12/30 fed FT shred jeans

fed the FT about 1 pound of pumpkin or more
and shredded a pair of jeans with egg crate and added pumpkin to the bucket

12/29 mom's stackable

the stackable looked healthy and in the top left area was already some great compost made
ripped up some more cardboard,brown paper,newspaper for the bottom bin
the old bills are all clumpy looking and matted together
gave the top 3 banana peels and a apple core

12/27 fed demo bin

still lots of cardboard not broken down yet
fed alot more pumpkin,,maybe 2 pounds
the bottom had lots of water but the worms looked healthy in there
put some more cardboard on top and 3 toilet paper rolls

12/24 2 more phonebooks

shredded 2 more phonebooks for the phone book bin and watered it some

12/21 newspaper/cardboard in stackable and juvi

gave the juvi bin last night the calculator paper and some cardboard
the stackable received the shredded newspaper/pumpkin and a layer of cardboard

12/13 FT cardboard

put some more cardboard in the FT
started to rain today and filling buckets and bins

12/9 took out more pumpkin and newspaper

took out a little more pumpkin and all the newspaper i had put in
the newspaper smelled like ammonia all thru it and have a suspicion that it was the pumpkin i had put in there

12/8 removed pumpkin from FT

well the overfeeding in the flow thru wasn't going as i planned as there would be lots of air for the food but the worms weren't in this last pumpkin i had put in
so i took it out for now till it needs more food

took some worms from the compost holding  blue bin and transferred them to the new blue bin to get them to reproduce more

the stackable looks great,,the leaves are nicely breaking down and looks like rich soil already and its not even finished yet

a must see john kohler vid start at 18:00

Growingyourgreens in vegas

12/6 fed christmas cactus and juvi bin

gave the Christmas cactus a layer of watered compost sludge to see if that helps with microbes in the bin and not just water
gave the juvi bin pumpkin to lure them to one spot to put them in the new bin

and the flow thru has some heat where i put the pumpkin in the other day with no worms in it or around it

12/4 fed FT

gave the flowthru more pumpkin and more newspaper

12/4 NEW CHRISTMAS CACTUS

there are 2 brown sections and one section that is 3/4 gone in an area but the top is nice and healthy
gave a good compost tea soak to it and will let it be and dry out to see if it will bloom

11/27 leaves in FT -11/28 new bin start

put a good amount of leaves in the flow thru and have been misting them to encourage the worms to move up  into them

11/28 another new bin in the works,,just getting the cardboard soaking right now till i harvest more worms for it

youtube channel

i am now making videos of my bins to show what goes on and to help those looking for advise with worms
Raisingwormsyourway - My Youtube Channel

11/26 new bin

moved some worms to the blue bin as an experiment with the 2 phone books i had shredded the other day to see how the worms eat thru them

11/25 fed ft- 2nd stackable at moms

gave the flow thru some celery,coleslaw and carrot peelings and coffee filters
took the 2nd stackable out to mom's house to have going out there

11/21 fed flow thru

fed another pumpkin to the flow thru
took about 12 hours for the worms to come up to eat

11/18 made 2nd stackable

made the 2nd stackable for mom to have out there
lots of worms were in the blue bin and lots of wet vermicompost
let the worms stay in there for now to eat the rest till spring and will harvest more of them when they mature to an adult

11/17 fed FT

fed the flow thru the pumpkin 8-10 pounds
and put a good layer of cardboard on top of it

11/14 fed stackable,,gave cardboard to FT

gave the stackable some lettuce..stopped the leachate experiment as they still seem to be living well after a couple weeks of recycling the water thru it
cleaned out the bottom of the FT and found only a few worms down there and torn up some compressed cardboard filler packing

hope to make a stackable this weekend for mom to get going out at her place

11/6 fed blue bin

blue bin still had lots of potato peels in it but gave them a whole juicy pumpkin to eat

the recycling leachate in the stackable seems to be doing well with worms living in it
no dead worm smell as of yet

the pumpkin the the 55 gal flow thru is slowly going away already and lots of mold in there

