Posted on 07/05/2021 5:59:42 AM PDT by P.O.E.
Here in NEPA the dragonflies are down, but we have had a great showing of other birds this season..
The crows in the tall pines love to drop little pine cones on my head when I’m tending the lawn and shrubs back there.
In Indiana, the DNR asked home owners to take down bird feeders so the birds don’t congregate and spread the bug. Sorry that whatever it is has also been found in other states.
I bought a cheap shop vac to take care of the carpenter bees.
Set up the nozzle near the hole where they enter and exit.
When they take off they can usually scoot right by it, But when they hover to land they get sucked right in
I love it when they mess with cats
It works, Bartholomew Roberts.
And, it was almost immediate for us.
They still are at work in the barn, but WD40 works well, down there.
There used to wrens that nested outside the back door of the family home in north central Iowa. They would actually ride on the handles of a running moving garden tiller! They loved some kind of small green grub that the tiller would turn up.
I usually have several Eastern Bluebirds nesting in my houses, in E. Central, MN. This year, I have not even seen one yet.
I’ve noticed this disease on a few birds in my area (MO). Particularly ugly eye crusting on Cardinals. The baseball Cardinals have an even worse infection now called no hittitus.
I used to enjoy watching the neighbor’s cat get dive-bombed by Mockingbirds every time it left the porch.
Here’s one explanation:
They are asking us to turn dead birds in to DNR.
Those in Indiana haven’t shown avian flu upon examination.
5G uses pretty much the same frequencies and same power levels as previous generations of cellular technology. If I were to guess, I’d say the likely culprit is the large scale use of pesticides. You may not use any pesticides, but I bet your neighbors do. And if they don’t, I bet the farm up the road does.
grackles and blue jays aint songbirds.
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Nice catch!
Bees need a lot of water and will always seek the closest source. If that water is contaminated by roundup, fertilizer, or any pesticide it will affect the entire colony.
Several neighbors around here feeding the feral cats. We have a catch-neuter-and-release plan going in town, but they quickly run out of funds. I used to do it on my own - trap, delouse, take them to the vets for shots & spaying, give them a hearty meal then release, etc. but it got a little too pricey for me as well.
And if it only affected Starlings and Grackles the world would be a better place.
It was so hot here yesterday, I saw a bird blow on a worm before eating it.
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