Getting back to the theme I was planning on writing about: Bird Baths!
I always find it sort of amazing (although I know “amazing” is way too strong an adjective) that it is at this time of year, all of my neighbors get out their bird feeders and fill them to the brim with seeds. These are the same bird feeders that have been in garages during the cold months of the year. Hmmm… I could be wrong about this, but don’t the birds actually have a tough time finding enough food during the months that are cold?
Here I am again, going off of the topic I wanted to write about: Bird Baths!
This brings me back to my first paragraph.
I sure hope my neighbors read this entry and take the hint! What’s a Couch Potato to do?
Yikes, I have to haul myself outside again and fill that Bird Bath!
Bless your heart – to take the time to do that for those blessed winged children and ‘fuzzy tails’ – you’re an angel for sure. I keep bowls of water outside for my 2 canine kids as well as who ever else needs a drink. And it goes fast! So Bill & Billy keep it filled while I’m here at the office, and then I take over in the evening. Where is the much needed rain ???!!!
Danna, enjoy the heat while you can. We are still getting rain in California bay area. Got a big storm coming in this weekend 2 to 3 inches, and we have had maybe at least 9 tornadoes in the foothills down by Chico state and Yuba City area. Some where just yesterday and that is unusual for Ca. Take care hope all is well.
Here in Maine this is a beautiful time of year in or out. It is pleasantly warm during the day and sleepin’ cool at night.We keep the bird feeders filled in the winter months and get lazy in the summer.
Bettie, I am in San Antonio, and it is hot, hotter, and hottest down here right now.
Danna: We tried having a bird feeder and all we got were sparrows, house finches and rats (they would eat the spilled seed on the ground). We got rid of it and got a bird bath instead. The variety of birds we get now is amazing! They can easily forage for food (we want them to eat the insects), but water can be scarce in the summer.
The only colorful birds we have around here are Bluejays… and the Grackles are managing to bully them out. I remember when the Bluejays were the biggest bullies… Not so anymore!
Barbara, this is a great theme idea!
Barbara– Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell has 3 kids in it. They don’t have huge roles though, but I understand they have more roles in the second book. She has a book of shorts out too where there’s definitely a couple of cozy stories with the kids…I can’t remember the title Barbara Marr is the character name.
Danna–I’m filling those same baths! The finches splash all the water out of the hanging one and the jays and grackles finish off the one on the ground. Everything is in the shade, but I still fill at least twice a day!!!
Maria, I hadn’t thought about a hanging bird bath. That might keep the bigger birds out of it, leaving the little ones to splash around. As it is, I watch the little ones just have enough time to drink some water and fly away… since the Grackles have become very territorial about the bird bath.
Oh, I thought of another author: Karen McQuestion. Her “Lies I Told My Children” is not a cozy mystery; it’s essays, but they are pretty funny. Very light reading, but if you have a Kindle, you might give it a look. She has several other books out, and was picked up by … some publisher or other. Very highly thought of.
Thanks for all the great reading suggestions! Can’t wait to try some of these new (to me) authors.
Watering my yard the other day( 6AM – 9 AM) – have a well but have to drag hose all over yard -someday an irrigation system- and the next thing I knew the birds were playing under the sprinklers! I had to laugh – there were cardinals, Carolina wrens and the blue jays showed up as well. They were like a bunch of kids on a hot day .The cats just laid on the ledge on the screened porch and watched tails twitching. (No worries they are house cats.) I need to get a another bird bath. I live in Beaufort SC and we too are in a drought. We really need some rain … but as you say on the other hand I am grateful that we have not had the weather others have had.
Oh my goodness, Denise, I think it’s a great bird day if I see a few Blue Jays >>> I would absolutely love to see some Cardinals. And, I just looked up your Carolina Wrens… They are so sweet-looking.