11/5 gave the juvi bin a bucket full of leaves that were wet over the existing pile in there

11/2 fed pumpkin

gave the bins pumpkin today
the demo bin was dry on top so that received a good dose of water

10/31 3 #S of worms

received my 3 pounds of worms from Jerry Gach the worm dude  today
all worms came in alive and well packed
gave them a sprinkle bath to rehydrate them with a spray bottle
put them all in the 55 gal flow thru which will be easier for now till they multiply

10/28 new demo bin

put away the pretzel bin for now and made the demo bin from pretzel bin
didn't look like many worms in there but just dumped it in the other bin
was quite a few in the coffee grounds

10/27 fed bins

gave the blue bin lots of potato peels and radish tops and 2 burger buns crushed up
the stackable received a few banana peels
and the juvi bin the lettuce scraps

haven't seen any hummers since around oct 25th,,but did give some new water out there if any do come thru
were 2 male hummers the same anna and a juvi with a patch on the throat and red sides about halfway up its neck

10/23 fed flow thru and blue bin

gave the flow thru a few more banana peels and the corn stalks & cobs
gave the blue bin a few banana peels and stirred it up,,lots of babies and juvis and a couple adults

10/22 leaves and birds

gave leaves and cardboard to the stackable
gave leaves to the isopod bin
and 3 hummers are showing up now
a juvi anna with just red on the sides of his head and a patch on its neck
the regular male anna and poss a female

10/20 fed bins

gave the juvi bin the lettuce mix
gave banana peels to the stackable and flow thru

10/16 watered blue bin - moved adults

gave almost a gallon of water to the blue bin
no adults seen yet but there was a almost hatched cocoon on the corn cob

moved more adults over to the stackable

10/15 split stackable

moved the worms over to the juvi bin and kept most adults in the stackable
found an escapee in the flow thru in the bottom

10/13 made flow thru

made the flow thru and put in the worms from the juvi bin in there

10/11 fed pretzel bin

fed the pretzel bin the lettuce mix

10/7 fed blue bin

fed the blue bin some bread

10/4 fed pretzel bin

fed the pretzel bin 2 banana peels
the male anna has still been showing up plus 1-2 females

9/29 isopod bin mixed -- fed stackable

mixed up the isopod bin,,most leaves looked like mud and very wet
gave them more coffee grounds

still watermelon left,,waiting for that to finish before giving them the apple mix

still 2 hummers left
a male anna and a female

fed the stackable about 2-3 pounds of the apple mix that had a good layer of mold on top

9/23 fed stackable lettuce

gave the stackable lettuce,,worms were still in the watermelon

9/21 pretzel bin

moved most of the contents to the blue bin
found 75 out of the 80 worms started with

hundreds of babies and a few juvis in there

very few cocoons seen

made the bin again with cardboard,egg crate and coffee grounds
gave the bin 6-8 pieces of moldy bread throughout the bin 

only 2-3 hummers hanging around

9/19 split stackable

split half the stackable to the juvi bin
cut up the watermelon for them to eat it faster
did see babys feeding off the watermelon already

9/18 fed stackable

fed half a watermelon to stackable

cut up apples cole slaw  blueberries carrots celery for the next feeding

9/14 fed blue bin - new coffee grounds

gave coffee grounds to the blue bin,,saw very few worms in it

gave a piece of carrot pancake to the stackable

9/13 2nd feeder bread stackable

gave 1 peice of bread to the stackable

and put up the 2nd feeder out back

9/12 fed stackable

lots of sprouts from the cantaloupe left over in the bin

gave a good clump of coffee in it

lots of cocoons thru the bin

no maggots were seen and no broccoli left and no plum

gave the pretzel bin some water and poked around some,,most worms were down in the bin a few small babys in there

isopod bin seems well,,seen babys in there and some on the coffee 

9/7 fem rufous -- fed stackable

female rufous  showed up

and fed the stackable the broccoli celery radish mix

covered with a layer of wet cardboard,,and dry cardboard on top of that

9/4 rain 9/5 cleaned isopod bin

9/4 rained for a few hours and got the stackable a good soaking

9/5 cleaned out some water and muck out of the isopod bin ,,put in shredded cardboard
quite a few babys i'm seeing now

