(photos taken yesterday)
As you saw from my last post, there is still plenty of snow here, but everyone's mind is on Spring.
We have many couples at the feeders including Cardinals, Blue-jays and Mourning Doves. The Starlings have arrived in great numbers and of course to provide competition for the Crows. The Chickadees love when I add a few nuts and blue-berries to their wooden box. But then the squirrels do, too. Ah...you can't win. I'll just let them all work it out.
I put out my wool pieces left over from last winters' knitting in a suet cage. They are cut into 2 inch pieces and will provide material for the bird nests this Spring. I did the same thing last year at our old house and it was used up quite quickly. I'm hoping to see some colourful nests in our mature maples this year.
Dog and cat hair is another thing they will gladly accept as nesting material. I'm sure I can accommodate them there 'cause lord knows I have plenty of that.
Other materials to put out for them is 2 inch pieces of yarn, ribbon, twine, string & lace.
Counting the hours to Spring.
hugs, Deb