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Published: 2015-01-12 01:18:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 655; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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A Dark-eyed Junco in my old Christmas tree. I put this tree out right when it started to get freezing outside. The Juncos were attracted to the tree even before I poured millet all inside of it. It provides great protection during winter feeding from both predators and the weather. Frasier Firs tend to stay pretty green throughout the winter so I get this type of tree for the holidays and put it outside under my feeders from January through April. After that, it becomes part of my brush pile.Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
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Comments: 16
Beautiful Junco! This one is different from the ones I get. They look the same just different colored feathers.
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mdm,terrific capture,l love these little birds,they use my feeders,but prefer mostly to eat on the ground...Β Β
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Thank you! Mine prefer the ground as well. I get a lot of them foraging all over the place!
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good idea to recycle your tree that way 
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Yes, I do! I have several types of feeders - suet, sunflower, safflower, thistle, peanut... I also pour millet in certain protected spots. I don't get a huge variety of feeder birds just yet (not like my old house, but I do get a ton of birds passing through) but I think that once more of my new plants grow in, I will attract more birds
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Now that we don't have any more outdoor cats
we've taken to growing bird friendly plants and
setting up feeding stationsΒ - here the main problem
- especially in winter - is fresh water - so, we make sure there
is lots of it out every day and are rewarded with lots and lots of
bathers in our back yard
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You really captured the nature ofΒ the little Junco in your photograph. just lovely.
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