Paul

I tried a sit spot and found that it is not easy for me to sit in one spot for half an hour. But patience was rewarded; a northern cardinal set down and started singing close to where I was sitting. Also watched my feeders for a while to see where birds sat down prior to going to the feeders.  Have a mulberry close by that they use, but the specific spot they landed seemed to differ each time - making it tough to anticipate their landing.  Was more successful in predicting where they took off to, at least for a red-bellied woodpecker that picked a sunflower seed from the feeder and set down in the same spot on a dead branch of a nearby live oak each time to open the seed.  Was able to get his picture on one occasion.

Decided to focus on the Inca Dove that we have here in southern Louisiana, at the eastern edge of its distribution.  I read that it typically likes to feed on the ground, which is where I typically see them feeding.  One or more though feed on the bird feeder at times. One of the pictures shows it sitting on top of the feeder. It then slides down the roof of the feeder and  tries to jump on the platform of the feeder on its way down.  Doesn't always work, but at times it does.  Guess the lesson is to be prepared to see your target bird outside of its typical habitat.