Behold the Birds...
On Monday, a balmy January day, with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the low 60s, I took advantage of what was promising to be our last comfortable day for some time to do a bit of yardwork. One important task was to refill all the bird feeders, in anticipation of the cold which was to come (and which is now firmly here). I confess that I had been terribly remiss in caring for my fine feathered friends this winter and so their visitations had been few and far between. Imagine my delight today to see all 6 feeders crowded with birds of many sorts...beautiful and unique and a delight to watch. My favorites, I must admit, are the cardinals, and there were two pairs here today, the faithful males keeping watch as their mates helped themselves to the nuts and grains in the block feeders, which seem to be their favorites. And I had to laugh at a large bully of a bluejay who, for a time, managed to chase away some of the smaller...