Yesterday I hung the bird feeders for the first time this fall. One hulled seed tube and one thistle tube at the edge of the front yard next to a thicket of evergreen trees. An ideal spot.
![birdfeeders bird feeders hung in the front yard](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/birdfeeders-300x400.jpg)
I had put off filling the large sunflower seed feeder (off to the left and not visible in these pictures) in the hopes that the little birds would have a chance to discover that the feeders were up before the jays descended. That didn’t quite work out the way I had hoped.
![jaysatfeeder first feeder visitors](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jaysatfeeder-300x400.jpg)
I know the little birds are out there waiting — I have seen them bustling in and out of the trees behind the feeders. Soon, soon…