9/3 moved juvis

moved most juvis to the blue bin and half of the material over there also to give the remaining adults a better chance
also put more cardboard and gave some of the coffee ground mixture to them

8/29 fed stackable

fed the stackable the other half  of the bucket with cantaloupe in it

Georgina gave a couple pizza boxes for the cause and shredded them on top

most of the other food was gone but some cantaloupe was still being eatened away  at

sometime around the first of sept i put in the 2 whole corn cobs

8/28 fed pretzel bin & juvis

fed lettuce to the pretzel bin and juvis
put more cardboard in the pretzel bin and a cardboard cover -- then in a box for the darkness

8/26 fed stackable

gave the stackable half of the food bucket which had,,strawberries - lettuce - cucumbers - cantaloupe
in one big clump in the middle of the bin and covered

8/24 fed pretzel bin

gave the pretzel bin some cantaloupe pieces and found a baby worm,,looks just born

8/18 gave watermelon slices to the stackable

8/17 transferred more adults

well after last night got the idea of taking material away from the stackable and making it smaller for the worms to find each other but as i was taking it out i kept finding more tiny babies

they had to have been just bigger than a piece of thread or abouts the same size,,these were newborns and saw some larger juvis in the bin

so i left that the way it was and just gave them more water

i moved another 4-5 dozen at least and still have more in the juvi bin

8/16 fluffed up stackable

went thru and fluffed it up,,a few small juvis in it,,quite a few unprocessed banana peels

was warm down below,,most likely due to the coffee grounds but lots of worms in it
saw some small clumps of worms around eggshells

put newspaper on both ends to help with ones trying to explore the wild west

8/14-8/15 more birds fed pretzel bin

8/14 seems more birds are starting to show up to the feeder
male anna  and a few females

8/15 fed pretzel bin some coffee grounds

8/11 fed stackable

the stackable received the celery mixture with crushed eggshells

and 4-5 banana peels and a little lettuce

watered the pretzel bin a little

and gave the pillbug bin a huge mushroom in about a foot diameter

8/8 coffee to the trumpet- adults ate the celery

gave about a pound or more of coffee grounds to the trumpet plant

looked in on the stackable and didn't see any of the celery in there

8/6-7 moved adults from juvi - male rufous

8/6 male rufous showed up

8/7 moved over 2 dozen adults from the juvi bin to the stackable
saw quite a few around the area of where the celery was dumped
little standing water in the juvi bin --mixed up the bin to the other side
watered the pretzel jar and saw 3 adults in the banana

female rufous and a male anna have been showing up lately,,occasionally a female anna

8/5 fed celery and peeked around

feed the stackable the celery scraps and took a quick look to see what was going on

8/4 adult bin bread

gave the stackable 5 pieces of bread

8/1 fed pretzel bin

gave the pretzel bin a whole banana /skin also

made 3 drainage holes

7/31 fed isopods

gave the isopod bin some green weeds

and the birds have been kinda scarce,had a female broadtailed yesterday and lately has been a male anna

7/28 new pretzel bin

made the new bin up and started with 80 worms and maybe a cocoon in progress
put in a little coffee filter and horse manure in the layer and a good layer of egg crate

also added more horse manure to the stackable

7/24 I'm a Father !! and moved worms

a new father to 3-4 new baby worms i found today,,could be more in the bin
moved at least another 5-6 dozen to the adult bin

7/24 egg shell grinder

what i use to grind up eggshells with

7/22 fed and moved more adults

fed 3 more banana peels and gave the juvi's more coffee grounds

went thru and moved 2-3 dozen more adults to the stackable

7/20 fed juvi banana peels

fed the juvi bin 3 banana peels

7/19 juvi bin corn husks

put the corn husks on top of the juvi bin and covered them with cardboard

7/18 refill feeders/horse manure adult bin

refilled both feeders
and gave the adult bin some horse manure

7/17 adult corn cob

gave the adult bin 4 corn cobs

7/16 juvi cardboard

put some more cardboard in the juvi bin to cover up the coffee grounds and gave them a banana peel

