Feeding the Birds
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Always amazed at the number of cardinals you have, Dave. We see two at a time, male and female.
I'm fairly certain saw a purple finch at my feeder today. It was much prettier than the house finch.
I'm fairly certain saw a purple finch at my feeder today. It was much prettier than the house finch.
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I wish I had cardinals in Loveland, CO. My second cousin has them in Deland, Florida. You guys have them.
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When my cousin visited here from Southern Italy he was amazed squirrels could walk around without being killed. Over there they wouldn't allow them to do that, I didn't want to know hat they did with squirrels there, so I didn't ask.
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I have a lot of cardinals but not as many as you have, Dave. This year I've had a lot of woodpeckers, ladderbacks, yellowbellies, nuthatches and so on. I love seeing them. I've always had a lot of squirrels and I enjoy their antics but we have neighbors next door who I affectionately call idiots that don't like the squirrels and sit on their porch and shoot them. Grrrrrrr
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In fairness to my Dad the squirrels drew first blood he didn't start out hating squirrels.
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We don't mind the squirrels since they can not get into our feeders.
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I feed peanuts to the squirrels and enjoy seeing them scramble to get them before the blue jays snatch them all away. My neighbors do not have any birdfeeders and are not at all wildlife lovers. They have a huge (about the size of a small black bear) Bernese Mountain Dog that barks incessantly, terrifies my puppy and is never walked, socialized with people or animals and I feel quite sorry for it. The poor dog is just put out into their fenced in yard several times a day and left all alone. They kill anything they don't care for, cut down trees that cause too many leaves, etc. I am forever thankful for the strict rules in my state about cutting certain trees or there'd be no trees on their lot at all. I haven't figured out why they moved into the middle of a forest but I try to get along with them the best I can. The reason they kill the squirrels is that they leap from trees onto their roof and look down at them. It scares them. I thought at first the squirrels were getting into their attic, but no -- they were just looking at them. Squirrels get on my roof all the time but they've never even attempted to get into the attic (which has screening over any openings). We have foxes, coyotes, possums, coyotes and raccoons, an occasional mink and they're scared of them all.