Saturday, August 27, 2022

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER

 






34 comments:

  1. Aww, his favorite restaraunt is closed, until further notice...

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    1. I know Ginny but it is comforting to know that he is getting lots of exercise digging for acorns buried around the garden ;)

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  2. Closed restaurant shame. Cheers Diane

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  3. That is the trouble with feeding wildlife.

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    1. Especially with all the racoons and foxes as well as the bears. Fortunately, there have been no bears mentioned in our neighborhood app lately. We also have coyotes running around here but I haven't seen one myself yet. And of course, we have to remember they were all here first :)

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  4. Patience. You must not attract bears to the back yard.

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  5. He's persistent to keep checking in. Soon it will back in business.

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    1. Hi Ann, yes very persistent. I just saw one of his relatives running up and over the apex of my neighbor's roof. They like to run up the tree in our front yards where they might have a nest, and over the roof to a tree that overhangs in the back yard.

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  6. Hello,
    The squirrels have plenty of food stashed away. Cute image. Have a happy weekend.

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    1. They certainly do and thank you Eileen. You have a happy Sunday and a great week ahead :)

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  7. Haha ... you've become quite good at reading the minds of these critters. :) Unintended guests makes one pause before putting out bird feeders.

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    1. Yes, and a good imagination helps :) As for the unintended guests, you would be correct :)

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  8. this effects us to. no fun fotos from the rail for us to laugh at.. go to sleep bears so the food comes back to entertain us in blogland

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    1. Awww, I still have photos left over Sandra, I'll be putting them up here and there :)

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    1. And coyotes and racoons and foxes, oh my, LOL! :) Thanks for the smile Anni.

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  10. Awww I do like the picture :)

    Have a lovely weekend.

    All the best Jan

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    1. So glad and thank you Jan. I hope your weekend was wonderful! Have a great week :)

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  11. It is smart to not encourage visits from bears. :)

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    1. Most definitely! We have quite a good communication about such things thanks to our neighborhood app :)

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    1. Thank you Martha Ellen, I am happy you enjoyed :)

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  13. Oh, your post reminded me of something, and since you know about squirrels, I thought I'd ask........when I see the squirrels on my lawn, they often dig on the ground like they are storing something up for Winter. Are they storing up nuts and things that fall from the pine trees? You mentioned the bears on one of the quotes too - do you have bears in your area? Bears once roamed my area up in the mountains, and I think there are still some out there, but have never seen any.

    ~Sheri

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    1. Yes, they are burying their acorn and whatever is tasty to them. As for the pinecones they chew through the pinecones to get down to the seeds in the center. They will also store the cones away to enjoy later. Good thing they have sharp little teeth :) When we laid mulch around our house there were dozens of holes where they had been burying their goodies. They store acorns, nuts, berries, even tree bark, all in shallow holes near the trees. Like bears they also eat like crazy before food gets scarce, so that they can put on a lot of body mass in preparation for winter. They also sometimes forget where they have buried them, so you might get the start of a forest in your garden, lol! :)

      I haven't actually seen bears myself around here, but people have put up photos in our neighborhood, of bears at their birdfeeders, and they do destroy them to get to the seed.

      This one was thought to be a young one whose mother had told it that it was time to set out on its own, and from what I read from the local expert, it was looking for new territory which took it through our neighborhood. We were asked to take down our birdfeeders. As we were also getting nightly visits from raccoons in particular, I thought it best to follow that advice.

      Sorry for the longwinded answer :)

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    2. Denise, thanks so much for the info. It was all interesting to me. I learned a few things too. It's always important to know about the wildlife that is in your own area. I've never had squirrels around before, so good to know.

      Wishing you happy September days. : )

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    3. Hi Sheri, so glad you found this interesting, and Happy September Days to you also :)

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