Note - thinking about adding a birch at the corner of the property since the golf course let a tree did with Jap Beetles.
Elwood calls it my ecosystem.
The last few weeks I have had five Blue Jays along with 20 or 30 sparrows attending my soup kitchen (a bird entitlement program) . The one thing the Blue Jays do is they can make a sound that is exactly like a Red Tail Hawk. I was reading about them and other birds benefit from Blue Jays. Seems they will make this sound either as a warning, looking to see if any hawks yell back or to scare the sparrows. Blue Jays are slow flyers and hawks will attack them
But - there is a pecking order with sparrows on the bottom of the list. In fact it looks like it's a size thing as when the crows come walking in they are the kings and all watch them strut their stuff on the ground. Have not seen the cardinals lately.
Odd thing about the Jays is that they sometimes migrate south and sometimes not. They are monogamous, picking a mate for life and the male will feed the female as she broods (isn't that always the case? LOL). Both males and females will build the nest together.
Life span can go to 17 years in the wild if they are careful. I don't believe birds ever die. I mean how often to you come across a dead bird just laying there. Do they have grave yards? You would think with so many birds you would see dead ones more often.
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NBA Chase is doing well except for that one stumble.
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Lots of driving today. Picking up matted prints in Madison, picking up 5 large canvas's in Sun Prairie.
Visited the Middle School yesterday to have my photo taken for their yearbook with Collin. The 6th grade art class made a special gift for me which is really cool (refrigerator art).
OH - I have to put some orders in today.
I was contacted and asked if I could do anything with a photo so I took it and . . .augmented it slightly so I could enlarge it and make it look more presentable. While at Hobby Lobby today I'll have to look for a good size frame.
I had thought about making this a tall slim image like a vertical pano but that green slash of glass was just too good to pass up. I had to get that in there somehow. Not sure why it was green but I loved the reflection being green.
I hope that dude does not read the blog LOL
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OK - I gotta get my football picks in for this week. I'm in 1st place in two confidence pools and tied for 1st in fantasy football but I feel I peaked and am now going down. Too many injuries, just like the Packers.
WHY did I pick LeSean McCoy as my 1st pick. He is killing me! And my 3rd pick Jennings - a no show sigh! My best player was my 4th pick, the Bear Defense. . . .actually my BEST player has been Steve Ridlay my 11th pick.
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Anyone know about mouses?? My mouse will just stop sometimes as I'm moving the cursor across the screen. Is this a mouse problem? Software? It's an corded optical mouse on felt mouse pad.
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OK - gotta make picks - cheers
Rod
clean the ball of the mouse
ReplyDeleteOptical mouses don't have balls!
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