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Why you ask do we feed the birds here...
since worms and bugs are all so near.
since worms and bugs are all so near.
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The sunflower seeds are needed to lure...
the songbirds closer in order to hear!
We buy a 40lb. bag...usually one or more.
If the price starts to rise...then it's 3 or 4...
neatly they're stacked on the basement floor...
if we catch a big sale, we even buy more.
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Birds are messy so they drop some seeds...
that grow into flowers among the weeds.
Very tall some grow, maybe six to seven feet
with sunny yellow faces, that are so sweet!
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That's it...end of the poem Marcy!
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We do have several feeders that keep me busy
filling them with the sunflower seeds...and we
do tend to stock up...when it goes on sale.
This one is on a pulley, just off the deck.
Empty, as you can see...blogging is to blame!
These were taken through the window earlier
The Cardinals share the feeders with the
This is a small Downy Woodpecker...
and a Goldfinch caught in flight!
This is newly fledged baby Carolina Wrens...
the songbirds closer in order to hear!
~
We buy a 40lb. bag...usually one or more.
If the price starts to rise...then it's 3 or 4...
neatly they're stacked on the basement floor...
if we catch a big sale, we even buy more.
~
~
Birds are messy so they drop some seeds...
that grow into flowers among the weeds.
Very tall some grow, maybe six to seven feet
with sunny yellow faces, that are so sweet!
~
That's it...end of the poem Marcy!
~
We do have several feeders that keep me busy
filling them with the sunflower seeds...and we
do tend to stock up...when it goes on sale.
This one is on a pulley, just off the deck.
Empty, as you can see...blogging is to blame!
These were taken through the window earlier
this summer...the squirrels always manage
to get their share...and so would the raccoon
if not for the stove pipe.
The Cardinals share the feeders with the
Red-bellied woodpeckers...note the deer and
all the piles of leaves...blogging again probably!
This is a small Downy Woodpecker...
and a Goldfinch caught in flight!
This is newly fledged baby Carolina Wrens...
they would sleep overnight on the porch blinds.
Here we have Alivia looking for ants and worms...
which she found!...and I don't even do that!
A Sunflower just before blooming...
These came up together in a planter...possibly
Sunflower in full bloom with visitors.
The main reason we buy Sunflower seeds...
other than to feed the birds...
...and examining them closer!
That's why I feed the birds!
Here we have Alivia looking for ants and worms...
which she found!...and I don't even do that!
I found this single locust just out of it's shell
Monday morning...
A Sunflower just before blooming...
These came up together in a planter...possibly
they were stored there by a chipmunk!
Sunflower in full bloom with visitors.
The main reason we buy Sunflower seeds...
other than to feed the birds...
and attract them here...
or have the enjoyment of watching...
dropped seeds grow...
into beautiful sun-like flowers
is to share nature
with grandchildren as they grow.
Alivia...a few years ago!
Alivia...a few years ago!
spreading Sunflower seeds...
...and examining them closer!
That's why I feed the birds!
36 comments:
Same reason here, too—though no grandchildren (YET!) to entertain and educate. But song and sight and photos are worth the cost. And we buy the same brand of sunflower seeds—ha! (But confound it, Wanda, how come you have grosbeaks and I don't?)
Anyway, great photos. And the one of the wrens is absolutely wonderful! Just the neatest ever!
Hi Wanda-
I just took pictures of our finch feeder and back deck where we too feed the birds. I got some nice shots of the finches and the red-helmeted, herring bone tweed jacket wearing bird. I asked Grizz what it is, and I am asking you, as well! :-) We love the song and sight. You have way more feeders than us though.
As always - I SO enjoyed visiting your home and seeing all your nature-land and wild-life. I feellike I am gong on vacation every time I visit you. "Thank you".
Love to you
Gail
peace......
Well I don't have any grandchildren, but I feed the birds anyway. I love to have them visit and watch them from my kitchen window in the morning. This remeinds me, I need to refill the peanuts. Blogging probably! ;-)
Beautiful pictures, I especially loved the wrens (and of course Alivia)! I'll have to go back after this and enlarge them all!
We used to get all sorts of colorful birds to our feeders, but once the Brooklyn parrots took over that was it! We hardly see anything but green parrots now. And maybe sparrows, but that's it.
I'm going to try a hummingbird feeder again.
You're so lucky to be surrounded by such beauty, and so nice that you give back too!
Once again, loved it all, Wanda!
Thanks!
All the best,
Eileen
Oh! And I loved the poem too!
Hi Wanda,
I bet the birds just love your little paradise. Just like the flowers, the bugs, and the children, and everyone in blogland that has a chance to visit!
