So, what’s next?

True to the name of this blog… here we go.

So for those of you who don’t know, we’re kind of into our birds around this house. We do the heated bird bath for the Michigan winters and at least 5 pounds of black oil sunflower seeds every 3 or 4 days in the feeders year round.

In the spring the big concern is when do we put out the hummingbird feeders for the wee ones who have made the maybe 900 mile journey from maybe Central America or the West Indies back up to our back yard in Michigan and who are probably ready for a snack… and, will we see the Baltimore Orioles this year? Birds for whom we put out the grape jelly and mealworms, or jelly worms as they are known around here. I have even seen orioles bring wild caught bugs and dip them in the jelly! Gotta get the fussy babies to eat their protein somehow I guess.

The Pileated Woodpecker is a favorite and an old friend in the woods. (Now that they aren’t pounding holes in the side of our house anyway.) When we first moved to the woods it was “Hey! there’s monkeys in these woods!” Listen … it really does kinda sound like a monkey. Then when we saw the things it was “Holy Moly! Look at the size of that thing!”  Then it was … “get the (bleep) off of my house!”

This year it was, “what the heck is that?” “What?” “I think it’s an armadillo rooting around…” Turned out it was a pileated woodpecker looking for Easter eggs. At least that’s what it looked like he was doing.

Can’t wait to see what shows up in the yard next.