by: Jean Woods Wow, it’s gotten cold around here in a hurry. Maybe the grosbeaks had it right. The whole flock left about a month early. All of a sudden the wooden bird feeders still have food in them by the time the sun goes down and there are no bright yellow clowns in my garden fountain, I am so sad. I miss their silliness. For some reason, they left behind one single pair of fledglings born this year. I have no idea why. They looked lonely sitting on one of the ornamental bird feeders. They stayed for an extra 2 weeks but now they are gone too.So now that everyone is gone I have clean up the yard. It’s time to put away the
Bird Feeder Archive
Our birdy feeders have been seemingly sparse lately, or so we thought but then we realized we have attracted bully birds to our porch. The crows have always been a welcome bird. For the most part they do not harm or disturb the other little birds. We began feeding them and then branched out to other birds. Soon, we had many birds and the pigeon showed up. Again, they came but did not disturb the other birds. They ate and left. So, we did not fret about them. But now a host of House Sparrows and a chattering of European Starlings have showed up and well, these birds are menacing. They swoop in and frighten off the small birds. They even chased off our frequenter
And yet ANOTHER excellent shopping experience with Birds Out Back — I believe my porch is a testament to their store, it perhaps may be a small outlet of their store. =) Cedar Garden Feeder – large I hung this feeder in a place where it had plenty of room to get visitors without walls or wood impeding them. In relation to the new house—the Bird Ranch is a pretty good spot to dine. FYI: The home is still up for grabs little chickadees! The new Bird Ranch is now just a wing-flap away. (see below) Score: (five out of five) Review: This house is great. It holds up to 5lbs of bird seed! FIVE POUNDS! That feeds a lot of birds. It also has
We got a new visitor today! =) A Rock Pigeon or Columba Livia. He can come in many colors but it is a definitely a Rock Pigeon. Apparently, they are found all over the world and there are 12 subspecies. Baby pigeons are called squabs. Rock Pigeons have a unique white cere, a soft, fleshy swelling on the beak, which aids in respiration