I’m not putting my hard-won, decades old Feather Collection in the compost! No Eagle feathers - but I have a few wild Turkey and Pheasant. ;)
BUT, I will have chicken feathers in the future! The girls are growing fast and both breeds seem to be getting along - I don’t see anyone picking on anyone other than the usual minor ‘sisterly squabbling.’
I put out nesting materials (mostly that coconut coir) for the birds and was rewarded with an Oriole nest in the big Maple right outside of the house. I spotted it now, instead of when I usually find them in the Fall after the leaves have all fallen.
FF: Sorry to hear about your ‘adventure.’ Glad you survived it. If Beau is out ‘doing something’ it usually involves loud machinery, so he’s not coming to my rescue, either. Maybe we can get a package deal on Life Alerts? LOL! My sister and I are saving for our future OFF-ROAD Hover-Rounds. (Electric wheelchairs) :)
Dolly (Beagle) woke me up at 5am this morning to head out to hunt and I was moving very s-l-o-w-l-y myself after a long day of planting, yesterday! ‘Tis the Season! ;)
Totally jealous of your orioles nesting! I had to look for images, and those are cool nests!
I have a feeling that the Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks and the Gray Catbirds have built nests nearby. They are always around now. The grosbeaks probably have one in the brush out in the woods behind our yard. There’s a lot of poison ivy that I eventually need to work on getting rid of. There’s just always other tasks that seem more important.
Funny about the Life Alerts, and I’m shunning the idea of walkers or canes yet at this point in my life. When CoVid first happened, our adult kids acted like we were old geezers with one foot in the grave. I made it my mission to get into good enough shape that they didn’t hassle us about it. I think I’ve proved my point with them. I may have gone too far, even, because sometimes they think we should have as much energy as they do after we’ve traveled for a whole day. (I dislike flying these days, and we all live across the country from each other.)