Today is Feed the Birds Day. I know things have been tough
in other areas, but so far it’s been a very mild winter in our neck of the
woods. We’ve seen a few magpies, but for the most part the birds have had
better things to do than hang around our door. When there’s more cold and snow,
we like to hang a few different kinds of food for our feathered friends: mesh
bags of thistle seed for the finches, suet for the woodpeckers and meal worms
for the bluebirds. As far as I can tell, everyone loves shelled peanuts and
sunflower seeds. We like to keep cracked corn for the ducks and geese. It’s so
much better for them than stale bread, cookies, doughnuts, etc. One thing we
learned the hard way: when you’re storing seed for the birds, be sure it’s in a
clean, air-tight, rodent-proof container.
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