Wildrosebeef - Armchair Cattlewoman's BYH Journal

[SmallFarmGirl]

Em, your 30-40????

Nope, too . I didn't jest when I said I was 25, 'cause that's what I am. Here's a pic of me to get a gist of my actual age:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/WildRoseBeef/IMG_5899.jpg

Don't I look toasty warm?

No, not you. Your cute though!!!! Emily Levan or Elevan
Boy you fooled me. Thought you were 50-60

 

[RamblingCowgirl]

Thats funny about the whole age thing. I'm never quick to guess on stuff like that as people are always getting my age wrong...

If you ever should take on a horse job really do your home work. I think horse people are the best & worst bosses ever. But is sounds like you are just the sort of person they would be looking for at the feed mill.

 

[elevan]

Em, your 30-40????

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[WildRoseBeef]

I'll keep that in mind, RC, thanks.

Well, this morning I open up the quonset door and my two cats shot out like a couple of bullets LOL, they wanted to be outside pretty bad today. And I don't blame them, it's like only -3 outside and calm. Spider's always the first one out, then Muffy (also called Button). So I figger I'll keep them outside for most of the day and put them back in in an hour or two.

Fed the birdies today too. We got quite a number of bird species that come around to the feeders, they love the sunflower seed chopped corn and millet mix we get from Peavey Mart. I've taken pictures of them, but I'll just give a general list of the birds we get at the feeders:

Boreal Black-capped Chickadees
Red Polls
Pine Grosbeaks
Hairy Woodpecker
Nuthatch

It gets to be pretty fun watching them. We get I think around two dozen Red Polls coming to the feeder at one time (I've seen the tray hold around 9 to 10), and about a dozen chickadees, and at least half a dozen of those lovely pine grosbeaks: three males and I think around four or five females. The woodpecker comes around on occasion, and the same with the nuthatches. Last year we had a couple pair of nuthatches hang around, and I see them more often than the woodpeckers. We have four bird feeders and a suit cage set out for them to eat from, and it seems like there's never enough room for them all because some birds get a little greedy. The chickadees are smart enough to fly in, grab a seed (preferably a sunflower seed), fly to the pine tree branches, then hold the seed in their claws and peck away at it to get at the tasty middle part. The red polls, on the other hand, they like to sit at or in the feeder, toss out some seed on the ground and eat the rest. I was out with my DSLR camera one day and had one (a little female) land right on top of my lens while I was holding the camera up. She stood there for just a second or two and then flew off.

But those grosbeaks, man they're gorgeous! I could get within a couple feet of one of the males no problem and snap pictures of him, and even got some good ones that I'll have to post on here soon. I have a telephoto lens that can take quite the close-ups of the birds from over a few feet away, and can get quite the shots.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

This is what the male Pine Grosbeak looks like:

I'll have to get some pics of the females, 'cause they're just as pretty as the males.

 

[77Herford]

Em, your 30-40????

Nope, too . I didn't jest when I said I was 25, 'cause that's what I am. Here's a pic of me to get a gist of my actual age:

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv340/WildRoseBeef/IMG_5899.jpg

Don't I look toasty warm?

No, not you. Your cute though!!!! Emily Levan or Elevan
Boy you fooled me. Thought you were 50-60

12

 

[elevan]

77 - are you suggesting that Wildrosebeef is 12 or me???

 

[77Herford]

77 - are you suggesting that Wildrosebeef is 12 or me???

SmallFarmGirls picture....don't worry your waaaay older.

 

[elevan]

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Nice pic of the bird!