Wild Pets
Since we don't have a dog I feel the need to have some sort of connection to the animal world so why not a birdfeeder...again :) But this time it will be a hummingbird feeder. I never had one of those. We picked up a feeder at WalMart and mixed up the packaged nectar. Dummy me. I chose the extended proportions which are probably 6 water to 1 sugar. I don't think the birdies like it. They come by, take a quick sip and leave. Sometimes they come up close to the window and flutter for a few seconds. I think they're trying to tell me something!
So I brought the jar back in to refresh the juice and make it more appealing. Internet research says that if the juice is not sweet enough they have to expend too much energy to get an adequate amount. Pretty soon they get tired of working so hard and leave. I think they tell the other birds not to waste their time at my feeder :) I'll see if the new juice makes a difference. Maybe I'll get some good pictures.
Besides the hummingbirds the shrubs behind our sitting area are filled with birds that sing and fly by all day. The towering palm tree beside us is home to our mockingbird and a woodpecker. If I put out a seed feeder I know we'd have lots of activity but that also might bring rodents for the overflow seeds. I'm not anxious to do that.
The only other wild pets we have here are rabbits. So far I've only spotted one. Last year there were so many running around I thought they might be a menace. Now I'm wondering if the park had a rabbit eradication program :) But you know rabbits! If there are two there will soon be twenty.