We have a couple bird feeders set up in the yard. They consist of two cloth bags and a tower to dispense Niger seed to finches and other small birds, a suet station, and a general bird seed feeder on a pole. The latter one attracts cardinals, starlings, finches, doves, and woodpeckers, among others I can't name. It also attracts grey squirrels. Squirrels have a place in the scheme of things, to be sure, but they can sure pack away a lot of bird seed. Within a day of filling the bird feeder, the squirrels rediscover it, and start gorging themselves. I raised the feeder higher, and put a squirrel baffle under the feeder itself. I would have been better off investing that $7 in a dollar machine at the Indian casino. I have considered some other methods of trying to deter the little rodents, but I can't bring myself to harm them. So I guess they get some bird seed once in a while....
Lats night, we spotted an unusual bird, the Pileated Woodpecker, as shown in the picture. My wife has seen the bird several times, and she called me to look at it last evening, when she spotted it again. That is a surprisingly large bird.
Our new little dog, Jasmine the black Yorkie, is fascinated by birds. She runs after them in the yard, and watches intently as they fly away after she scares them. This morning, however, she was startled when some Canadian Geese flew overhead and started honking. It brought a smile to my face as I watched her follow the birds in flight, honking at each other.
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I remember that guy from when we lived out at The Estate At Louisville. He comes by all the time and he's a really good-looking bird. He'll eat from the feeder as well as dig for insects in the trees.
In a few weeks you should have mature blackberries that you can eat right off the bush, and the deer will come close to the back yard eating the mountain strawberries on the edge of the woods. The strawberries are not very sweet to human taste, but the blackberries sure are, so get them before the birds do!
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