Life On and Off an Acreage

In-sights into moving from an Acreage back to Town, plus a few things I find of interest.

Two things that horses are scared about:


1. Things that move
2. Things that don't move




Old enough to be eccentric, but not rich enough

March 13, 2020

Spring Appears to be Delayed.. a bit!

The Magpies can smell a peanut from miles away. I think they have a secret spot where they can watch for a delivery!


 A lot of people don't like Magpies, but I find them to be very interesting, and intelligent.


 Speaking of intelligence, these sparrow find it a lot warmer sitting on the rail letting the sun warm both the front and backside. It was -20C today with a wind chill of -30! It was darn cold. At one time there were 8 sparrows on the rail.

Neither snow, sleet, hail or cold stops Daphnie from retrieving her Kong on a rope. It stopped me after about 1/2 hour.





 My Black Capped Chickadee has returned with a mate. Hopefully they will nest in one of our bird houses again. I read somewhere that they need an equivalent of 250 sunflower seed per day in order to survive at these temperatures!





Okay everybody, have a great weekend and think warmer, please!

2 comments:

  1. Nice shots, Ian! Magpies are so beautiful! Your temps are so cold! Not warm here, but not cold like that!

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  2. i have never seen a magpie, they are beautiful. i LOVE all birds, even the so called nuisance ones!! daphne is a beauty and it looks like you had a great amount of snow. we had zero here in new jersey this past winter, i really missed seeing and enjoying it!!!

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