Birdfeeding

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Today is cloudy, mild, and wet.  it's been raining lightly all day.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few house finches and sparrows.  Clearly larger birds have been about, though, because the corncob has large empty patches.

EDIT 5/4/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

Many birds are now mobbing the feeders.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least three blue jays, two mourning doves, a brown thrasher, a red-headed woodpecker, and a fox squirrel.  :D

The rain seems to be tapering off but everything is still soaked.

EDIT 5/4/25 -- I planted 4 assorted perennial pinks and 2 purple and white mixed sweet alyssum in a purple pot on the patio.  I planted 2 pink and 2 white impatiens in the log garden.

EDIT 5/4/25 -- I planted a purple-and-white speckled petunia, a lavender veined petunia, a white callibrachoa, and a 'Dusty Miller' artemesia in the big blue pot on the old picnic table.

EDIT 5/4/25 -- I planted a purple-and-yellow striped petunia, a pink-and-yellow lantana, a pink-and-yellow striped superbells, and 2 purple-and-yellow snapdragons in a pot that will fit into an empty chair frame.

I've seen a pair of cardinals and two brown thrashers.