This Says It All.... Well Almost

Those who have been to my backyard, either via this blog or literally, know that it has flowers and fruit, fish and fowl and some other things. The fish will feed for another 6 weeks. The flowers will finish their blooming around the same time. The raspberries begin to come in this week. However through all four seasons, 365 days a year, we feed the birds and enjoy their visits.

The variety is great as we have three sets. There are those like the chickadees, cardinals and blue jays who are here year. There are those who migrate south for the winter like the blue bird and humming bird and then there there are those like the juncos who come down here to Long Island for the winter from northern parts.

Bird feeding is fun as well as helpful. Just the other day I saw a blue jay working a tomato plant. They go after worms that we can hardly see. In fact some years ago Organic Gardening ran a whole feature on the best birds to bring into your backyard for pest control. We have sought to bring them all in. You could really say like the plaque my daughter's family gave me last year says above,"This Place is for the Birds."