Partners in Thyme

ASNAP is what I call my bird feeder and the small wren bird house is the Public Aviary Nesting Facility (PANF). Birds are helpful because in addition to the seed we provide, they also eat insects out of the garden. My bird feeder is attracting a family of cardinals, which I call "cheepies" because they cheep nonstop when they're coming in for a meal. The male and female cardinals are regulars, I've seen them visit the feeder at all hours of the day. There are two males that get along pretty well together, I'd guess they are either brothers or just happy swinger birds. We also noticed a very big male blue jay, a pair of doves and one woodpecker that digs furiously through the seed apparently looking for his favorite. The woodpecker is kind of violent with the feeder, seed just goes flying everywhere. Thankfully the cardinals are always right behind him cleaning up his mess and eating the spilled seed in the yard. I could go into detail making a comparison between the habits of these birds and people who receive free food from our many social welfare programs, but I'll save that for another blog post now that we have a blog. You'd be glad to know that Ryot really loves the birds, I made an effort to be sure the feeder was in full view from one of his most comfortable window ledges.