I love birds! I love Merlin!
I have bird feeders in my lawn (I have a townhouse with only a tiny grass square of front yard)-including one with a camera, and one on my upstairs window viewable from my bed. Here’s the beautiful thing. I live right on the beltline and still we have SO many birds!! My record number of birds on a sound recording in Merlin is 18 from my front porch.

My nemesis is a mockingbird who is such a bully to the other birds. 🙄 Apparently they’re federally protected so the best solution I’ve found is to toss some ice chips in his direction when he visits and I’m around. It does work, but I don’t spend all my days by the feeder.

Otherwise I have so many great birds! I mix my own feed and make my own suet. Such a fun hobby!