Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Weather: bright sunshine most of the day yesterday; a few clouds today, but warming up a bit; starting to see some bare patches of ground in back where the snow has melted.
Wildlife: I've been putting food (shelled sunflower, Lyric Delite, and unshelled peanuts) out in a plant saucer on the ground every morning since Saturday, partly because I feel sorry for the squirrels, but mostly because I wanted the mourning doves around. But...those are all favorite squirrel foods and not particular favorites of the mourning doves, so today I bought some plain white proso millet and put a bit out. Seems to be working - the squirrels came around, looked at it, and left. No mourning doves yet - maybe later in the day. They did come around for a while yesterday. Got to quit wasting money on Lyric Delite - the birds totally ignore it when they can get sunflower seed.
The robins were back yesterday too, but not as many as before, and with them was a yellow-rumped warbler. Didn't see many birds at all down by the creek in back yesterday afternoon. This morning saw a pair of bluebirds in the backyard - they ate a few holly berries (there are only a few berries left), and then perched in the bare trees for about 20 minutes.
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