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Absolutely! I feed the birds all year. In summer, I have six water
sources available for the birds and in winter, just one w/an ice
melter device.
Right now, I have juncos red-bellied, downy and hairy woodpeckers; a
wren, maybe a Carolina, but it is very cold here, sometimes they
winter over, I just haven't been able to get a clear look;
goldfinches, purple finches, titmice, chickadees, cardinals and pine
siskins.
My landscape is planted to attract and shelter birds, too, with
native perennials, shrubs or trees with seed heads and berries. I
never really had an appreciation for evergreens until I got
interested in birds. Now, I see evergreens as bird condos, or
certainly heavily used waystations while they wait their turn at the
feeders (suet, saffflower and nyger seed) in winter. I live less than
two blocks from White River, Indiana's non-navigable waterway, so I
get birds that other urban gardeners might not get. I get cooper's
hawks, red tailed hawks, screech and great-horned owls and the
occasional indigo bunting or peregrine falcon from downtown hunting
mouning doves.
jems
>Oxymoron alert: "lovely arctic high?" That ranks (or tanks) with
>'military intelligence', 'jumbo shrimp' and 'drug-free school zone.'
>Today's expected high is mid-20s. Feels colder. Sunny & clear, but
>windy, and no snow cover. The kind of weather that's pretty much
>guaranteed to kill off a lot of stubborn garden greenery.
>BTW, I don't paddle all summer, I paddle all year. I welcomed 2008
>with a jaunt up my river on New Year's day. Bird report: Cedar
>waxwings, downy woodpeckers, a yellow-shafted flicker, black ducks,
>goldfinches, red-tailed hawks, bluejays, a kingbird. No great blue
>herons, for a change, and the only Canada geese were of the plastic
>decoy breed.
>How many on this list are also birdwatchers?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Douglas Green <dgreen@kos.net>
>To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
><gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 9:15 am
>Subject: Re: [GWL] The "Cost" of the matter
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>And we have a beauty here this morning - the air is so cold there's
>mist on the water and it's freezing on our trees. I'm watching the
>main channel freeze over - it's clearly visible as the ice crystallizes.
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>Makes me just want to get out there and paddle around.... or, maybe
>take a trip somewhere warm. I'll get back to you about which one.
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>But in the meantime, there's a lovely arctic high over top of us -
>clear blue skies, nose-freezing temps (0F and dropping) I can only
>send it along in hopes of clearing up some of that political smog.
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>Best
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>Doug
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>Douglas Green
>Online Garden Publishing
>Blog: http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
>Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
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>On 3-Jan-08, at 9:07 AM, frielster@aol.com wrote:
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>> Doug,
>> our politicians' excess windage is our only defense against those
>> stinkin' Canadian cold fronts you Canucks keep shipping south.
>> Happy sailing.
>> JF
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>> From: Douglas Green <dgreen@kos.net>
>> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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>> Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 7:02 am
>> Subject: Re: [GWL] The "Cost" of the matter
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