For the Birds
As those of you who follow me know, we set out food for the birds in the area. Lisa has been concerned that the pigeons have been bullying the smaller birds away from the seed we set out on the ground, and decided to build a new feeder that the small birds can access but that the large ones cannot easily dominate.
Lisa here is admiring her work. She took the base of a broken office chair, a piece of conduit that she bent to the desired shape, a cookie tin, and various bolts and screws, and assembled into a bird feeder, which we put in the East Lot now that we know that the owner won't complain.
We expect that it will take a little while before the birds figure out that there is birdseed in the tin, but that now we can leave it to the small birds and let the larger ones shift for themselves. Whether the chipmunk will take a crack at climbing the pole remains to be seen.
Lisa here is admiring her work. She took the base of a broken office chair, a piece of conduit that she bent to the desired shape, a cookie tin, and various bolts and screws, and assembled into a bird feeder, which we put in the East Lot now that we know that the owner won't complain.
We expect that it will take a little while before the birds figure out that there is birdseed in the tin, but that now we can leave it to the small birds and let the larger ones shift for themselves. Whether the chipmunk will take a crack at climbing the pole remains to be seen.