On the first day of spring....
Mar. 20th, 2013 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkI put out the heated birdbath. It seems that there is indeed a leak in the pond somewhere, so I unplugged the heater and the pump. But the birdies still need fresh water, and with the temperatures below freezing since Monday afternoon (and looking to stay there through Friday afternoon), I figured I'd best dig the birdbath out. The red winged blackbirds have arrived en masse -- there was a large flock (70-80) swarming around the feeders yesterday. There was also a bluebird.
The squirrels have figured out how to access the hanging tube feeder -- actually, there's a couple of ways. In one, the squirrel jumps onto it and wraps himself around it, using his back paws in the lower feeding ports as support while he digs birdseed out of the upper ports. In the other, the squirrel leans out to the feeder and pulls it toward the deck, using his front paws to get food out of the lower ports. The birds prefer the second method, as a lot of birdseed spills out of the feeder onto the ground....
The squirrels have figured out how to access the hanging tube feeder -- actually, there's a couple of ways. In one, the squirrel jumps onto it and wraps himself around it, using his back paws in the lower feeding ports as support while he digs birdseed out of the upper ports. In the other, the squirrel leans out to the feeder and pulls it toward the deck, using his front paws to get food out of the lower ports. The birds prefer the second method, as a lot of birdseed spills out of the feeder onto the ground....