I am just barely recovering from the hornworms when you threw that weird worm my way, the one with all the sticker things and then the locust...whew...will I ever recover?
Just loved your poem and all the birds you captured on film, especailly the fledlings...too cute. Do you have to worry about any enemies for the birds, like owls, hawks or cats?
Isn't it amazing how much Alivia has grown?? She looks so tiny and so intent.
Thank you for identifying my bird and even having him visit you! How funny that you caught the same bird on film! Guess the three cats will have to continue to go nuts and make those strange cat sounds while our Goldfinch tries to come inside!!
You honestly have NO fear of any bug or reptile or insect! Can you even pick up snakes??
Thank you for another lovely venture in storybook land, Snow White!
blessings and hugs,
marcy
Another good stab at poetry, Wanda! Keep it up! We have many birds it seems - even though we live on a fairly busy highway....A small stream flows along the neighbor's lot near us....and maybe someone else feeds them near us...at any rate, we enjoy many varieties (probably not as many as if we fed them). There are various berries growing on some shrubs and our big mulberry tree helps too :)
wonderful pictures, as always! we have renegade sunflowers all over,t oo. between the chipmumks and the toddler, you just never know where one will peek up. now they're all just getting ready to bloom,an d i'm really enjoying them. oddly enough, the row of sunflowers that i planted in the garden never came up. not one!
What a super post - birds seem the blog topic of the week having just done two. Great photos and poem and if I was a bird I would just love a large helping of emerging locust followed by a brace of worms - Hmm! lovely! I found you post very interesting ~ Eddie
Hi Wanda! I'm a new visitor, coming straight from Delwyn's, and I was so happy to find this wonderful blog! Amazing how you've captured so many different bird species with your camera. We only feed in the winter. Are you in the snowbelt in southern Ohio? We are over here in New Jersey. This summer we put up one bird house in a clump of evergreens, hoping to attract an owl family. (Have you read Wesley the Owl?) That was a sweet photo of your granddaughter learning about caring for life in nature. And your sunflowers! They look like little suns! I saw your comment about using Blogger on your profile to get to other sites. I have a little trick which I think is vey easy and eliminates the step of gong back to your profile. I go to my Internet Explorer (people are now using Foxfire?) and type in www. then just a couple of the first few letters of the blogsite. After I did it once completely, Explorer then remembered it, and the blog pops up now. This works for me, but as I'm not a computer genius (^-^), there may be another way! I'll be back! Best, Margaret
Wanda....if there is a poem award, you would definitely be in the top running (behind my "Jack and Jill" of course (cough)...) Great poem, and as usual great photographs. I keep repeating repeating, repeating, myself...but I simply love to stroll through your blog....relaxing (bugs, worms, and all...love them all.)
Smiles,
Jackie
that reminded me of the song "Feed the Birds" that was sung in "Mary Poppins" what a wonderful post! LOVED IT! miles of smiles!
Hello Wanda,
What a wonderful post! It's hard for me to pick a favorite photo but the locust, unopened sunflower, and sunflower with bees are right up there!
Had a scare at Midnight last night when a bear decided to break into our garage. It woke us up fast, that's for sure! He didn't get in but there is quite a bit of damage - hope he doesn't visit again tonight. Obviously, I'll have to enjoy your bird feeders - they would be "bear-feeders" here!
I loved your poem Wanda and the wrens were so sweet. Alivia sure does enjoy spending time with her grandma in her outdoor playland! I don't know how you find time to blog and still keep up with all of your bountiful nature!
I'm back, I promise I'm not stalking you though, I just didn't get a chance to enlarge the pictures before so I came back for a second visit!
You really miss so much if you don't enlarge!
Your property is really like walking through one of the nature preserves we have on Long Island. It's so beautiful. Ray and I always say to each other when we are walking the trails of the preserves how wonderful it would be to open your door and have all this. And you do! I think it's wonderful for you, and wonderful of you to share it all with us.
I love how Alivia even as a tiny one was so inquisitive and seemed so 'at one with nature'.
I liked your addition to Teresa's poem!
All the best,
Eileen
Hi Wanda
It is a very birdy sort of week, I have been preparing another bird post too.
I have never had bird feeders or boxes but I want some. I hope that I can find them here. It will be interesting to see who arrives - maybe they will be taken over by the parrots...
The sunflowers certainly are your reward for helping the birds out... Your granddaughter is a bright little sun flower too...
Do you think that it interferes with their own foraging patterns having the feeders?
Thanks for this full, charming post...and I'm glad that Margaret has come over too...she is very sweet and friendly...
