the flowers and sucking the nectar in them people have made life easier for the birds toooo....

This type of a bird feeder....filled with the yellow liquid which is nothing but the nectar.. My friend said that it was especially for the "Humming Birds"... she also said that there is a small plastic engraving of a flower at the base where the bird sits and places its beak on that illusionary flower and sucks the nectar....

We actually stood there for a very long time to capture a picture of the humming bird sucking the nectar but did'nt find any bird.....our bad luck....but the next time I am there will try to capture the picture and will surely share with everyone..


There is a bird actually in this. I tried my level best to focus but it was busy, turning its back towards me and munching the food....may be it was very hungry and didn't even tbother to turn and give a pose for the photograph.... :(


Idhu eppadi irukku !!! This house had the feeder filled with seeds especially for the Red Cardinal... It took me a long time, in fact I sat down there for a while to capture this beautiful pose of this colourful bird...


Can you see the small bird on the wire, this was also a very colourful bird...lime green colour..but it was too small that the maximum zoom level in the camera also could not capture a close picture of it. I tried very hard to capture atleast one close snap...but was very unlucky :(


This is another type of a bird feeder, very artistically carved on it.....but there weren't any birds in that... :(


The bird in this photo has taken a seed in its beak and is busy eating it. Also looking around if there are any competitors coming to fight for the food....


This was also there in the same house.. they had tied this to the balcony but couldnt get a closer shot of this as we were standing below and couldn't see what exactly was there inside that basket shaped...may be food for the birds.... Lucky birds to have plates like this :)

What a discovery...... along with the people's life, its made life easier for the birds tooo here...... :)