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Where have our little birds gone?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
G and I were talking the other day and during the conversation, I mentioned that I hadn’t had any birds at my suet feeders in a while. She remarked that they haven’t had to put out fresh suet for quite a while either.
In fact, the only birds I’ve seen lately are crows, grackles, and the occasional mourning dove. Where are my woodpeckers, juncos, titmice, cardinals, and sparrows? It dawned on us that we haven’t heard any birdsongs for a month.
We’ve never had such a bird empty winter before. I do hope spring brings them back and they aren’t gone due to some devastation. I miss my happy little birds.
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September is here already?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I can’t believe it summer is already ending. Wasn’t it just Spring?
I picked the last cantaloupe I don’t think we’ll get any more from the vines this season. I do think we may have some watermelons before the first frost though. The next wave of tomatoes is starting to ripen. Another day or two and I’ll be making BLTs again.
The ruby throated hummingbirds are becoming regulars at the feeder and the cannas. The cardinals, woodpeckers, and sparrows are now sharing the feeders with two parakeets and a cockatiel that occasionally comes in. It is startling to see them at first.
Our toad, Mr. Toadamus is growing larger and must be finding plenty of bugs to eat because he’s quite fat. I miss the frogs I will have to buy some tadpoles in the spring unless the neighbor’s son finds some on one of his landscaping jobs and brings them home.
The hawk family is still around. I could hear them up in the cemetery when I was outside today.
There are two new stray cats in the neighborhood. I chased one of them out of the yard when I discovered him napping on the bricks along the side garden. It’s a good thing I was out alone and the dogs didn’t discover him. All hell would’ve broken loose.
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I don’t need to go far to enjoy nature’s beauty
Posted by doggonedmysteries
About and hour before cooking dinner was a perfect time to take a break from writing and chores. I went out to relax on the hammock. The temperature was perfect and there was a gentle breeze blowing. Pure heaven.
The yard hummed with activity. I watched several monarch and swallowtail butterflies visit the flowers. Wouldn’t you know that as soon as I thought ‘camera,’ they disappeared. The cardinal family fluttered about in the tree above me and then bravely came down to the feeders. House sparrows and purple finches hopped around under the feeders cleaning up what the cardinals dropped to them. Then Momma Downy woodpecker hung upside down on the suet feeder directly above me, I almost held my breath so as not to frighten her.
I always allow my Echinacea to go to seed for the small flock of American goldfinches that we have around here. They came to nibble them and again I wished I’d brought my camera out with me. They made a colorful picture among the purple flowers.
The best of all was when I spied two ruby throated hummingbirds darting around the Cannas. I do wish they’d find the feeder.
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