Birdfeeding
Jul. 17th, 2025 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is mostly sunny, humid, and hot. It rained copiously yesterday.
The internet serviceman came out today and installed some new equipment, which will hopefully fix the problems we've been having. We went outside to look at that. The antenna is now atop the bathroom roof, much higher and pointing south instead of east, so we have a better signal already.
My partner Doug had already started bushwhacking a path to the east edge of the yard, where the old antenna pointed. We still want to finish that for the sake of edge access. It didn't get mowed last year. We expected it to be full of weeds. We did not expect it to be full of 10-12' high hackberry and walnut saplings that obviously show multiple years of growth. :/ I strongly suspect that they waded into that position. I told them very firmly to move it or lose it, because we are serious about restoring that path.
I have not yet fed the birds. I have seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove at the feeders. A cardinal was trying to get through the living room window, so I had to shut my office door to block the false flyway between the south living room window and the north office window.
I fed the birds.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I planted 2 wild senna, one under the contorta willow and one under the apricot tree. The ones in the wildflower garden are blooming. :D I sowed seeds of apricot, white peach, and cherry plum. The latter look like beach plums to me -- they're smaller than apricots -- and we got a whole carton of them. It will be interesting to see if they sprout.
I've been hearing thunder.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I refilled the birdfeeders.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I potted up 3 apples fallen from the birdgift tree.
I've heard a red-winged blackbird and a house wren, but didn't see them.
Cicadas are singing. Fireflies are coming out.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- It's raining, so I am done for the night.
The internet serviceman came out today and installed some new equipment, which will hopefully fix the problems we've been having. We went outside to look at that. The antenna is now atop the bathroom roof, much higher and pointing south instead of east, so we have a better signal already.
My partner Doug had already started bushwhacking a path to the east edge of the yard, where the old antenna pointed. We still want to finish that for the sake of edge access. It didn't get mowed last year. We expected it to be full of weeds. We did not expect it to be full of 10-12' high hackberry and walnut saplings that obviously show multiple years of growth. :/ I strongly suspect that they waded into that position. I told them very firmly to move it or lose it, because we are serious about restoring that path.
I have not yet fed the birds. I have seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove at the feeders. A cardinal was trying to get through the living room window, so I had to shut my office door to block the false flyway between the south living room window and the north office window.
I fed the birds.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I planted 2 wild senna, one under the contorta willow and one under the apricot tree. The ones in the wildflower garden are blooming. :D I sowed seeds of apricot, white peach, and cherry plum. The latter look like beach plums to me -- they're smaller than apricots -- and we got a whole carton of them. It will be interesting to see if they sprout.
I've been hearing thunder.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I refilled the birdfeeders.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- I potted up 3 apples fallen from the birdgift tree.
I've heard a red-winged blackbird and a house wren, but didn't see them.
Cicadas are singing. Fireflies are coming out.
EDIT 7/17/25 -- It's raining, so I am done for the night.