7/15 water worm bin

watered both worm bins

juvi worm bin had little sprouts in them all over the top and gave them 2lbs of coffee grounds/filters

7/13 male rufous

had a male rufous show up a couple times today
we had our first big monsoon storm of the year ,,a few inches of water  in the buckets i collected

7/10 stacked bin

started the stackable and put 3-5 dozen adult to near adult worms in it
and coffee from the back porch container

7/8 fed worms

gave the worms apples and a banana peel /juvi bin

6/5 coffee grounds

the grounds in the 2lb can went from 3/4 full to down to an inch from mold eating it
soaked the old grounds in the back and made another 2lb can to go

same amount of birds hanging around

4th rain

we had some decent light to mild rain

the worm bin was dry again and let it rain on it and still gave it more water

seems without the cover it keeps drying out quicker than it should
its been only 4 days but having a rain shower seems the best to get it decently wet

and the black chinned turned out to be an anna all this time with the feathers showing different in the shadows

7/2 sprinkles

turned the pillbug bin,,nice and wet underneath,,they ate some of the potato ,,added a handful of leaves
and the bread was all gone
started to  sprinkle at 8:23  AM

about the same activity with the hummers,,midday not many seen with the heat

6/29-6/30 F rufous..water worm bin

6/29 female rufous showed up

6/30 watered worm bin,,gave the egg crate of apples
most of the bin was moist and worms thru out
more cardboard and newspaper on top

6/28 main feeder refill

refilled the main feeder halfway

and the past couple just mainly females and so far a male black chinned today

gave more water to the pillbug bin

watered worm bin 6/26

gave the worm bin a coffee container of water,,pillbug bin had condensation on the lid and was warm
lots were on top of the bark and under

when the weather is cool hummers show up,,as it heats they tend not to show up as much

the red headed bird and the female have been collecting lint for the nest in the tree next to the mobile home in the back

they started yesterday and was out there above me this morning as i was harvesting the pillbug pit

6/24

had a male anna and a blick chinned show up at the feeder and the few females that do also

6/23 temp 83

some activity at the feeder mostly females
with the temps in the 80's and a breeze they seem to show up

i had standing water in the bin,,put too much in yesterday,,added more cardboard and mixed in the shredded paper in the bin

found a banana peel and a whole banana still left in the bin

all the VC was like gritty dirt,,possibly too wet right as it is

6/22 temp 93

with the high temps the birds are not as active during the day
just a couple females - anna and a male anna

every other day i harvest pillbugs now and the bark seems to work,,gave the bin more water soaked the bark seeing the pillbugs were all over them yesterday and today

worm bin gave a layer of cardboard and shredded paper and watered pretty well

not sure if its getting enough water still 

6/20 male anna-- bark for the isopds

saw a male anna show up this morning and females are mostly showing up these days,,new female since yesterday,,kinda flighty and not settling down much as she drinks

and i took out  some paper from the isopod bin and added dead flies,,wet bark and lots of leaves,,the dried bread crumbs i had and soaked a piece of bread with water

and over 3 dozen more added to the bin

6/19 pillbug bin

gave a whole chopped potato to the pillbugs

6/18 watered bins

seen a few female hummers come by so far


went and got more pillbugs,,doing this every other day seems to work out to get new adults and babies in there
there did seem more today,,put in some thin new green grass

added more grass and watered the pit

had to redo the pillbug bin as to due to ants with my idea for having soil,,but found out where they like to hide out at
under wet newspaper in a corner

the new corncobs in the worm bin had mold already hid them down deeper in the bedding and gave the bin a healthy dose of water in it

