We have bird feeders on our front porch, and the birds will actually come right onto the porch and eat while we are watching from the front door or the picture window . We have a lot of cardinals; which are truly beautiful, at least the male ones are. The females are just a plain brown color and not the brilliant red of the males.
There are a lot of smaller birds that come and eat, too, although I am not sure what kind they are. The ones that are my favorites, however, are the Mourning Doves.
They usually walk around on the lawn looking for any spilled seeds, and often will walk right up the ramp and onto the porch.
Unlike the other birds, the doves do not fly up to the bird feeders and eat, they walk along on the ground or the porch floor, and eat the seeds that have fallen out of the feeders.
Especially in the winter, when it is hard for the birds to find enough food to eat, they appreciate being able to fly in every day and visit our "buffet lunch". So, even though we don't know what each one of the birds are, and never take pictures of them either, we enjoy watching them when they come to the porch to eat.
I also put bread crumbs out in the yard and the birds and squirrels both enjoy coming along and getting bites of that. Plus, the older bread is not just wasted that way; so it is good all the way around.
