Birdfeeding

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today is cloudy and cold. It snowed a little last night, just a light dusting, enough to look sparkly.

I haven't been out to feed the birds yet, but I have seen a pair of cardinals and a female downy woodpecker in the forest garden. The male cardinal was staying high up in the tree to play lookout while his mate ate. <3

EDIT 1/13/23 -- I fed the birds. There was a male cardinal in the forest garden, and after I went back inside, a male downy woodpecker came to the suet feeder. :D

Comments

[mistressofmuses]

Cardinals are a bird I wish we had here. My mom is from Illinois, and she's always missed them! When I got to see one on a trip out to Maryland, I was excited very out of proportion to how common they are in the Eastern US, ha.

And I do love downy woodpeckers.

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Cardinals are the birds I'd miss the most if I moved where they were all different.

I like my downies too. They sound like squeaky toys. When I go outside to refill the feeders, they get in the trees overhead and squeak at me.

Re: Yes ...

[mistressofmuses]

Downies are so cute when they squeak!