Winter hit us here in Calgary last week, lows in the - 20 C range, lots of snow, terrifying roads. To think it was warm enough for me to wear shorts the day before the snow came too.
Anyway, the poor little birds (house sparrows I think?) in our back yard were puffed up like balls and looking pathetic, so I went and got some winter birdseed for the feeder which has been empty since late summer and a chunk of suet to hang in a tree.
Holy crap it has been a zoo out there. Must be a hundred birds in our backyard. That bird feeder is probably 6 liters and they can empty it in a day and a half. Squirrel is busy with the overflow, and Little Kitty is enthralled. She perches in the bush beside them and fantasizes about one flying just close enough to catch.
I am going to have to buy the big mega Costco size bag of seed I guess.
Remember though birds are notorious bullies. A few of the dominant ones will eat everything and chase the others off, so if you want to be fair, spread the seed around. Yeah I know it’a bit much, but still at the holiday season you want the birdies to play fair don’t you
I’ve been throwing stale bread and crackers and such out for them, and the stale food seems to disappear in minutes. I don’t know if it’s birds or squirrels, but there are some hungry critters in my yard, too. I just trimmed some pork fat off, and threw that out for them, too - see if that goes.
