Blah Sunday Night
Wasn't the best of weekends - rainy/overcast last night and much of today... Blah and cool outside now... Emily Dickinson was quite right - Nature is sometimes caught without her diadem... Tis a good time to wander through the old local hard drive...
Let's see...
Let's take a look in our free, public, Web-based library... This group of starlings offers color that will brighten up a dull night.
Sad that both the Starlings and the Grackles are considered to be "nuisance birds"... True, they can "hog" feeders, but they are beautiful. We've had very good luck providing several feeders. Each bird type seems to gravitate to its own station - the ubiquitous "LBBs" (Little Brown Birds like the sparrows) and grackles tend to use the main and the squirrel feeders, the finches rest on the tubular finch supply, and hoards of crows and starling like the "Crow Trough". Natch that the ground birds like the mourning doves would clean up spillage. Thankfully, we've never had to deal with so-called "nuisance birds".
Ummm... What else can we dig out of the Web library? How about a great side shot of a ruby-throated hummingbird! Obviously, they tend to their own sugar water feeders, but I haven't seen many lately. (You can use the link below to watch their feeders live during the daytime.) For those of you who haven't been putting out clear nectar (one part sugar dissolved into solution under low heat to 4 parts water), you're missing the show! Hummers are brave, delicate, inquisitive little creatures... Ahhh... You guys already knew that!
Getting late and I'm getting goofy...
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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