I moved my bird bath and bird feeder from the back yard this fall, because the dogs weren't leaving them alone. Now outside my kitchen window on the side of the house, I have a wonderful perpetual motion display inhabited by any number of small finch-sized birds. Various hues are present, and they scoot in and out of my Silvarado sage and a couple of other evergreen plants (they particularly love a big rosemary out there). If the feeder goes empty I seem to have a high number of pert little faces peering through the window screen alerting me to the problem. It seems that they have been watching me watching them.

My neighbor was complaining this weekend that he hasn't seen many birds this fall, and then he discovered the small flock that hovers around my house. I have an extra shepherd's crook garden thing to give him and plan to find him an inexpensive bird feeder (it's a great time of year to buy them on sale) so he can lure a few back across the street.

SRS