Happy days Wanda Bird Woman...
Oh my, how I love your birds and photos! I have been away for a few days and have so much catching up to do! We feed the birds, also, but are not so blessed as you with so much variety! We have had the grossbeaks from time to time and I miss them now again. I agree with you building memories with your grandchildren! I do love your little granddaughter pictures!
Wanda,
First of all, Keep it up with your poetry. Your getting good!
Those birds sure are lucky to have all the feeders to go to and of course to be eating in a beautiful place.We got a new camera for a wedding present, we are still trying to figure out how to use it. When I do, I want to take my camera in hand and snap away.
What wonderful reasons to feed the birds. Here they ask we take down our feeders because they attract the bears. Your pictures are amazing!
I LOVE the idea of a birdfeeder on a pulley! Do the chipmunks and squirrels walk the tightrope and still get the seeds???
Delwyn...it has crossed our minds, and for this reason I let them stand empty a little while every now and then...there are all kinds of berries on trees and bushes at different times of the year, and leaf litter to scrape through in the woods...plus the field of wild flower and grass seeds...bugs and worms too numerous to mention...just making it a little easier for them :)
Joan...mostly they are content to eat what falls to the ground... but yes they walk the tightrope sometimes...it helps to have a squirrel proof feeder...the ones circled by a cage work best.
Dear, dear Wanda,
Thank you for your SWEET comment on my post! I am quite certain that you understand exactly how special it is to have these precious grandchildren! Blessings to you!
Scribe...Grosbeaks were here earlier this spring...they have moved on.
Marcy...yes hawks do happen...but no cats around, except for one passing through on occasion...and there will be no touching snakes for me!
Thanks to all The Village People...you know who you are...
...and thanks to every friend that stops by and makes me feel so lucky to have met you!
Love your post about feeding the birds... they are our 'free-spirit' pets!
I love this quote from Robert Brault:
"If we do not feel a bond with the animals who share with us this moment in eternity, we do not comprehend eternity."
Showers of Grace,
~Maria
Sometimes I think I am getting to be an old, odd lady because I start each morning watching the woodpeckers, jays, cardinals, wrens, finches (you get the picture) and I end my evening with them. And then I read your blog and realize it is the only sane thing to do!
That was wonderfully penned! It was such a pleasure to see all these pictures and to think of you living in the lap of nature in close proximity to everything beautiful and yet not disturbing the harmony! You sure are blessed to be here :)
Hi Wanda,
Thanks for your inquiry about the bear. We came to Denver yesterday afternoon - Neve and Caden are having their b-day party (3 & 2) tomorrow. The bear stayed away Wed night - Bob scrubbed our garbage can with Clorox after the garbage pick-up Thurs. Hopefully, any "good" smells (in the bear's opinion) are gone. I told a neighbor if there is a big hole in the garage door, they should call us!
Have a great weekend - it's hot here in Denver - I'm not used to the heat!
Alicia sure is going to appreciate the outdoors when she grows up. This is where it all starts, when they are young. I always believe in letting a child get dirty and inspect the outdoors at their own free will...but with grandma or mom keeping an eye out, of course. Pretty photos, as usual.
Carolina Wrens are my favorite so thats the photo I love the most! They have the most beautiful song and I love how the male builds multiple nests for his lady to pick from..how romantic is that!
Hi Wanda...
It's storming terribly here. We need to get out and do some yard work....and we may end up cutting grass in the rain....We're hoping it slack up!
Smiles,
Jackie
What a wonderful post! I loved your poem, and the photos of all your feeders and the birds you attract with your sunflower seeds. I feed a mix, some of which I hope is not attractive to squirrels, who will fill their bellies on food intended for "my" birds.
Any sunflower seeds that fall from my feeders are snatched up by the growing number of ground-browsers. I've seen lots of shells around, but no sprouting sunflowers, so far.
P.S. Meant to say how much I loved the photo of the baby Carolina Wrens. Precious!!!
I loved the poem! What beautiful pictures of ALL the birds...I LOVED the pictures of the sunflowers..very beautiful..It was a blessing visiting your page..Loved this post! It made me smile...
Jerelene :)
This must be true loving friendship, Wanda as I ventured over here and had to get past those yucky wormy things and that locust, just to see if you were posting yet and also to wish Herhusband a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
What kind of cake did you make for him?
blessings with warm hugs,
marcy
My grandfather used to call those flowers "resurrection lilies" since they pop up way after the leaves are gone.
Seems to me that the little green fellow you pulled off of the tomato could be a tiny dancing pixie. Put him back.
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