Unintended Consequences

Red has never, no matter what, ever, let us feed the birds. Until now. Yes. Now we are feeding the birds. Why did Red relent? Easy that. The growing season in these parts, due to the terrible heat and want of rain, was only a few weeks this year. Consequently, the wretched avians have little to eat. So the normally hard-hearted or penny pinching Red was fixing to feel sorry for the feathered vermin. Yes. Those nasty birds were begging at the back door for handouts much like hoofrats.

Therefore, Crumby was authorized to purchase twain hummingbird feeders, a bag of white sugar, a sunflower seed dispenser, a bag of sunflower seed, a suet feeder and a block of woodpecker suet. Surprisingly, several birds hopped on the various feeders immediately. For example, the hummingbirds were at the feeders within an hour. Cardinals, house finches and titmice have been to the sunflower seed feeder. But to the astonishment of many, the only birds to show interest in the "woodpecker" suet are the white-winged doves.

This dove has managed to actually attach itself to the top of the feeder. No mean feat. Lots of times when fixing to land on the feeder, they miss and fall off. Matter of fact, they always fall off the sunflower feeder (they are too big for the perches), so they probably view success at the suet feeder as compensation for frustration at the sunflower feeder.