i HAVENT SEEN ANY BIRDS FOR OVER A MONTH.. NOW TODAY SUDDENLY THEY ARE APPEARING .......I PUT OUT SOME seed NOW TO SEE WHAT PHOTOS I MAY GET . HOPE I AM BETTER THAN THE LIGHTS PHOTOS...
You got it right. Boy I miss seeing those buggers .. all summer an fall they flew an flew. Whoopie they shall return.. Tell me when you see the first ones.
How do bird counters know they arent looking at the same bird twice??? b
Ok Barb, I wll let you know---but if it is raining tomorrow I will not be putting out seed yet-- about the counting of birds---I have NO idea how they keep that straight....
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I'll have to try and get some bird pictures because I was thinking this morning that it sounds like spring around here. Our temps have been warm and the birds are singing just like it's spring time. I keep seed out all year round. I'm been thinking maybe I should redo the hummingbird feeders.
Carol your so cute.......Thanks Son also bought me the Bountiful Container book by Mcgee& Stuckeys.
How to raise food an flowers in containers.. He knows me well huh? I been reading it today. It is a bible for small space gardeners awho want to grow what they eat.LOL
that is an excellent gift, and yes he does know you well..-- too bad we don't live close to one another---for Christmas I got 2 small elevated container gardens---we would make a good pair---
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:ding:Yep carol, You on one side , an Bill on the other an cindy in between. We might write an atlas on gardening.LOL Sure makes a differnce in our lives, something so wholesome. Nuthin like playing in the dirt.
I think the birds are starting to build nests. Seriously. Bluejays have been working hard on a knot hole in a tree by the barn and and my daughter said birds have been bringing twigs to the eave on her porch for a few days now. They have at least once nest there a spring.
I just love getting garden related stuff as gifts.
Junie, did someone build the elevated container gardens for you?
Thanks Sheri, I just love getting that kind of gifts too. no they found them one day while out shopping, they said there was a good sale---they are a certain brand---I figure I can put my herbs in one & hopefully my tomatoes in the other--then all I will need a ground bed for is my asperagus--
what say you, Bill---can I plant tomatoes in an elevated veggie bed???
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Beautiful shots, Sheri! I would love to see a bluebird in person. We only have bluejays here, though I did read recently that bluebirds were making a come back here.
I think the birds are starting to build nests. Seriously. Bluejays have been working hard on a knot hole in a tree by the barn and and my daughter said birds have been bringing twigs to the eave on her porch for a few days now. They have at least once nest there a spring.
is it that unseasonably warm that the birds are confused???? I wonder what will happen this spring???--or better yet---what will happen say in 2 weeks when it gets cold ????
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Lynne, put out a bluebird house. We never saw any around here until we did and they started building a nest the very day we put it out. Now we have lots of buebirds.
I have kept birdfeeder in my backyard to attract the birds, my only big problem is squirrels and i have to refill my feeder with fresh seeds everyday. I saw some birds started coming to my yard. Will post the pictures very soon.
Squirrels are a problem for me too and we have 15 pecan trees they could be eating from and we have 2 outside cats that you'd think would scare them off. I've tried a lot of different things to keep them away. Now I've got my feeders on shepherds hooks so hopefully the squirrels can't jump to them.
I have my cats to keep the squirrels at bay, but seems those squirrels are bold enough even I have got a squirrel proof feeder for the birds. Lastly I have created little squirrel feeding area far from my garden. Now they dont bother to come to my yard.
I know I should not say this---as I dont wish to temp fate by saying this---but there are a LOT of squirrels around on all sides of my yard----BUT they do not seem to bother my feeders much---I do know to consider myself lucky. I have thought of setting out feeders just for them, but I dont wish to attact them to my yard any more than they already are.
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I do not know if I should comment on the fantastic photo of the woodpecker, or if I should comment on the Lovely green plants behind the bird.......I think the greenery wins--
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Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
I do not know if I should comment on the fantastic photo of the woodpecker, or if I should comment on the Lovely green plants behind the bird.......I think the greenery wins--
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