A Farmwives Giveaway is For the Birds

If you've been reading here often, you then know how I love hummingbirds.  I love feeding them, photographing them and just observing them.  Well, just recently I was given the opportunity, through my affiliation with Real Farmwives of  America to pick out a bird feeder of my choice through a company called Perky Pet.  After perusing their website, I chose this beautiful, glass bottle hummingbird feeder.  I thought it would fit in perfectly here in the country.

I really like decorative detail on the bottle and love the fact that it's made of glass, which will hold up nicely to the harsh summer time sun.

Hummingbirds are super easy to attract.  It normally takes 4-5 days for them to come around after placing your filled feeder outside. 

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I have a Tweet for you!

Okay, more like a HoooHooo.  Yes, I'm talking owls here.  Barn Owls to be exact.  Look at the two cuties we have in our commodities barn this spring.  There's a box up in the rafters of the barn and every year we have a new batch of babies born there.

Dominic gave me a lift up in the bucket of the tractor so I could snap these photos.  They didn't know WHAT to think of me...........

I tried to capture a photo of the mama, but she flew off before I could snap one.....maybe later.

This is the barn I'm speaking of.......

I was able to capture a photo of mama owl today at lunch time.......

Before she flew away.............

This photo is of a crew of three from a couple of years ago.......

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A bit of bad news......Update on the KillDeer

I'm sorry to share this bit of bad news. But I'm sure you want to remain updated on the progress of the KillDeer birds nesting in our front yard. I went out the other night to discover one of the eggs missing. The following night, a second egg was gone. Two remaining eggs. Who could be snatching the eggs? If it were a raccoon, I'm sure he would have swiped all the eggs at once.

Maybe these two had something to do with it. Dora and Diego are our feral cats living in our garage. Dora is the mother (on the right) and Diego is her son. I do like having Dora and Diego around, as they keep all other feral cats away from our house. Dora is a wild cat that no one can pet or even get very close to. Diego has become friendly, we can actually pet him now. They have both been fixed, thanks in part to 'Marin Friends of Ferals' for trapping them and bringing them down to the facility for the procedure. All that was required of me was paying for the spay and neuter and picking them up. They've lived here for a couple of years now. The Two Remaining Eggs A few days later, my kids and their cousins were outside playing, and one of them apparently came too close to the nest. They didn't step on the eggs, just close enough to the nest that caused one of the surrounding rocks to be pushed up against both of the eggs. A hair line crack in each of the eggs. The chicks had not formed yet. All that was visible was yolk.

I walked back out, just 10 minutes later to take a photo and both cracked eggs had disappeared from the nest. Looking around, I found that the mother or father bird had carried the eggs out onto the pavement where they cracked open entirely.

I was so saddened by this. I've decided if the KillDeer return to nest again in our gravel, I will section off the area with string. Maybe they will have a better chance of survival that way. Although, I can't do anything about the cats, especially once the eggs hatch.

Here is the mother or father after she/he carried the egg out. (you can see the egg in the upper left corner of the photo)

Hopefully the KillDeer will come again next spring.

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