Feed the birds ...
Yes I know it costs more than two-pence a bag but I was
rather surprised by a recent article in a country publication which stated: “After
a break, I’m back feeding the garden birds and they are costing a fortune to
keep. I had given up on them as the
cheeky crows and magpies developed all sorts of strategies to empty the feeders
...” My first thought was: move the b.....y
feeders, then! But the reaction went
much deeper than that.
This was an alleged country person writing who’d stopped
feeding the birds during a bitterly cold snap when they are most reliant upon
us for food! Also with the climate on
the blink, there aren’t the insects about in early spring when birds are
feeding their young, so they might need a helping hand at that time too. As any pagan worth their salt knows, the
crow family are our messengers from Otherworld and a few handfuls of corn for
the bigger birds should be looked upon as an offering rather than begrudged. My magpies are as fat as ‘butter-ball’
turkeys and provide hours of amusement
watching their attempts at raiding the feeders, so they deserve a hand-out as
well. Not to mention the community of noisy
starlings who roost in the cypress outside the bedroom window ... and the
family of pheasants screaming at one another ...
I agree it’s good to see the robin and the wren in the
garden but the big boys need a helping hand sometimes, too!
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