6/16 refill

refilled the main feeder,,,about the same activity,,did hear a couple annas this morning while in was outside
and the female black chinned in the top of the tree next to the driveway was there again

gathered another 3-4 dozen pillbugs for the bin again,,lack of bugs in the pit but found a bunch under the water bucket

jon saw a red summer tanager in the tree next to the driveway

took a few banana peels from the rosebush and am re-hydrating them  for the pillbug bin after seeing a couple under the trumpet plant this morning

worm bin update 6/14

saw a female black chinned being vocal in the tree while i was out back this morning then flew off

checked on the bins to make sure they had enough moisture,,they had enough and it was warm in there on the food side and added more water---and there were castings in the food section already

added some horse manure on the other,,dampened it some added over 3 dozen at least or more and dirt to the bin,,some earwigs got in too,,cardboard was till damp in there

6/12 - 6/13

a male anna has shown up and still a couple females

the worm bin has is covered with a thin blanket to control the fruit flies,,will check tomorrow on moisture

6/10-6/11

about the same activity ,,did see the black chinned come back yesterday in the afternoon

the trumpet bloomed the rest and the flowers are dieing off

 6/11 started an isopod only bin to multiply them with wet cardboard,,newspaper,,and green weeds

6/9 - 6/10 temp 82

was more bird activity than it has been,,the same couple females and broadtailed

gathered at least 3 dozen more pillbugs making around 10 dozen or so in the bin

crushed 3 dozen or more eggshells added the lettuce from the pit which was mostly eaten in a couple days

threw out a banana and half apple to help with the fruit fly infestation ,,and its airing outside today
the worms seems to be hanging in the area of the celery mix and in the middle where all the moisture is

the trumpet is almost done flowering for now,,no new buds are seen as of yet

6/9 worm bin apples - bread crumbs

had a male broad tailed show up before 5:30 AM

and put 4 Puréed apples onto an 3/4 egg crate and 1/4 egg crate with moisted bread crumbs in the other corner

6/7 6/8

same amount of bird activity ,,couple females fighting and the male broad tailed

trumpet seems to had bloom the few other flowers on it ,,no new growth for new flower pods

thursday 6/7 i opened the worm bin to make sure the worms weren't dead and they all went over to the celery cucumber slop and ate that,,added egg shells,,,,added the corn cob friday

6/6 temp 81

was little activity saw a couple females fight a few times and a male black chinned

did refill the saucer as it was totally dry

6/4 temp 84 breezy

not as much activity today was breezy
saw a couple females and the male broadtailed

did wet down the worm bin found another banana and half apple on the other side of the bin,,moved over to the food side

i'll let it sit for 2 weeks then look at what is going on {june 19th}

6/4 temp 86

was a few birds but not too active as it has been

dumped the soupy mix of celery and cucumbers in the worm bin

will have too see if its too much food in there now

6/2 worms - temp 85

got my worms today and put them in the bin till i see what i can scavenge for another bin

the black chinned came back and a juvenile showed up

6/1 temp 91-94

the male broadtailed showed up and 2 new female broadtaileds fighting for the feeder at times

5/31 92 degrees

was a little activity the thin female and male broadtailed just showed up

5/29 - 5/30

same amount of activity
the hummers are being more vocal the past 2 days

the other red bird-red head and belly brown rear with tan stripes and eating the yellow flowers brought a female yesterday and 2 today

5/27 - 5/28

same amount of feeders activity quite a bit

jon spotted a female out in front by the hedges hovering catching flies

5/28 was out front and the same female was once again hovering for about a minute

was out watering the trumpet and refilled the main feeder about just less than half when a female came by and poked her head in the flower itself only to be chased away by another female

the trumpet has 4 open flowers on it now

5/26 windy

was really windy for most of the day but the birds still came by at the same amount

the male anna wasn't seen but a black chinned showed up again
and the same 2 females were here also

trumpet creeper

5/25 trumpet creeper blooms

didn't take long for it to bloom had 2 flowers opened on it

same 3 birds the male anna and 2 females,,one which is a anna and the other a broad tailed

refilled the saucer feeder today too

5/23

the male anna showed up once and the 2 females - broadtailed and the new plump anna has been fighting the past few days,,they did share the feeder for about 30 seconds and thats all they could stand of each other

5/21

just the male anna and female anna and the female black chinned

the trumpet creeper had 8 then 11 now 13 buds on top,,there getting a darker red/orange

