r/birdfeeding

I’ve never seen a hawk get butt kicked by some birds.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks

April 2026 / Migration

Central GA

moved into a new neighborhood (like theyre still building homes here) and had this bird feeder up around then. a year later, theyre finally coming thruuu!!! little me feels happy. it looks like a finch comes most often!

Hi!! New at bird feeding here in Montana. My main birds are sparrows. Ive heard they can be aggressive and I see that in my two feeders so I fear they are detering other birds. So I put one feeder for the sparrows and I saw this finch sock thing. (We have house finchs) ive seen them, just never at the feeder. Do these actually work? Or ehat should I try? I also have a bird bath that has bigger seeds in it too in the same area.

She does NOT look pleased at all 😬😂

Edit: took down the feeders and will give them a good clean.

It doesn’t look like a disease, especially since both eyes look normal. Can anyone tell what that is? Should I pause feeding to stop spread?

Pretty straight forward. Not entirely sure if this nyjer is still good or not. It's dry, there's no mold that I can see, I'm not sure how nyjer usually smells when it's fresh, but I don't know about the colour. Apparently it's supposed to be black, but this seems more brown? The bag was stored outside during winter, no water got in it, it seems completely normal. I just want to make sure it's safe to put out to try and attract some finches.

The reason I get fewer birds

These pictures aren’t great quality but this is my personal record for mourning doves - there were 14 of them by my feeder this day. I was so excited to see so many!

Hadnt seen them in 2 days, was a little worried as the neighbors had made a lot of noise. But dad came back tonight. Should see her in the morning. Glad I put out extra today.