{"id":7936,"date":"2025-02-16T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T00:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:57:05","slug":"bird-feeders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/16\/bird-feeders\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Feeders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I went up on the little hill behind the RV Drive to replenish the various birdseed feeders we have up there. The feeders attract birds and other wildlife to the small area of natural, unimproved desert. We enjoy seeing the varieties of critters that come around.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst on the hill after the replenishments, I took photos of our feeders with the Camera Phone*. These are listed below along with the photos.<\/p>\n<p>First up is the &#8220;Pagoda;&#8221; it hangs in the mesquite tree up on the hill:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-pagoda.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-pagoda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7956\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-pagoda.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-pagoda-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-pagoda-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, is the &#8220;Rotunda&#8221; which also hangs in the mesquite with an elongated &#8220;S&#8221; hook on one of the branches:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-rotunda.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-rotunda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7957\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-rotunda.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-rotunda-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-rotunda-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our biggest bird feeder is the &#8220;Bird Church&#8221; hanging in the same tree from a short &#8220;S&#8221; hook:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-bird-church.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-bird-church.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7958\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-bird-church.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-bird-church-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-bird-church-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nyjer Seed Feeders hang from a double crook toward the front (house side) of the hill:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-nyjer-seed-feeders.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-nyjer-seed-feeders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7959\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-nyjer-seed-feeders.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-nyjer-seed-feeders-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-nyjer-seed-feeders-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Seed Wheel, the Block and the Bell feeders are on another crook a bit further back from the house&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-block-and-wheel-feeders.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-block-and-wheel-feeders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-block-and-wheel-feeders.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-block-and-wheel-feeders-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216-block-and-wheel-feeders-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on any image to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p>*The phone camera is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samsung_Galaxy_S23\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung S23<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I went up on the little hill behind the RV Drive to replenish the various birdseed feeders we have up there. The feeders attract&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,12,3,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-critters","category-photography","category-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8006,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions\/8006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}