Alright, Already! I'll Feed the Birds!!
Posted by Zoe's Dad at Friday, March 28, 2008 2:11 PM and is filed under Bird Watching,bird feeders,my fine feathered friends,Birds,bird seed,audobon 
Of late, I've been following a few bloggers that have been crazy enough to undertake this Project 365 (+1), the plus one on account of this being a leap year. Absurd idea. Essentially, you post a photograph each and every day of the year. Some will post only a photo while others have gone the extra mile to caption the photo or even provide a brief explanation or story. Wow! I've neither the time, will power or dedication to get involved in such a project. My hat is off to those that do and I have enjoyed the daily glimpses into their lives.
One of the participants in the Project is Pat from Annoyingly Boring?.He's posted some great shots of his family, neighborhood and New England countryside. Recently, though, he has begun to needle me with his photos. Goading me, if you will. Challenging me. You see, a few weeks back he posted a photo of himself filling his bird feeders. And just a couple of days ago a photo of a very nice goldfinch at his freshly and lovingly filled feeder. Basically, Pat has taken off the gloves and used them to slap me right in the mouth.
I've been staring out of my window at the empty feeders in my yard all winter long not giving them a second thought, but thanks to Pat and his needling, I now feel guilty. Well, no more! Yesterday, I took the five minute jaunt to the store and purchased a hearty supply of birdseed and promptly returned home to fill my feeders. No photos of the process, it was actually raining while I filled them and I thought it best not to have the camera outside during the rain. But filled they are. And now I wait for the inevitable return of my feathered friends and their songs of happiness.
Until then, I'll have to settle for some of the pictures I took last year of a few of the birds that came to visit.
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One of the participants in the Project is Pat from Annoyingly Boring?.He's posted some great shots of his family, neighborhood and New England countryside. Recently, though, he has begun to needle me with his photos. Goading me, if you will. Challenging me. You see, a few weeks back he posted a photo of himself filling his bird feeders. And just a couple of days ago a photo of a very nice goldfinch at his freshly and lovingly filled feeder. Basically, Pat has taken off the gloves and used them to slap me right in the mouth.
I've been staring out of my window at the empty feeders in my yard all winter long not giving them a second thought, but thanks to Pat and his needling, I now feel guilty. Well, no more! Yesterday, I took the five minute jaunt to the store and purchased a hearty supply of birdseed and promptly returned home to fill my feeders. No photos of the process, it was actually raining while I filled them and I thought it best not to have the camera outside during the rain. But filled they are. And now I wait for the inevitable return of my feathered friends and their songs of happiness.
Until then, I'll have to settle for some of the pictures I took last year of a few of the birds that came to visit.
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Laughing. I underestimate my influence.
Well done. And nice shots!!
You never know , man. You never know.
You have humming birds outside your house ?
How cool, we have sparrows, brown ones, not cool.
Although my wife did see a heron sat on our fence not too long ago, it was eyeing up the koi in my pond, I don't think she's ever seen a heron before, the way she described it made it sound like Big Bird, which would have been very cool.
It took a lot of work to get that sucker here.
I think the heron at the koi pond is hillarious. I can just imagine what was going through it's mind.
I'd love to have humming birds outside my house.
I sometimes felt like it was a waste of time. I had four hummingbird feeders and only two hummingbirds all summer long. But they were there every day so I kept filling them up.
Who knew bird feeders were such serious business? I only see pigeons and crows, which I don't want to feed and encourage any extended stay at our house. I do, however, see on rare occasions a hummingbird. Never thought about putting up a feeder though. I'm afraid of attracting the dreaded killer bees with the sweet nectar.
I've even got one feeder with solar powered lights on it in case these idiot birds get hungry in the middle of the night. The bees do enjoy the hummingbird nectar. I suppose they gotta eat, too.
If you feed them, they will come... or something like that ...
Great picture ... I can't wait for spring!
Yes, they will. It's bad when they eat as much as the cats and dog.
aw, the cute whittle birdies ... chased by the mean whittle kitties ... or kiddies as the case may be.
Senora Patron bloghoppin' on a Friday night. ☺
I'm not sure who was more happy, the birds or the cats. Or the squirrels.
I have thought of trying the picture of the day thing. I'm not certain I could follow thru for an entire year.
I admire their dedication but I know there's no way I could do it.
I am so enjoying your blog.
Great stuff,and thanks for sharing.
David
Thanks so much for stopping by.
We don't have any feeders, but we have lots of lilac and jasmine that the humming birds seem to like. I would like to put feeders out there, but with all the cats in the area I'm afraid I'd just be creating a bird graveyard.
My cats think they've died and gone to heaven. I'll usually have an offering on the back step two to three times a year.