The Birds at Your Feeder Have Already Figured Out Exactly Who You Are

You stand at the kitchen window with your coffee and watch the cardinal at the feeder, the chickadee working the sunflower seeds, the nuthatch on the post below. You notice their colors. You know which ones are regulars. You have been watching long enough to have favorites. What you have not considered is the other direction of that attention. In this video we go through six things the birds at your feeder have already figured out about you — the recognition file they built on your face in the first week your feeder went up, what your feeder placement told them before you ever opened the back door, what it means that they brought their offspring to your yard specifically, where you sit in the dominance hierarchy they run at your feeder every morning, what the thirty minutes after you fill the feeder reveals about exactly where you stand with your birds, and what it means that an animal whose entire existence is built around never trusting the wrong thing has decided to trust yours. Stay until the end. The last thing is not about behavior or biology. It is about what it costs a wild bird to land at your feeder every morning — and what it means that it keeps doing it. ———————————————— The Near Wild explores the hidden behavior of backyard wildlife — and what the animals outside your door have been trying to tell you all along. Subscribe for new videos every week. @TheNearWild