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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-19 12:36 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a catbird, a starling, and a young fox squirrel.  I heard a blue jay screaming but didn't see it.

I put out water for the birds.

I put out the flats of pots and watered them.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- We went shopping.  I have 2 new water pans for the giant pots, 4 new large-ish pots, and 2 bags of composed manure.  I still need to get more of the Evergreen potting soil, though.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I took a few pictures of flowers.

I've seen two young fox squirrels chasing each other.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I trimmed grass where I will put one of the giant pots.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I filled the giant pot with half composted manure and half potting soil, then planted a pot of 2 zucchini plants.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I trimmed grass where I will put the second giant pot.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I filled the giant pot with half composted manure and half potting soil, then planted a pot of 2 straightneck yellow squash plants.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I watered the giant pots and the picnic table garden.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 5/19/25 -- I sowed Shithouse Marigold seeds in the new giant pots and several others that didn't already have marigolds.

I watered the marigold seeds and some other plants.

I saw the first bat of the season!  :D

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
 
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[personal profile] labelleizzy 2025-05-19 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I have (at least) one EXTREMELY LOUD mockingbird that I hear from the podocarpus in the front yard. We have chickadees and both house and gold finches. Crows overhead and all round the neighborhood. Hawks which the crows will chase off. Sparrows that chase the crows off. Robins in early spring, sometimes. Once or twice I've seen a heron ogle our fish, once or twice I've been out at the fire pit and noticed a soft winged owl.
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[personal profile] labelleizzy 2025-05-19 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! And there's orioles that love the neighbors magnolia tree and vanish into the foliage.