The house I moved into a couple years ago has woods and a stream behind it. The amount of birds I see is incredible. I put a few feeders out and I could probably see 100 birds in a day. My favorite is a pair of Carolina Wrens that forage around.
My toddler noticed a Northern Flicker the other day and it’s the first time I’ve seen one. We have at least 4 species of wood peckers that also stop by. There’s also a pair of red tail hawks that live close by. The female is huge.
How do you get crows to come close? They visit my woods but the trees are very high and they never come down.
I don’t really go out of my way to get the crows to come close. They do if they want to, sometimes I’ve left something out that they can get before I get it to compost. Mostly I just show them respect and they do seem to recognize it. They see me walk pup around them if they’re rooting around nearby, and they give us space if they see we don’t have an easy way around.
If you do want to make friends, a buddy of mine has done really well leaving unsalted peanuts in shells.
My toddler noticed a Northern Flicker the other day and it’s the first time I’ve seen one. We have at least 4 species of wood peckers that also stop by. There’s also a pair of red tail hawks that live close by. The female is huge.
How do you get crows to come close? They visit my woods but the trees are very high and they never come down.