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What's outside of your picture window today?
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@californiazebra and all...well, my new friend, you lucked out. I couldn't do any research and the medical world considered squirrels rabies carriers at the time. This was in the 1960s. No Google. No desk tops. No computers or unturned. Docs said shots. I got shots. Think it scarred me for life!I did get over it the last of covid and I gave up pretty much and let myself enjoy their antics. I did some research then to find some solutions that actually might work. Thus, safflower seeds, 2 feeders. Tues of peanuts to keep them nusy and off seeds fir songbirds and woods. I have 3 baffles that do work IF I'm smart where I hand the feeders a d what's nearby...chairs, fountains, birdbaths, pots, etc. Nothing they can't use to jump...I can't use window feeders which I love. They find ways to use softies, molding, whatever to hang or jump. So, tossed them.
My condo building neighbors all know these feeders are my joy and I have little of that in life last 25 years, so they all kindet me keep the.. we're about to rid ourselves of rats, rodent invasion. But, it was caused by poor maintenance and soffit holes not repaired well. I told the world the feeders stay and they agreed. Roof repaired. Holes repaired, traps set and poison out so were moving along.
I will surely send some pictures of my visitors after I wash the windows...then you can enjoy with me. BTW: we have raccoons in our woodlands at back of property and they do carry rabies. Haven't seen them recently...may have moved on.
Enjoy but no more hand feeding....blessings all.
Elizabeth
Added some pics from last years birds. Also, squirrel trees outside windows!!! Cheating....
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Love the pictures Elizabeth @ess77! I see you have one of my favorite bird feeders that holds the suet nuggets, easy to fill and lots of different kinds of birds like it. And boy does your kitty look content 🤗
Yesterday on my way to the garage to get my lawnmower to finally cut the grass, I saw this tiny baby snapping turtle in the driveway in front of my garage. I picked him up and carried him out to my back yard where there is a culvert and heavy rains that might help him get back to the river on the other side of a hill where I think he came from.
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Pretty kitty and doves! I love your window view and that tree! Wow!
I was always told squirrels carried rabies, that everything did really so I was concerned before my research. In the late 60s, a kid's pet chinchilla bit me in class and it had to be quarantined for rabies. Now they are on the no rabies list too. Luckily, I didn't go through the horrible shots you did.
My son put a cone on our bird feeder pole to keep squirrels off and that worked well except when they started jumping from a kumquat tree nearby. My garden doesn't have good spots away from trees and bushes. My neighbors understand how important the squirrels are to me. Half love them and feed them and half can't stand them, but no one has officially complained. This is a huge community with the grand poo-bah of controlling HOAs so a bunch of us received threatening notices about too many decorations in the garden. Most everyone does. I try to choose my battles and the squirrels are the most important to me. The HOA recently put out another notice about bird feeders. I would love to have a private backyard to enjoy my critters and birds. Thanks for sharing your pics. Looking forward to more. 🙂
Those of you in Florida have a lot of neat birds. Check out these antigones with babies my aunt from Florida sent today from her walk. So neat!