Both Gene and I enjoyed watching native birds and I put food out to encourage them to come around. This year the black birds invaded our place and when I had filled the feeders, they would eat all of it in less than an hour. So I just decided not to put any more feed out and didn't for a week or so. Then there was a beautiful snow and five cardinals were out in the dogwood tree looking for food. I filled the feeders again . Guess what? Black birds! all over the yard. I know God made them too and they have a purpose, but something is out of balance when we have swarms of hundreds of blackbirds several times a day.
When I saw the cardinals, I was reminded of a poem that my daddy wrote:
Redbird in the Snow.
Flowers don't bloom in wintertime
But wherever could you go
To catch a view more lovely
Than a redbird in the snow?
The groundhog saw his shadow some where but I saw a better sign. There were about half a dozen robins hopping around in the yard the other day. spring is around the corner!
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