Eat like a bird? Hmmm....

All my life I've heard people say "eats like a bird" to describe someone who doesn't eat much... but I have to say that from what I've seen this winter, that I'm not sure that's a very accurate description....

We started out feeding some of the sunflowers we grew this summer and some bagged seed here and there. Here a cardinal couple and a blue jay enjoy the cuisine.

We also saw sparrows and mourning doves.... Then we got a really cool big feeder for Christmas ... and it didn't take the birds long to find it-- and eat, and eat, and eat!

House finches

Blue Jays

Cardinals, sparrows... and the dark guy in the front middle is a brown-headed cowbird. I had never noticed one up close before. We looked it up on whatbird.com and found out what he was.

Then I think he must have told his fifty closest friends about our feeders. They were all over the place-- and on the other feeder too, but I scared them off before I could get that picture taken.

The finch are some of my favorites to watch. We have several American Goldfinch and House Finch who stop and visit.

I guess you could say it's the number off birds eating that makes all the food disappear and not that one bird eats so much... but whatever the case, they sure do go through the birdseed!