(July 25, 2021 at 11:24 am)Ranjr Wrote: We have normal rabbit, squirrel and chipmunk activity here. The doe with fawn grazes on the ivy covering the hill down to the water. Same as last year.
What's different is the lack of birds with color. Fewer cardinal, no goldfinch, red house finch or eastern bluebird. The bird bath is sad. Hummingbird wars continue. Waterfowl appear the same.
The temperatures are around normal but the humidity is crazy. Yesterday is was 92 with an index of 102. It stormed overnight. We've had 5.3" of rain this month. 3.2" is normal. I didn't expect so much gulf influence here in the hills.
That's weird...we have cardinals all the time. I love to watch them since they are always in pairs. We are getting quite a variety of birds this year. Last year we didn't have many. They all seem to be back this year. I added a bird feeder to the front of the house outside my office...it took a while for the birds to come to it, now I can barely keep it filled it's become so popular.
You can tell when the blue jays have been in the bird bath as the whole back deck is wet when they get done. I think someone is feeding steroids to them...damn things are huge!
What fresh hell can this be? - Dorothy Parker
