Happy Thursday!!

This is the fattest cardinal I believe I have ever seen.  I’m not sure I’m responsible for this, but it makes me wonder.  Since I put out the feeders almost 4 months ago the bird population around our home had grown exponentially.  There use to be a few morning doves in the neighborhood and I would enjoy their morning calls when I would go out for the paper.  Now at any given time there are 20 or more around the feeder eating off the ground.

We occasionally would see a gold finch at the thistle feeder.  Now there are between 3 – 6 finches on a single feeder plus some on the ground and one or two at the safflower feeder.  More sparrows then I can count and boy are they ever messy creatures.  I spend at least a half hour a day “choring”  plus hosing off the patio to take care of their droppings.

The bird bath is a disaster every night.  Filled with excrement, feathers and God only knows what else.  The cost, about $89 every two weeks.  I’m beginning to wonder what the hell these birds did before we decided to feed them.  🙂

Then I think of the enjoyment and amusement I derive from watching and photographing the little creatures and it just makes it all worth while.

That’s all the mindless babble I have for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your day and be careful.