We get scrub jays, house finches and mourning doves at the regular feeder.

(and one rat that eats the spilled seeds)

Actually it's this one. Because we noticed we had finches:

There's no real need, birds already get a minority of their food from feeders, they have lots and lots of wild sources and especially in summer if they need insects they're already off finding them

I leave my thistle feeder up for finches year-round and I see a huge fluctuation in use from month to month depending on what's available for them to eat that isn't at my feeder - like I get a lot more finches in winter, whereas right now a couple just briefly stop by and then move on once a day or so

they're pretty capable of finding food as they need to and usually don't come to rely on feeders as their main food source

excellent. Because I like watching them and the cats like watching them.

yeah! no harm in it, just keep those feeders clean and you're all good

yeah when I clean the hummingbird feeder specifically I'm always shocked at how much the poop. so tiny. so much poop

lmao yes

me every time I clean my bird bath too

the regular feeder is one that if they sit on the rim they'll crap on the ground so it doesn't get as gross but damn, the hummingbirds are just going to town on that thing.

why do you guys poop in this so much

why are you pooping in your bathwater???

I say that to my gecko a lot too

geckos and birds have a lot in common it turns out