OT Bird Lovers

I think God is trying to get you to finally eat your crow....! It's a test...locusts will be next...then frogs will fall from the sky..

 

When BG moved into his current house he asked me how I attracted the hummingbirds. When I told him, he immediately went to his local nursery and purchased several Hot Lips. Literally, within 30 minutes of planting them in his backyard he had his first hummingbird show up. The plant in general has a fairly strong and distinct odor that seems to draw them…..

 

Perhaps.

I wonder if that's why I heard him whisper, "Let my S2 people go!"

 

I feed the birds chicken scratch that I also feed my chickens...they love it...so do the chipmunks though ..chicken scratch is pretty cheap compared to wild bird seed...the hawks that populate my back acre keep the crows away...every once in awhile it's like watching WWII fighter planes go at it in the skies....hawks always win but crows are fearless and relentless..they keep trying

 

I'll check that out! I had to go to Tractor Supply anyway.

 

Hot lips, eh, never heard of it.

 

<insert caption "Hi PapaG" below>

 

Bought some corn scratch this morning. I'll let you know how that all works out. We're also going to purchase some Hot Lips Sage (Salvia) for the hummingbirds.

 

Good call. We moved the hummingbird feeder to the side of the screened porch, got rid of the green sunflower seed feeders, added safflower seeds to the main feeder (apparently, crows/blackbirds aren't fond of safflower seeds), added a bird house, and added some flowers flanking the hummingbird feeder. I'm wondering if hot lips (as @UncleCliffy'sDaddy had suggested) might be better off there instead(?)

Anyway, here's a before/after look.

 

I’d put the hot lips as close to your windows or outdoor relaxation areas as possible so you can enjoy watching the humming birds do their thing…..

 

A fat robin with one of the blueberries from my bushes in its mouth landed on the fence outside my kitchen window yesterday. We were staring each other eye-to-eye and I swear the little SOB was laughing at me.

 

Yeah. Our entire yard is now planted with several varieties of salvia, including “hot lips”. Tons of hummingbirds (and we often see a fair amount of bees and butterflies as well).

 

The added cover was a good call.

 

It's a beautiful thing right now.

 

I can only image, the year is 2011, and you are smiling and humming Al Stewart's classic.....waiting patiently for 2023.

 

Being a bird lover I had omelette for breakfast and will have some air fried Chicken for dinner