Did y’all know that February is National Bird-Feeding Month in the U-S-of-A? I sure didn’t. At least not until my local hardware store sent me educational literature about the fact. I guess this means we’re supposed to throw a little love to our feathered friends.
Mister and I regularly feed hummingbirds. We don’t put out seed for other birds. It’s not for spite or anything. We just don’t.
A couple of days ago Mister asked if I remembered the Wild Parrots who flew to a former neighbor’s tree each afternoon. When we’d hear them coming (and you’d have to be deaf to miss them), one of us would say, “It’s Bird-Thirty!” We used to love those birds. Just after we moved away from there, we heard those neighbors chopped down the tree the Parrots always claimed as their own. I guess the mess and ruckus proved too much for the folks to handle.
If I had Wild Parrots visiting my yard every day and making that mess, I might feel similarly. I just don’t know. For now, our little group of hummingbirds will have to do. And honestly, they do quite well.