Me and the Birds

 Bird feeding is a habit I started a few years back.    My thinking was that if I supplemental feed the birds maybe they will hang around and eat some of the insects damaging our trees.   During the spring I do notice more birds in the woods when the insects are active.  I go through 40 pounds of sunflower seeds a month.    The Tractor Supply Store just down the highway has a good supply, plus it gives me a good excuse to look at things I don't need.  During these winter months I fill the feeders every other day.   In the afternoons when the feeders are empty many of the birds, mostly Nuthatches gather on the grape arbor and stare into the nearby window of the house trying to tell me, " you better feed us or we are going elsewhere."  

Just wishful thinking or am I losing it?