You should see the adorable look on my baby's face when she is watching her birds. She has 3 sometimes 4 bird feeders on or very near our back deck. Keep in mind our back deck is all we have, no yard, just a 6X8 deck. So, 3-4 feeders is bordering on a lot, in my opinion. However, just to see this adorable look on her face I would have twice the feeders out there. Just kidding,... 3-4 feeders do the trick just fine.
She loves to see all the different kinds of birds eating the seed and suet cakes she puts out. She puts out fresh water in the bird bath and talks to the birds to let them know it is safe for them to approach. She loves the chickadees and the bush tits. We get flickers, scrub jays, stellar jays, mourning doves, finches, juncos, woodpeckers, sparrows, humming birds, chickadees and bush tits. Oh yeah, and we get a shit ton of squirrels too.
The glimmer of light that flashes in her eye when she is watching them is so cute. I don't even have words to describe how my heart swells when I see the joy on her face to be taking care of the birds. You know you truly love someone when watching them enjoy something this simple fills you up with an overwhelming sense of fulfillment.
Keri started "birding" several years ago in an attempt to establish a hobby for her retirement years and her maternal grandparents were birders. If this doesn't give you insight as to what kind of planner Keri is, I'm not sure what will. She's been birding for 10-11 years, she is just now 43. I think her retirement hobby is pretty well established.
By the way, I was supposed to learn about trees, so we could walk and look at birds and tress. Oops!!! I guess I'll just work on my blog. :)
That's okay. You can help me enjoy the beautiful trees regardless of their names :).
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