If you hang it, they will come......

So when I'm not fueling my obsession with Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society and curing cancer as a whole, I've tried to focus on other things to make me a more well rounded person. I decided a few months ago I'd like to become a bird person. I read an article about the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail (http://www.alabamacoastalbirdingtrail.com/ if you're interested) and I thought it would be a fun new pass time. In my efforts to become more "birdie" or whatever you want to call it, I bought a new bird feeder for the backyard. Straight from the Dollar General. We hung it up in the backyard on Sunday and I'll have to admit, I've been a little disappointed at the turn out. I've been watching it really closely and I've seen lots of fly-bys but none seem to want to stop and try out the new restaurant on the block. Who could pass up cracked corn and all kinds of delicious little seeds and what-nots? We also have a BIG FINE birdhouse on a 45 ft pole that my father-in-law put up for me last summer. I mean, free dinner and a nice place to stay? Does it get any better? Apparently it does because no birds have shown up yet. Here's a picture of one like I bought, mine's on the far left:



With that said, if anyone has any suggestions on how to attract birds to your top quality DG feeder and your Southfork-style birdhouse, email me.