Great news about the Bluebird, though. We have a few and we get the Scarlet Tanager and Indigo Bunting from time to time. Their colors don't even seem real! :)
Great news about the Bluebird, though. We have a few and we get the Scarlet Tanager and Indigo Bunting from time to time. Their colors don't even seem real! :)
I have seen Scarlet Tanagers & Indigo Buntings, both while hiking in the mountains. Since we are at the foot of said mountains, I think the possibility of seeing both has gone up considerably! The Indigo Bunting was iredescent in the sunlight, just gorgeous.
The roofer appears to be a good guy (& the folks who recommended him say he is) - so he’s looking for ways to save money. I have a long piece of aluminum siding that blew loose & is ripped. He tried to get siding to match (width & thickness), but it’s just not made any more. While putting in the new floor on the balcony, the bottom piece of siding needs to come off & be replaced with a board to accommodate the floor so that piece will replace the ripped piece & the color will match, too!
The very old & nasty storm door also needs to come off - interfering with the floor. I was going to replace it anyway - it’s flimsy, dented up & gross with ‘dirt’. The roofer (who does siding, windows & doors too) can get me a replacement door ($300-400, going to have to be custom fit) or he suggested trying a magnetic screen door for 1/10th the cost. Since the french door to the balcony is under roof, it doesn’t need weather protection so the magnetic screen door will catch a breeze & keep the bugs out which is just what I need.
Mom & I were having a chat yesterday about ‘the birds’. The former owners have a bird feeding ‘station’ out from the bay window. It’s a heavy post (4x4) with a wooden tray on top - no water drainage so it’s a mess of water-soaked seed hulls. There are two small feeders sitting on the tray that end up in the yard - I suspect Mr. Possum is the culprit. I don’t like this setup & would like to remove the whole thing, but that post isn’t budging. This goes on the “thinking about it” list.
Hummers - we are going to hang the feeders off the porch in front of the bay window. My SIL has a similar arrangement & I love watching the hummers from ‘up close’. I checked the migration map & there are a few sightings north of us, but to the east - they haven’t made it to the west for most of the state.
Roofers working on the balcony off the 2nd floor worked all day yesterday, left at dark & were back at 8 am this morning. The slate work hasn’t started yet. It’s 41, feels like 36 with the breeze - on a roof is not a great place to be. I am doing yard work today (again, still cleaning debris/mowing - will it ever end?), but I am waiting until it warms up a bit.
Are those your own photos? Excellent! The indigo bunting is one of my favorite birds that I do get to see sometimes, but rarely.