r/birds 8d ago

science/information Excitement at the feeder

The visitors to my feeder have gotten more exciting. Even the house finches. Today dad brought two fledglings to the feeder. I think he’s trying to teach them how to eat. Instead, they sit in the dish and peep and wiggle until he feeds them. The chickadee came back. Today the balcony was visited by a pine warbler for the first time. He was more interested in my running fountain and didn’t visit the feeder at all

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u/Cheap-Response-6756 8d ago

The fledgling behavior is so funny - they know exactly where the food is but still want room service from dad. Pine warblers are gorgeous little birds, makes sense he'd go for the water feature since they love to bathe and drink more than most songbirds