Birders

I had to stop feeding the birds a few years ago - the deer were eating 40 pounds of bird seed a night and ignored me when I yelled at them to go away. Then there were the possums, raccoons, foxes and squirrels that also ate the bird seed!

As long as we keep a water source, the birds are happy. If you don't poison the environment, let insects and varied plants grow, the birds will find stuff to eat most of the year.

We're redoing the landscaping around the house this winter and I may try to set up bird feeders I can hoist out of reach of the deer or just put them closer to the house - though that did not stop them from grazing on the pansies right next to the front steps. There has to be a way to feed the birds without feeding everything else in the neighborhood!