5/19

had a male anna show up which i thought and it was vocal as a black chinned

and 2 other females..one had a patch on the throat poss a anna

5/18

just saw the female most of the day and the male anna

5/17

just the thin female all day and the male anna showed up right before dark

5/16

5/15 yesterday went out to mom's and trimmed up her vines and trees out back
just saw 1 male black chinned

and just 2 females at the feeder thru out the day // possibly an anna and the black chinned

5/13

about the same increased activity for the past few days but the broad tailed wasn't around at all

the male anna has increased its visits

i dug out the trench a little more and added more cardboard and grass to the top
put up some twine for the vine to crawl up to the clothesline on and found another main stem on the plant that was bound in shipping

pictures of what i've been doing

5/11

about the same at the feeders
the broadtailed at the saucer and the male anna and female black chinned at the main,,at times fighting for it now

didn't do much at the trench,,watered it and put a cover on it

5/11 vericompost trench

did lots of reading and made a vericompost trench next to the trumpet creeper
the top part has the bedding,,cardboard,egg crates and newspaper

the bottom has the food right now apples ,,banana peels and an egg shell

going to put a board for the top today for the cover

did see more activity at the feeders,,the male broad tailed and the female black chinned hover for a few and was singing like crazy,,thats how i knew it was a black chinned,,had a thought it was anyway
she was busy all day long coming to the feeder with not to much downtime

5/10

had a male anna show up to the saucer and use the main one too a few times

had a female anna and male black chinned show up to the main feeder

no fruit flys in the hanging banana plate yet but there going into liquid somewhat on the bottom

going to try to start a hole to grow worms to help the soil out by the trumpet creeper and see what the outcome is on that

5/9

the male broad tailed is still using the saucer but has come over a few times to use the other one

and a female with a throat patch has shown up 2 times once yesterday and once this morning

did have a "western tanager" i think at the nesting hanger getting some for their nest

well its smaller than a tanager,,it was a yellowish green all over,,finch chickadee?

2 sightings

the male broadtailed is staying around still and maybe a juvenile was at the other feeder..it had a little fluffy gray on the tail feathers but was a quick look at it

yesterday

the male broadtailed came a few times and seems to be favoring the saucer
the female or young juvenile not sure now seeing this one looked thinner paid a visit a few times

dug some more around the trumpet creeper for the water to hold there

and took away the flagstone from the rose bush and put the banana peels at the base
its looking better with leaves on it at least

trumpet creeper

5/4 no birds were seen

yesterday i went and bought a trumpet creeper "Balboa Sunset" at  Watters Garden for $16.39 after tax
was a little smaller than there $30.00 pots but will grow
i put  a bunch of banana peels under it for fertilizer

and i put up a hanging plate with a plateful of bananas to see if any fruit flies produce out of that at all
and see if any birds try just eating them

going to open up some space around the rosebush i'm trying to revive,,it has flagstone it seems around it,,which it won't be for long

and the male broad tailed seems to only feed at the saucer and even came over to the window to find it there where it was placed before

the female black chinned  has come back a few times to feed too yesterday

windy - couple sightings

saw a male broadtailed once the day before and the female black chinned a couple times yesterday

been very windy lately

windy

was windy thru the whole day and just saw the male broadtailed at the saucer feeder
heard another fly off but didn't see who it was

yesterdays birds

the male broadtailed made an appearance once and the male black chinned came back a few times and the female so a little activity was seen

yesterday and this morning

yesterday was very little activity,,saw the male at the saucer and the female once at the main

but i think i saw my first calliope just now,,the throat resembles the markings of pictures but it looked black,,it was trying every port on the feeder and hovering alot..right away i knew it was different

and my mom got her first oriole yesterday also,,guess the new feeder paid off having and setting it up

