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What wildlife or non-domestic animals do you enjoy watching, feeding, etc? 

By Peace
27 July, 2023 - 01:49 pm
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We have several bird feeders and get to watch a number of bird species and squirrels.  Last year and this year, I have had rufous hummingbirds through the winter in addition to the usual woodpeckers, cardinals, blue jays, mockingbirds, woodpeckers, wrens, titmice and others.  Still haven't managed to attract bluebirds to this house after having them maybe half a mile away.  Christmas Day there was a bald eagle circling high overhead.  

I have been planting milkweed and nectar flowers to attract birds and butterflies for years, but last year I started rearing monarch caterpillars in an enclosure to protect them after I realized the wasps in the yard were eating most of them.  We started on the fly after seeing the wasps attacking them mid summer 2016 and released near 60.  In 2017, I did more research and found a couple of groups that shared information -- we released nearly 600 this year.  Way more than we had any idea of dealing with -- hoping 2018 will be a healthy year for them.  DH says he doesn't want so many this coming year -- I don't know how you can tell the butterflies to not come.  LOL  
 

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