Squirrels and Home Runs

Boy was it fun watching the squirrels today. They were a little upset that they could not get up to the bird feeders. I believe one of them got onto the other feeder by jumping from the Rosemary bush onto the feeder. We moved it about 3 feet away from the bush and they never got on it again. They would climb the pole and try to get around the dome only to have it dump them on the ground. Lots of activity in that area today, Vera saw Crows, Stellar Jays, Finches, Pine Siskens, Robins, Swallows, Squirrels and Chipmunks, plus a few I probably forgot.

This evening we went down to James' Baseball game. His first time at bat he hit a home run. He grinned all the way around the bases. They ended up losing, but James and the others made some great plays.

Birds

The bird feeder is sure fun to watch. Lots of activity this afternoon, I counted 13 birds out there once. I swear the ones on the feeder are throwing seeds down to the ones on the ground. We stopped and picked up another 100 pounds of black sunflower seed today so we should be good for a while.


These birds are enjoying the seeds dropped from above. I looked all through our bird book and still can not figure out what the dark colored bird is.

This one sat over by the pond and ignored the feeding frenzy. Maybe he was above that kind of thing.

After we got up to rain showers we changed our plans from flying to puttering around home. I got a call from a friend and sold another plane today. At this rate, I may not have any left for the tail gate swap meet.

Hope you had as nice a nap as I did, Alan.