feed the birds

With national bird count day coming up, we copied this idea for a bird feeder and had a great time preparing and hanging it. However, all the birds seem to have flown away. We spotted a couple of chickadees yesterday but nothing else besides our own chickens. It's been warmer. Have they all gone north? or west? east, maybe? They shouldn't be going south.

I should add that our winter birds consist of juncos, a few chickadees--still my favourite bird, the occasional flock of sparrows and a rarely visiting blue jay. After having lived in Costa Rica where birds were as abundant as Canadian snowflakes, this seems barren.

But those flashes of colour and life do bring us joy when they come.