“Hey, whatchoo staring at my junco for?”
That little pecker out there? He’d be a giant condor if it were a tad warmer. Just sayin’.
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“Hey, whatchoo staring at my junco for?”
That little pecker out there? He’d be a giant condor if it were a tad warmer. Just sayin’.
Tags: junco
December 2, 2020 at 10:59 am |
The juncos arrived here about 2 weeks ago, the various sparrows preceeded them. There were plenty of wild seeds for them then, but I began to scatter a few black oil sunflower seeds in protected areas around our small property as a backup.
We have 3 hanging feeders for the chickadees and titmouses mostly, and two suet feeders for all of the above as well as nuthatches and woodpeckers and wrens.
On ocaission a hawk takes one of the feeding birds and we don’t mind that – predators gotta predate.
Speaking of shrinkage – the birds I see puff up when it gets really cold. On the other hand, my little red rooster does shrink.
December 2, 2020 at 12:13 pm |
Fella got to keep his rooster toasty.
Those juncos are cute little dudes, aren’t they? Bouncing around, stabbing at this and that. We call ’em hunt-’n’-peckers.
December 3, 2020 at 1:18 am |
Juncos are little furry balls when the temperature is really cold. Those suet feeders are there life support.
December 3, 2020 at 6:59 am |
I have to hit the birdseed store today. The cupboard is bare, and it’s cold out there.
December 3, 2020 at 5:02 am |
Snow yesterday? Please send some down here. I would root around in the back of the closet for a winter coat without complaint to get some water from the sky, even frozen.
December 3, 2020 at 7:01 am |
We didn’t get much, Pat. Just enough to broom off the driveway. Under an inch. But at least it got stupid cold. Some evildoer has done made off with my delightful high-desert climate.
Anybody seen the “president” lately? He probably sold it to Russia.
December 3, 2020 at 7:07 am |
Nope, haven’t seen a “president of these here United States” in almost 4 years. Maybe next month, heh you hoser?
December 3, 2020 at 7:18 am |
Fingers crossed. The fella who has the gig at present never wanted it, wasn’t qualified, and isn’t doing it.
That said, maybe I should get in line for a pardon. I have a few black marks in the old personnel file. I should start passing the hat. He isn’t giving these things away out of the goodness of his heart, y’know.