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The sun never came out today. :-(

But! I got out and went to the store for a few things, including a couple more suet blocks for the birds. The blocks look like this, although the brand my grocery store carries is different and they sure don't cost $2.95 -- the ones I get are 99 cents. You take the suet block out of the plastic tub (easier if you've put it in the freezer overnight), stick it in the wire cage-thing and hang the cage-thing from a branch. I put an old one out yesterday and it attracted a woodpecker (a small one -- a downy or hairy) and a chickadee.

Also saw more white-winged doves today, a House Finch, some little guys that are probably American Goldfinches (they don't turn golden until summer), and some tiny little finch that was sort of a nondescript olive-greenish color. I have no idea what it was.

So, anyway. Hoping to write a little tonight. In the meantime, here's a lovely article from the NY Times on Christmas crèches.

Date: 2008-12-19 03:08 am (UTC)
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Heh! So far the squirrels haven't bothered the suet block or the bird feeder. I'm just waiting, though. In the past there have been times when I'd hear a thump! and open the back door to see Mr. Squirrel sitting on top of the feeder, and I'd yell at him, and the little son of a bitch would just blink back at me.

Bastards. Hee.

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