Feeder down

well the twine holding the feeder didn't hold up to the weight of it
saw something go down in the corner of my eye and looked out and it wasn't hanging there anymore

nothing broke just a hairline crack i saw inside
have noticed a few drops but that could be from refilling it again

did only see a couple birds,,once today,, the male broadtailed  and female

Rain - Hail

well it rained hard for a couple hours and hailed for about 5 minutes

the male broad tailed came once and a new bird possibly a female anna just once,,she was short and fat ,,green and white belly

new bird

saw a new bird this aft,,was totally green and a reddish belly,,possibly a juvenile ? just hovered in front of the feeder but didn't drink any

and the 2 other birds just made maybe 1-2 appearances

was cloudy and some wind,,suppose to rain tonight

fresh new water

put in fresh water  in the feeder as it was almost out ,,filled it to about 50

saw the male broadtailed once this morning and that was the only time
the female has been sparsely thru the day

yesterday

same 2 birds,,the make and female broadtailed,seem the only ones showing up
put some more banana peels in the container,,no fruit flys yet

i  did move the saucer feeder over on the clothes line for the birds to empty that 

little activity

just saw the male and female broad tailed today once,,so the bugs must be abundant

todays activity

same few birds as there have been..around the same  number of visits,,did put out a couple more banana peels in the container,,no fruit  flys as of yet

backyard sightings

with the warmer weather the activity has dropped the past couple days,,more likely with bugs and so forth to feed on
just have a new female broad tailed showed up yesterday,,i can tell shes new as she flaps her wings and settles down after a bit to drink

the only other one is the male broad tailed feeding on both feeders,,the only one that does so far

i made up a hanging nesting cage as its called,,saw it for sale for around $13 and made one for free out of chicken wire,,filled it with dryer lint and hung it on the closeline next to the nesting box for them to gather from

also put out the plastic container containing 5 apple cores,,2 over ripe bananas and 2 apples,,put in 2 more bananas today to attract fruit flys for the birds

seems i'm going to wait for Watters garden to get their trumpet vines in stock ready to sell to plant one in the backyard

Yesterday oriole feeder

went out to my parent's house and put up their new oriole feeder,,had to do other things out there too and watched what was coming to there hummingbird feeder

was a female and male black chinned thru out the day till dark that was observed

First Rufous visit

today just before 10 AM a Rufous decided to make a quick stop,,just saw him once and never came back thru the day
the same other birds visited all day and no breaks in the middle of the day like it has been

the black chinned came back this afternoon till dark

todays activity

had numerous visits today,,thought the snow day was busy and today puts it to shame
usually during the mid day to afternoon there hasn't been any activity but today there was
i'm basing it on the new feeder where they can sit and drink and look around a bit instead of hovering with  the old one
no one has even touched the old one just hanging 5 feet away

i've had the anna back which has been territorial
and a green one with a light brown belly
a smaller green one with a light tanish white belly

New Feeder

put up my new 32 ounce feeder where i had my saucer feeder at and moved the saucer next to the window

just 1 bird today in the late afternoon after 5 was all green but tiny compared to the birds that have been here

put out the apple cores in the plastic pretzel container for them to have fruit flys attracted to that and make more flys for the birds to eat

was a light to mild rain this aft so that might had been a reason for the lack of birds

Enhancing my Backyard

a few things i've done to enhance my backyard to attract hummingbirds and regular birds are

1: put out 2 old metal refrigerator drawers for water
2: 1 8 ounce hummingbird saucer feeder
3: 1 nesting box with Dryer lint for making nests
4: cut up lots of little branches into useable nesting material


upcoming things going in
a 32 ounce hummingbird feeder so there will be 2 feeders in the backyard
and a trumpet vine to grow on the clothes line for the birds to feed off from

Snow Day

4/14/2012,3:11 pm ,snow today and inch so far with melting and still snowing,,1 chunky Anna showed up in the early afternoon for a quick drink,,had another bird show up,,tanish green,,no other markings,,make that 2 more birds showing up today,,i fat chunky all green one and the black headed one i looked around and sems to be a female black chinned,,cannot see any violet on its neck,,just a white band below the neckline

Time of Feeder put out

put out my feeder in early march ..1st week i think
since then have had 8 different birds show up,,most Anna's ,,1 kinda thin tan and green,,1 with a black head and and orange patch on its throat,,a couple of fat Annas