They still recognize me and the sound of my door opening, but when I had every day to spend with them, they’d recognize me coming up the walk and had a pretty solid order of who would eat in what order.

They’d call when they saw me outside and they’d gather up in the 2 closest trees and they’d come one by one to get a nut and return to their spot to eat it.

Now they come in faster and fly away a bit further, but they still recognize me as good people.

The slingshot lets me feed a less “assertive” bird if one shows up. I can fling it right to them at 75-100ft and they can quick get it hopefully before a jay or squirrel snipes it from them.