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Help with ID of odd 'pellet's in bird feeder.
Comments (18)interesting sandy. i knew the vit k treatment but i didn't realize it was heparin! which leads me to my mystery, though i never would use poison bait. it is all this talk of rats and mice. someone is trying to move into my romeo's sleeping box in the shed. but my reason for posting is quite hilarious- he went to investigate why my 15 some pound bag of composted manure was moving. i am standing at the back door and hear "SQUEEK!" i wish i saw it, but alas i had only my tshirt and undies on and it was still daylight. hey, i work midnights, ok? :) i had a mental picture of it jumping in the air and squeaking at the same time. the big oaf ran out of the shed, belly to the ground, and wanted back in the house. that surprised me. my old man at romeo's age would have had his whiskers twitching in anticipation. so, my mystery continues....though maybe in the process we have discouraged our visitor. i also took the top off his sleeping box to make it less inviting. i have found no rear projectiles. i am also considering leaving the feeders empty for awhile. i would hate to do that. just sharing a story. i didn't want to start a thread just for it. it almost applies....See MoreOdd bird
Comments (5)Ah, that's it Rosie. Mine looks very much like the picture marked Illustration and less like the actual photographs. It's the only bird I've seen so far that hops around in the garden among the plants picking away at the ground. And it is the size of a full grown robin. It doesn't seem to have a partner. It's the only one I've ever seen. Doesn't come around until evening either. Hank...See MoreI Haven't Seen a Bird in a Month
Comments (31)The bird population in my neighborhood has crashed. At the start of this winter season, I had birds at my feeder. There were fewer than last year, but there some birds. Here in the neighborhood, that can be a wide variation in the number seen on a given day. For the past 2 weeks, I have seen hardly any birds anywhere in the neighborhood. I'm seeing about 3 birds a day. Of course, I am not looking at the feeder all the time, but for the times I do look, I see only 2 to 3 birds per day when in past years, there were times when crowds of birds were at the feeder. We had a pair of resident cardinals. Those always came as darkness fell to tank up for the night. They fed later than other birds. I have not seen a cardinal for the past 3 weeks. The blue Jay that frequented the feeder 3 months ago has disappeared. I have not seen any juncos for 3 weeks. Those are ground feeders and they arrive when other birds toss seed out of the feeder. They might be avoiding because the ground is bare of seed for them. They will use the feeder, but much prefer the ground. Not long ago, we had plenty of house finches; Those are gone. We did have a flock of mourning dove that visited each day. The flock was about 10 in number. I saw one yesterday and none today. There is a roaming flock of wild turkeys that pass through the backyard once per day. Those came today. I filled the bird feeder a week ago an not much has been taken. Its as though the birds have been poisoned or diseased. The population has crashed at my place. Some reduction can be attributed to loss of habitat from building new subdivisions. My town have very little open land left compared to 10 yrs ago....See MoreTrying to combine two rooms into one large kitchen but very odd shape
Comments (25)Using @itsourcasa layout as an example to illustrate your plans vs theirs, I have marked in RED the "foundation wall" of the kitchen (where you base your focus from and eminate it out from there, if you will). In BLUE is living/dining in the same manner. In ORANGE are those pesky humans. See how with itsourcasa there is interaction, communication, and focus directed on areas where people naturally want to congregrate? In yours, see how you have segregated that? To be clear, this is not an "open concept" kitchen vs a "closed kitchen," you can easily open up some of a wall and still feel like a "closed kitchen" if that is what you prefer. Rather, it is the segregation and diverging focus of the adjacencies. Also, functionally I would think the kitchen would want to be close/interact with the Party room and outdoor eating when the pool area is such a dominant force in this property....See More- 10 years ago
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