Great pics!

I use shepards hooks and spread the feeders out alittle and keep the squirrels where I want them. The feeders can be moved apart alittle more to give them more room and "territory".

Looks like you are really getting into it!

We had two great horned owls move into our trees last night. They hooted for hours starting about 2 in the morning. This is the time of year they pair up for mating I think.

 

My folks have a Coopershawk that stalks their feeders. The guy is bold. He doesn't readily take off when your in the area. If you spook his food away, he gets mad and screeches befor ehe takes off. They've also had a nesting pair of Redtales that don't seem to be brave enuff to come into the feeders. It's fun to watch them early in the summer when the baby's are out of the nest. Her hummingbirds will buzz you too when your in the way. A lot of my mom's gardening is based on feeding the birds throughout the year.

 

Great pix of the birds and feeders. Looks like you have quite a flock that hangs around. The desert has a lot of different birds. I'm just getting started with the feeders. We have quite a large flock of sand hill cranes that nest here at the lake during the winter. They are quite noisy. I may expand the feeders this spring to see how many varieties show up.

 

My neighbor here in our RV park has a real neat squirrel feeder. He took a 1"x4" board about 4 feet long and tapered it to a point on one end. It is mounted on a bolt through a hole drilled in the center of the board, just like an airplane propeller but heavier on one end. He puts a cob of dried corn on a nail that is sticking up from the pointed end of the board. When the squirrels jump on it they are in for a ride because their weight causes the board to spin down. The squirrels will hold on, get a piece of corn and jump off and eat it. Its really amusing watching them. If any one is interested, I will take some pics and post them on here.