Spring Evening

"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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Lovely photos, thanks! Spring has sprung here in the Carolina low country.
There are deer on the island but I rarely see them. There was one memorable
afternoon in early 2008. I was in the bedroom reading, Mom was in the den
watching TV. Dad was taking a nap. Mom and I both looked out the windows
at the same moment and saw about 12 deer bounding across the back yard! We
met in the middle in the living room, both of us exclaiming, "Did you see
that?!" Yep!

It's time for all the birds to come out and play :) The mourning doves are
passing through (I saw them year-round back in Tennessee, I don't know why I
only spot them in the spring down here). Bluejays, tufted titmice,
chickadees, cardinals (there's a mated pair living in one of the azalea
bushes), house sparrows and yellow rumped finches. Robins (which were also
very common in west TN, not so much here.) I even spotted some bluebirds,
which are hard to attract since they eat mealworms and I definitely don't
have any of those. They must have been scavaging along their quest for
food.

I can't hang a bird feeder, though. Last spring/summer raccoons literally
climbed up the shepherd's hook and broke three different bird feeders before
I gave up. One night I heard a noise outside and turned on the patio
lights. There were five raccoons staring back at me through the glass
doors. Yikes! Screw the feeders. I just scatter the bird seed on the
patio now :)

Jill
 
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:28:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:


Well, yes, but they are not fenced in, they are free to come and go at
will. Soon the fawns will appear.
 
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:32:29 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote:


I make my own bird food blend; dried corn, black oil sunflower seed,
millet, and whole oats. I buy 50 pound sacks from Agway, it's cheap.
I toss several scoops out my window during the day... a feeder would
be too much trouble to keep filled. The squirrels eat it too, as do
the geese and deer. But I do use hummingbird feeders, the hummers
will arrive like clockwork on the afternoon of May 14th.
 
"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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How nice, they have little watches! LOL I just made some nectar (sugar
water) and hung the hummingbird feeder. Hummers show up a tad earlier here
than they do in NY. Meanwhile, the azaleas and camelias are in full bloom
so they have plenty of places to dip their beaks ;) I do love watching
them. They're so tiny! Persia (my cat) likes to sit on the back of the
couch and chatter at them.

Jill
 
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:06:14 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote:


Of course, hummers are a cat magnet... they can watch for hours like
it's a tennis match... heads going back and forth.
 
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Brooklyn1 wrote:


Better you than me, Sheldon.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:06:38 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Wow, gorgeous pictures and neat light, too. Thank you for posting
them! Beautiful geese, obviously enjoying some food:) and all those
deer! I think you live near a forest reserve, right? So do the deer,
and soon to be fawns, just traverse to and from the forest? or are
deer more nomadic and on their way somewhere? Sorry for the
questions.

Thanks again, beautiful photos of a beautiful place!

aloha,
Cea
 
Brooklyn1 wrote:

Cute! I am waiting to see anything but squirrels here. It'll
help when I am in the computer room, which at least looks out at
the ground. I am beginning to think I should have designated
another room for this purpose, but then the main level bedroom
would be too lacking in privacy.
 
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:59:06 -1000, pure kona
wrote:


Thank you very much. Living here in NY's Catskills is a nature
lover's paradise. The human population density here is low, most of
the land is forest, meadow, and watershed, interspersed with farmland,
but a lot is State Parkland, so the critter and plant population runs
high. I maintain my property with a good mix of open, forest, meadow,
and wetlands. My neighbors maintain their land the same and some
raise limited livestock or have part of their land in hay. The wild
critters coexist very well in this environment. Most folks here are
poor so chemical fertilizers and insecticides are non existant. And a
lot of people in NY State keep very expensive race horses, so they are
careful not to use any chemicals. People think of New York as wall to
wall concrete but nothing is further from the truth, the majority of
NY State is very rural, with vast forests and wonderful waterways.
 
just made some nectar (sugar
water) and hung the hummingbird feeder. Hummers show up a tad earlier
here
than they do in NY. Meanwhile, the azaleas and camelias are in full
bloom
so they have plenty of places to dip their beaksTonight's dinner was
spiral cut ham and a salad... nothing fancy...
but the early spring show was spectacul




--
M.afaqanjum
 
On 4/1/2011 8:30 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

You take the best pictures, it looks just beautiful. It is fairly warm
here. In my yard, yellow jasmine, azaleas and spirea are all blooming.
Wildflowers are on the side of the road. I love spring time, I wish it
lasted longer.

Becca
 
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