I bought a gallon of shelled sunflower seeds at the Bird Store on
the Cape thinking I should dust off the old bird feeder and hang it from the
shepherd's crook where the summer basket of flowers had hung. Then I could
watch the birds from the window. This is also the same shepherd’s crook where I
had hung the hummingbird feeder that attracted no hummingbirds, but in my
experience, the winter birds aren't as picky.
So I put the bird feeder back together--the three pieces of
plastic column inside the cage to keep out the squirrels, (Ha!) filled it with
the sunflower seed, and hung it on the hook.
For several days the level of seed
seemed unchanged. Then on Monday I noticed the level had gone down some, but
when I looked at the plastic column, I saw that I had put it in upside-down so
that now that the seed was below the tiny spouts where the seed spilled out,
there was no way for the birds to get at the seed. So last night I brought the
feeder inside intending to correct my error today.
It was on my to-do list as I sat eating my breakfast when I saw a
tiny chickadee fly from the hydrangea to the hook where yesterday there was a
feeder, then back to the hydrangea, then back to the hook, and then fly off. I
felt as if I had tricked it into thinking this was a good place to look for
sustenance, then taken away the food.
I immediately fixed the feeder, filled it with seed and returned
it to its rightful place. I can only hope that the birds will find this again.
I suspect they will.
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