My feeder camera counted 50 different birds in one morning

Christopher Wilson · 2026-03-27T13:35:05.913133+00:00

I set up a little camera by my feeder in Atlanta to see who was visiting. Yesterday it logged fifty different birds before noon, which blew my mind. I was expecting maybe twenty, but it caught three kinds of woodpecker and a whole flock of goldfinches I never see from the window. Has anyone else had a count surprise them like that?

dakotal165mo ago

Wow, my friend's camera caught a hawk at her feeder, which was totally unexpected.

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noah2485mo ago

That's amazing, fifty is a huge number. I had the same kind of shock when I first put a camera out, you just don't realize how much you're missing from the window. It makes you wonder how many other birds are passing through that you never even know about.

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rayy833mo ago

Read somewhere that urban feeders can see twice the variety if you have water nearby too.

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