As noted in an earlier post, we’ve erected a bird feeding station outside the office window.
Erected is a good descriptor as it is a multi-piece metal pole, driven into the ground. with a tray and two arms attached.
In the ensuing months a slew of feathered critters have discovered it , as well as one, well perhaps two, large gray squirrels.
We spend a portion of each day pecking away at keyboards and moving media files around.
This circus of avian activity presents a calming break from re-reads and edits. So of course we directed cameras at the action. Finches, juncos and chickadees flit in and out of the tray, staging runs from the branches of the adjacent aspen tree.
There is a covey of mourning doves that make regular stops. These chubby little buggers hunker down and take possession of the space.
A mesh bag filled with thistle seed was hung for finches and for the chickadees, a suet feeder.
That suet feeder got heavy use from a pair of flickers who, it appears, were just passing through. There is also an occasional visit from a nuthatch.
Then, the other night our security camera caught some four legged visitors. They seemed interested in the suet, which fortunately was out of their reach.
As for the squirrel . . .
Well, their leaps from aspen to feeder aren’t as delicate as the junco’s, but just as entertaining.
While sitting with a mug of hot tea, working away at a video or a blog post, it’s great fun watching the antics just outside our window.