It has been a weird winter for us this year (includes latter part of 2015) – even our poor little birds are confused. The Robins usually disappear around November or December – the idiots are still here? What’s up with that?
Last Friday I had 4 Chickadees eye-balling me from the tree out the window – kinda creepy! I filled their bird feeder out front before the storm (yes, there still is seed in it) so my only guess is they are thinking “It’s freaking cold out here lady – where’s our bird house with a heating pad?” Or – maybe they are mad cuz I didn’t wrap the gazebo this year?
We have heavy, greenhouse type, plastic on the top ½ and back ½ and I usually wrap a 6-mil plastic around the bottom, just to keep the summer stuff we have in there dry. Well, I didn’t get to it last fall, so the bottom is full of snow now. The sparrows have found that I missed screening in one small upper corner and will sneak in there. However, nobirdy (OK, bad pun) went in there during this storm?
One poor dove just hung on for dear life to the pine tree out front – made it! Unfortunately, the poor puppy is too fat to fit through that little hole in the gazebo. So it is resolved to perch snuggled into the pine branches. It’s safe; the branches are covered in snow, so I guess it has a nice blanket under it. Ok, yes I worry too much about all the critters on our little farm, why not?
She/he/it is still around – all by itself? Very odd since normally they are at least in pairs.
I thought I would be helping the birds out by placing some birdseed by the pond. We have a heater in it (keeps the water running) which helps them to get a drink when needed. Oh, Stupid Me! The fuzzy, 4-legged, burglars – IN BROAD DAYLIGHT NO LESS – hopped right up and helped themselves to it all (see Arlene – no buddies of mine! LOL)
They also managed to strip most of our fruit tree bark – even though they are fed quite well, I must say! One of my best 4-H projects, when I was a kid, was raising rabbits. They went from two to over one hundred within about a year – EEEKKK!!! I also remember that following spring we had a “freezer stocking fest” at our farm, along with our cousins (had too many pigs and chickens). I won’t go into details for those of you that love the critters, or are vegan – but Hasenpfeffer is delish!
Speaking of heating pads and animals, I just put the heating pad under a blanket for our cat who has arthritis in her backside. Poor girl couldn’t lay in the sunbeam in front of the door (no sun) and opted for laying on top of the vent cover! She looked so uncomfortable! I’m hoping Spring arrives earlier than normal this year, cause I’m ready to do some planting. Love the post and photos!!
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Funny you mention that – I had a cat (long time ago now) that was accidentally run over by a moving truck…we rushed her to the vet (on a sunday, was not easy to find in WI) and they fixed her – HOWEVER, her internal “heater” never worked again. So we had a bed with a heating pad under it also, but her fav place to sleep was underneath the covers right next to a body on a bed – LOL, aaahh the things we do for our loved ones!!
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Well, that Robin should have come down here to Arkansas – all the rest of his buddies are here. We had rabbits running around the yard during our last snow. Good pictures. Glad you try to help all these creatures, even if they seem like they don’t know what your doing. Ha Nice post
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Thanx Lizzie – one problem we have never had at out place – starving animals (you should see the size of the stupid turkey – LOL). One of my biggest pet peeves=if you cant take care of it, give it to someone who will (better yet, don’t get it till you can care for it properly)….oh darn, on my soapbox again – LOL
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Agree with you. Do not get any type of creature unless you can take care of it properly.
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Nice post. I am sorry you have a gang of bad bunnies and thanks for the mention . 🙂
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Hee Hee – gang of bunnies – now I would have said bunch-o-bad bunnies – LOL – -you are welcome! thank you for reading!
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