Spring is in the air...

I opened up a bag of steel cut oatmeal today that was sitting in a forgotten corner of the pantry. I then noticed that the expiration date had passed. The oats were probably still fine, but I decided to search for an alternative use for them.

A few google searches later I learned that oat groats and steel cut oats are often used in bird seed mix. So I dumped the expired-but-probably-fine oatmeal into the bird feeder.

Within a few minutes of filling the feeder some sparrows and juncos arrived. I tried to get a picture of the birds eating the oats, but I don't have a zoom lens. Oh well.