Birds

[ribirdnerd]

Saturday 2/14/26

Quite a few Blue Jays and Mourning Doves were around this morning.

Temperatures finally passed the freezing mark so we are getting a little bit of melting.

This weekend is Cornell's Great Backyard Bird Count
https://www.birdcount.org/

Birdfeeding

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today is cloudy and chilly.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a small flock of sparrows.  I heard a cardinal singing but didn't see it.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I put out more birdseed and a fresh cake of peanut suet.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I spread a bucket of mulch around the apricot tree.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- It's been drizzling here, just enough to wet things, not enough to leave puddles anywhere I've seen.

EDIT 2/14/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

It is now raining enough to leave a few tiny puddles on the patio.

I am done for the night.

Pinetree Garden Seeds Order

[ysabetwordsmith]

Yesterday I picked out what I wanted from Pinetree Garden Seeds.  Some of these, like the sunflower and the scarlet sage, are directly for birds.  Others such as the feverfew and milkweed are for insect pollinators, some of whom will leave edible larvae for birds to hunt.

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