I am spending the Thanksgiving Day at home. Between yesterday afternoon and this morning I finished the decorating all but the tree.<\/p>\n
The winds kicked up yesterday afternoon blowing 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 60’s. They howled all night and up until about noon today. I have the mesh feeder wired down to the ground but high winds blow the seed out of the feeder. Yesterday I tried a new tactic by putting a black trash bag over the feeder. I worked well until over night when winds gusting so hard the bag acted like a sail and blew the pole sideways dumping the seed. The pole is made of very heavy metal but the ground was too soft around it from mole tunnels. I pulled the stakes with the wires out of the ground, took down the seed and suet feeders and pulled up the pole.<\/p>\n
I just finished positioning the pole in a new spot and hammering it further in the ground and reinstalled the feeder, anchor wire and suet feeder on the other hook.<\/p>\n
While I was in the garage getting a refill for the feeder a nuthatch was already on the suet feeder eating away. The doves can clean up the spilled seed off the ground.<\/p>\n
Sunny but chilly today. Highs only in the mid 40’s but thankfully the winds have died down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am spending the Thanksgiving Day at home. Between yesterday afternoon and this morning I finished the decorating all but the tree. The winds kicked up yesterday afternoon blowing 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 60’s. They howled all … Continue reading