All About the Birds (and Squirrels!)

Today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day! 

At the old place, I LOVED watching the squirrels, and never 

begrudged them any feed. 

Lilly, however, had different feelings about them. 

Here, we have no squirrels.  Oh, I think they are in the tree lines around us, 

but here in this 3 street subdivision, there are none. 

Remember this beautiful guy that I pictured through out the summer and fall? 

I never wrote about it, but the week before my brother died, I went down the 

road and found him in the middle. 

It broke my heart. 

However, I still have plenty of subjects... 

Happy Appreciation Day, to all you little squirrel buddies. 

I have noticed this past two weeks that the male cardinals all have 

darker feathers on their backs at this time of year. 

Several days in a row, we had seven pair of Cardinals in the yard, they are the

last of the birds to feed at night here. 

Are you still watching? 

We had lots of these (mourning doves) 

The nyger seed feeder was very popular. 

You can see it was still windy. 

It's so much fun to watch them. 

Two days ago, we stopped at Orschelns to get some seed, because I was afraid I 

would run out before getting to Valley in Bonner Springs. 

You see it is mostly "parakeet seed" (my name for it).  I am mixing it with 

everything else to get the birds to eat it. 

I sprinkled nyger on the little bench I use as a feeder, but I noticed 30 minutes ago

when I went downstairs for the last spreading of feed that the birds didn't touch it! 

These birds, who are co-existing in this cold and cloudy weather. 

We did have snow through the first half of the day, but it did not accumulate, thankfully. 

Yes, there were some starlings, too... but not the hordes I used to feed in the country, so that's a relief. 

Love these finches! 

Love my girl with the snowflakes, too!