Animals
Yesterday as I was driving the lawn tractor through the apple orchard, my eyes caught a glimpse of something moving in the grass. As I turned off the mower and approached it, its little mouth opened, revealing a bright yellow orange throat...hungrily searching for its breakfast. There in the grass, all by itself was a baby bird, feathered, but unable to fly on its own; no mother in sight.
Now here is the dilemma....should I leave it alone and risk the probability that some hungry predator would find it, or pick it up and place it back in its nest? For about 5 minutes I stood there talking to it...trying to decide the best course of action. I knew that I could not adequately care for this bird, so it seemed that placing it back in its nest was the best option. I scooped up my little charge and headed back to the house in search of a ladder.
- The Best News!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it...... Edith has been found.No fox hunting sadness here!!Edith was dutifully sitting on a nest of eggs at the edge of the woods. And I am doing the happy turkey dance! Let me tell you, I couldn't be more...
- Birdsongs 101
Over the past few years a whole new world has opened up to me.It is a world that I have always been aware of,but not so intimately a part of as now. All of my life I have been aware of and in awe of birds...so delicate,so nurturing, so driven by instinct,so...
- Squirrel Proof
I must admit, I have to laugh whenever I see a bird feeder that is advertised as squirrel-proof. I have come to the conclusion that that particular item just does not exist. We tried putting one of those large metal cone shaped squirrel proofers...
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To me, mornings on the farm are the best time of day. By 5:15 AM the air is filled with cheerful melodies as the wood thrushes call "eee-olaaaay" back and forth to each other. Most mornings are relatively the same...early rising followed by the same daily...
- Un-welcomed Guests
What a month it has been for Bee Haven Acres. We have been under attack. Our casualties are multiplying daily. It seems the deadliest of our foes is a family of foxes that has made their den in our woods. We have lost more than half of our chickens in...
Animals
Bird Dilemma
Yesterday as I was driving the lawn tractor through the apple orchard, my eyes caught a glimpse of something moving in the grass. As I turned off the mower and approached it, its little mouth opened, revealing a bright yellow orange throat...hungrily searching for its breakfast. There in the grass, all by itself was a baby bird, feathered, but unable to fly on its own; no mother in sight.
Now here is the dilemma....should I leave it alone and risk the probability that some hungry predator would find it, or pick it up and place it back in its nest? For about 5 minutes I stood there talking to it...trying to decide the best course of action. I knew that I could not adequately care for this bird, so it seemed that placing it back in its nest was the best option. I scooped up my little charge and headed back to the house in search of a ladder.With ladder in hand, we headed back to the orchard. Luckily, I had found the bird on the ground directly beneath a nest in the apple tree above. So, to that nest I returned my feathered friend.
I am hoping that I did the right thing....and that its mother will return and care for it until it is big enough to survive on its own.
- The Best News!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it...... Edith has been found.No fox hunting sadness here!!Edith was dutifully sitting on a nest of eggs at the edge of the woods. And I am doing the happy turkey dance! Let me tell you, I couldn't be more...
- Birdsongs 101
Over the past few years a whole new world has opened up to me.It is a world that I have always been aware of,but not so intimately a part of as now. All of my life I have been aware of and in awe of birds...so delicate,so nurturing, so driven by instinct,so...
- Squirrel Proof
I must admit, I have to laugh whenever I see a bird feeder that is advertised as squirrel-proof. I have come to the conclusion that that particular item just does not exist. We tried putting one of those large metal cone shaped squirrel proofers...
-
To me, mornings on the farm are the best time of day. By 5:15 AM the air is filled with cheerful melodies as the wood thrushes call "eee-olaaaay" back and forth to each other. Most mornings are relatively the same...early rising followed by the same daily...
- Un-welcomed Guests
What a month it has been for Bee Haven Acres. We have been under attack. Our casualties are multiplying daily. It seems the deadliest of our foes is a family of foxes that has made their den in our woods. We have lost more than half of our chickens in...