Attracting birds

Grayson is really into birds right now, so I decided I should be trying to attract them for him. We had a couple bird feeders, and I bought two more. We get a wide variety of birds in our yard including hummingbirds, blue jays, cardinals, several finches, and then of course sparrows, pigeons and grackles. 

Andrew does not like pigeons and grackles, so his preference is that we can feed the birds, but not those. To keep out the big birds, most of  our feeders are exclusionary. 

Front porch- we actually get several hummingbirds out here. This is probably moving to the other column because we seem to hit our heads on it every time we weed.

Shed feeder. I thought this might be a good place since there are trees around for the birds as well. I've read you should put your feeder around trees so that they have somewhere protected to fly to if they see a predator. The cage keeps out the bigger birds pretty successfully, but I have seen a squirrel get inside it. He can't get out very quickly, which means you can really get him with a hose or water gun, but I still wish I could keep him out completely.

Second backyard feeder. This one has both a squirrel baffle and a spring that is supposed to keep heavier animals from eating. We haven't had the feeder long, but so far it's worked. The baffle minimizes but does not eliminate squirrel activity. 

I put another hummingbird feeder on our upstairs porch out front. This one is much prettier and was originally supposed to go downstairs, but until I switch the column the hanger is on it will need to be up here. This one is glass and hurts a lot more when you knock your head!

And we also have a wasp catcher up here since we have a minor wasp issue. So far we don't have any nests this year, so I'm crossing my fingers it stays that way.