I’d neglected hanging suet out in the gardens for quite a while.  The squirrels would clean it out before the birds could get to it.  It hardly seemed worth spending the money on tree rats.  Those gray furred monsters chased all the birds away.  Now, I haven’t seen a squirrel in the yard since I stopped putting out suet.  I’ve seen very few birds too.

     Yesterday we had many birds in the yard.  They were all playing in the waterfall.  Cardinals, chickadees, juncos, and sparrows were splashing away like kids in a pool.  Since I was heading to the grocery store, I added suet to my list.  It won’t take them long to find it.  They will be happy.  I just hope word doesn’t get back to the neighborhood tree rats.

     The squirrels have an uncanny sense that there’s suet about.  With luck, the birds will find it first.  G is closer to the cemetery’s tall trees.  So far this year the squirrels have damaged four hanging suet baskets and three bird feeders at her place.  We keep hoping that our neighborhood hawk has put a dent in the tree rat population.