Mid-Atlantic Gardening: BIrds of the Mid-Atlantic: Nature's Entertainers, 1 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
Ric, when I volunteered with the Fairfax County program to remove non-native invasive plants, a boy scout troop was always there. I have been trying to get local scout troops and teenagers who need service hours to help clear our HOA land, so far without any luck.

Critter, I'm counting. I saw a Northern Flicker for the first time ever! It was looking for insects in cavity in one of my maples, but didn't seem to find any.

Robins were very happy to find my heated birdbath! I felt bad for them; there was nothing in my yard they wanted to eat and the ground's probably too frozen to peck out worms. I thought about putting out raisins and chopped apples, but there were too many Starlings I didn't want to feed. I have kitchen scraps to put out, so I'll turn my compost pile in the hope of exposing some insects for them.

Edited to add that I saw the strangest thing this morning. A very large bird of prey - probably a hawk but I couldn't ID it - was sitting on the fence, not 10 feet away from cardinals, blue jays and little birds that either didn't see it or didn't care.

This message was edited Feb 14, 2015 2:16 PM