Well, we've learned a few really neat things recently. It turns out, that once you get a great little sanctuary in place, a few good bird feeders, a nice bird bath, some protective shelter, basically a great little wildlife shelter, well that in turn becomes a big giant bird feeder. We've now apparently built the neighborhood's biggest and best bird feeder... for falcons. We now have almost daily sightings in the yard of various birds of prey. This little guy lit on the front porch one day earlier this week, then flew over to the dogwood tree and scoped me out before flying away. Turns out, he's not Hector, Hector's MUCH bigger and definitely a Peregrine; this little guy's either a kid, or a slightly different species. Oh well, now we know, bird feeders come in stages; little bird feeder + birds = bird feeder for bigger birds. I'm sure there's a moral there somewhere, like "just when you relax because everything seems just perfect... that's when the big meat-eater bird comes down, plucks you up, rips off your skin and eats you." Maybe there's a nicer way to phrase that. :)
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