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broadcasting…

10 Sunday Oct 2021

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I’ve been feeling a bit bad for the birds since I took down the bird feeder and haven’t added any seeds to the one that is still hanging, in an effort to dissuade the raccoons from coming into the garden…

so, for the last few days I’ve been broadcasting seeds in the grass and on the decks…

I think the birds are liking it as they can all get something to eat and no lineups are required…

been enjoying the Harris Sparrows, the White-Throated Sparrows, and the Juncos…

and the bonus is that I am able to stand at the patio door and watch them…

songs…

24 Friday Sep 2021

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so blessed to get to spend time in the garden watching the birds…

yesterday, there were house sparrows, white throated sparrows, chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, and even a couple of blue jays…

lots of chatter, songs, dust and water baths… also they are gobbling up the birdseed and had many trips to drink from the pond…

only saw a couple of squirrels, lol…

birdies…

10 Friday Sep 2021

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had an enjoyable time watching all my feathered friends flitting about the garden…

I think the birdies were happy that the grass has been mowed as well, lol…

dirt baths, bug collecting in the grass, checking out all the feeders, and drinking at the pond…

some guests who haven’t been around all summer are stopping by so I think we are getting close to migration time…

some days it is nearly impossible to focus on my book because there is so much going on;-)…

cormorants…

31 Tuesday Aug 2021

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spent a delightful afternoon on the water…

we jumped in the boat and went to a few different fishing spots… no luck at the first one but we did much better at the second…

saw turtles and cormorants… the cormorants got a bit tired of us following them along the canal, but I got some great photos…

I also caught two fish and brought another one up to the side of the boat where it decided to jump off, lol… and the rule is, if you don’t get it into the boat it doesn’t count…

one of the Jack’s I caught was around 30 inches (second biggest of the day) and put up a fight before getting into the net… the other was smaller, but really any fish is great;-)…

good thing I have all these excellent fishers around me to provide backup and helpful instructions…

hawk…

17 Tuesday Aug 2021

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the sparrows, chickadees and a few cute little warblers were having a lovely time eating and drinking in the garden… I was particularly happy as the warblers hadn’t been around for a while…

suddenly they all flew into the trees and a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk landed on the wires over the deck… what a surprise…

the last few sparrows flew right over my head to get to the safety of the cedars…

the hawk watched from the wires and wandered along the top of the deck for about ten minutes before leaving…

it was very quiet for a while…

it was special to see as I’ve only seen hawks twice in the garden, but I hope it doesn’t come back as it really keeps all the other birds away, lol…

stale…

16 Monday Aug 2021

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this morning, as I was making my breakfast, I could hear the crows making quite a ruckus…

when I looked outside one was on the deck collecting the almonds I had put out for the squirrels, I thought, lol…

just yesterday I had watched some sparrows toss them off the ledge because they didn’t want them…

not sure if it was because they were too big, or slightly stale, lol…

reorganized…

07 Saturday Aug 2021

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managed to get the table in the garage cleaned off, and reorganized my toolbox and drill in a corner…

good timing because The Preferred Perch will be delivering two fifty pound bags of birdseed and it goes on the table until I can put it into containers;-)…

then I finally cut back the Virginia creeper that was making it difficult to enter and exit the garage…

good day’s work;-)…

activity…

22 Thursday Jul 2021

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hot and partly overcast today, but not nearly as smokey…

and lots of activity in the garden…

must have counted six squirrels at one time and took a few pictures of different ones eating… none of the gray squirrels wanted to have their photos taken, lol…

there was also a great deal of bird action… dozens of house sparrows, numerous finches and chickadees, as well as at least one nuthatch…

such a wonderful way to spend the day;-)…

the water lily bloom continues to open with the light and close as the evening arrives…

chipping…

30 Wednesday Jun 2021

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I’ve been watching a chipping sparrow for the last few days…

it keeps coming to the floating basket in the pond to have a drink and a bath… apparently it is just the right depth…

yesterday a house sparrow decided it wanted to drink from that particular spot…

the chipper wasn’t thrilled but they did share the space…