cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12609613
Birds
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I’m a big fan of cardinals
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damn is that a yellow-rumped warbler
… yes
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“Look, Raymond,”
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Thanks for the chuckle on my work break!
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Spent my whole adult life saying I didn’t give a shit about birds. Yeah.
- When I lived in Chicago 20 years ago, and their bodies were littering the streets from West Nile virus, I noticed. I noticed the lack of birds in the sky. Seems no one else did.
- I now have 3 different types of feeders and a birdhouse.
- Got my childhood treasures back, uh, there’s a lot of antique bird figurines. And I used to collect owls.
- Saw a pileated woodpecker for the first time at camp in December. NEAT! Got a couple of feeders and started learning to make suet.
- Been rolling my own hummingbird food for years.
But I’m not really into birds.
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What do you do for hummingbird food? I’m trying to attract them to my apartment’s roof garden. I see them up there once or twice a year so I know they get this high up but I want more
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You can make hummingbird nectar at home. I think it’s 4:1 water to sugar, let it cool after boiling to dissolve and fill up a feeder. Double check the ratio but I used to get them at my 21st floor apartment. Good luck, they are my favorites!
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