Birdfeeding
May. 13th, 2023 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is hot and muggy with dense clouds. I'm hearing thunder in the distance.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen a flock of sparrows, several mourning doves, a female cardinal, a house finch, and a fox squirrel.
I pulled weeds and raked leaves from the rain garden under the downspout.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- I planted Columbine Earlybird Blue-White and Coral Bells Palace Purple in the rain garden.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- I planted assorted coleus and dark purple pansies in the rain garden. I still need to add the blue lobelia, but it's starting to drizzle, so I gave up and came inside. We need more rain.
I've seen several house finches.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- It is now raining quite vigorously. Much of the patio is under an inch of water.
A very soggy male cardinal and male indigo bunting have taken refuge under the roof of the fly-through birdfeeder. This type of feeder also makes a good bird shelter or nesting platform for shelf-nesting birds. I've had mourning doves nest there before. The kind with a large roof and solid sides works best for these off-label uses.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- It stopped raining, so I went outside for a look. There are large puddles at the end of the driveway and modest-sized ones in the fields, so the water table is topped up. \o/ I love the smell after a rain. The Midwinter grove of pine and spruce trees is so fragrant, and the mud smells so alive.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen a flock of sparrows, several mourning doves, a female cardinal, a house finch, and a fox squirrel.
I pulled weeds and raked leaves from the rain garden under the downspout.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- I planted Columbine Earlybird Blue-White and Coral Bells Palace Purple in the rain garden.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- I planted assorted coleus and dark purple pansies in the rain garden. I still need to add the blue lobelia, but it's starting to drizzle, so I gave up and came inside. We need more rain.
I've seen several house finches.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- It is now raining quite vigorously. Much of the patio is under an inch of water.
A very soggy male cardinal and male indigo bunting have taken refuge under the roof of the fly-through birdfeeder. This type of feeder also makes a good bird shelter or nesting platform for shelf-nesting birds. I've had mourning doves nest there before. The kind with a large roof and solid sides works best for these off-label uses.
EDIT 5/13/23 -- It stopped raining, so I went outside for a look. There are large puddles at the end of the driveway and modest-sized ones in the fields, so the water table is topped up. \o/ I love the smell after a rain. The Midwinter grove of pine and spruce trees is so fragrant, and the mud smells so alive.
