We have a few bird feeders in our back yard. Some of them hang right by our back window so it is entertaining to see various birds up close from inside our house. We have seen as many as five or six at a time bunched up at one feeder. Different types of birds like one or the other feeder or seed. One caters to hummingbirds. Here is a sample photo.
With all the flowers in our yard we get other creatures finding food.
A neighbor’s cat likes to perch on the top of our back fence. I’m sure it is licking its lips hoping to catch one of the birds unawares. We moved one feeder further from the fence so this wouldn’t happen.
Blue Jays liked eating our blueberries, and slugs our strawberries (ugh). Squirrels often scurry across our yard, fence, and trees.
The past few nights we have heard scratching and rattling sounds from our walls. Perhaps mice are the cause–we catch them in our house from time to time. We hope it isn’t squirrels or something larger than mice. The critters are welcome to hang out in our yard, but not in our house!
I didn’t hear any scurrying last night. And we need to fill the feeders.