Did anyone know that February is National Bird Feeding Month? I sure didn’t. Birds are lovely creatures. Some sing sweet little tunes; some mimic words or phrases; some are little; some are big; some have long beaks; some have short beaks; some have long legs; some have short legs… you see where I’m going with this? For example, we have this beautiful cardinal that visits our house and flaps itself silly against the mirrors of our vehicles parked in the driveway. I have blogged about this beautiful, yet annoying, cardinal before (you can find that post in my archives), and […]
How to Discourage an Amorous Cardinal
I occasionally enjoy bird-watching. We live out in the country where beautiful birds can be seen and heard chirping beautiful songs. I’m not an avid bird-watcher like Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson were in The Big Year, in which these three gentlemen compete in a year-long bird-spotting competition. But then there are those times when I feel the need to pop a pellet in a bird’s tail feathers, like Zooey Dechanel did in Failure to Launch. If you don’t remember that scene, rent the movie! It may not have been a blockbuster movie, but it’s got Matthew McConaughy […]