I love these fellows. They are timid and often hide in the bushes. But sometimes they come out to hunt for seeds under our bird feeder. For the longest time, I only saw one Towhee, but recently I counted two of them! I think they might be a couple.
This picture shows you what a year’s worth of bird traffic has done to the area under our stand-alone bird feeder pole. We installed it in our backyard last year. It was lawn underneath, but the lawn directly under the hanging feeders seems to have died due to seed shells and heavy bird traffic. There is a small area right next to the feeder pole that has flourished though… Apparently the birds have provided plenty of natural fertilizer! Anyway, I don’t really have any landscaping ideas and the birds don’t care!
after using traditional wood and tube feeders last year. I like the idea of a metal feeder because it doesn’t get moldy or deteriorate from all the rain we get. I also like the platform feeder because it’s easy to see all of the birds in it…. I found with hopper style feeders, the birds would just throw out tons of seed. I feel I have more control of the quantity of seed available this way. I just put a cup of seed in it every morning. I will have to admit that some days I refill it twice when the birds are especially hungry, or when a bird like a Scrub Jay decides to come by and store a lot of the seed in their throat for later use!
