tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685759408151060633.post5585032478028485813..comments2023-06-20T14:15:43.589-07:00Comments on Steingruebl World Enterprises: The Birds are ScroungingSWEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567663448928052303noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685759408151060633.post-45035514894004625282008-12-17T21:07:00.000-08:002008-12-17T21:07:00.000-08:00The few sparrow and chickadees here quietly take t...The few sparrow and chickadees here quietly take turns sitting in the shelter of the feeder protected from the wind, then give it up when another bird flies in for a few bites of seed and moments out of the cold. We will reach -18 by the end of the week. Our high today was 8. The Canada geese fly over the reservoir, but it is frozen over and they are having a rough go of it finding food in the snow along the banks. Our neighbors feed the geese and the deer, so the honking V's and dozen or so whitetails come in daily at 8 and 4. <BR/><BR/>CharAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685759408151060633.post-77055105807401004902008-12-17T04:27:00.000-08:002008-12-17T04:27:00.000-08:00Our birds have been a stitch. With bread being a ...Our birds have been a stitch. With bread being a part of every meal, I've always got little odd bits of bread left over. French bread begins to go stale within hours, and attains diamond hardness within 24 hours. So I've been breaking up the leftovers with a meat mallet (!) and spreading the crumbs for the birds.<BR/><BR/>One of the magpies thinks he is hot stuff -- he shows up and takes all the big pieces, then he hides them under the leaves that have fallen. Then he takes off, confident that his stash will be there.<BR/><BR/>Um, not so fast, dude.<BR/><BR/>A smaller brown bird (haven't id'd it yet) comes a few minutes after the magpie takes off -- and goes around uncovering all the bread and eating it.<BR/><BR/>Drama over breadcrumbs makes me laugh.<BR/><BR/>(I have a pair of chickadees in the giant spruce in the front yard.)<BR/><BR/>SunshineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685759408151060633.post-24875526451903190952008-12-16T17:44:00.000-08:002008-12-16T17:44:00.000-08:00While I hate to bad mouth birds, yours are a littl...While I hate to bad mouth birds, yours are a little wimpy if temps in the upper 30s upset them. Our birds are out there now in the snow and cold (wind chills in the single digits at midday). Even more stressful is our treks out to fill those feeders.<BR/><BR/>On the bright side, we are all hoping for a snow day tomorrow--something neither the students nor the birds of sunny CA get to dream about from December to March.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09689951037763602566noreply@blogger.com