Once they eat from the feeder when you are standing right next to it, try holding your hand out, palm up, on or right beside the feeder. The birds will eventually eat near your hand.

Feeders in our yard — eight for seed, three for suet — all are located no more than 20 feet from a tree or bush. Six of those feeders are on our deck. Birds most often carry seed to a birch ...

With all these birds coming into town, there's keen competition for food. When you set up a bird feeder in your yard they will find it and make your house a regular stop on their daily activities.