A couple of weeks ago, I had my headphones on and was happily chair dancing to a little Echo and the Bunnymen when all of a sudden the music just stopped. I looked at my ipod and it was still on. I checked the volume on my headphones and it was in the full volume position, carefully set to drown out work distractions. Then it dawned on me… With both hands, I picked up the cord from where it draped down from my desk and it came up in two pieces.
I looked down by my feet to see big brown eyes and a twitching nose staring back up at me. “Oops mommy“, the face seemed to say. Yes, my bunny learning curve is slow and, since I started fostering Hef about 6 weeks ago, I’ve lost a mouse, a keyboard, almost a phone, and now a pair of headphones to the sharp little bunny teeth.
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While many backyard feeder birds migrate to warmer climates for winter, there are many that stick around during the coldest months. Cardinals, chickadees, woodpeckers, even some grosbeaks and finches are a few of the birds that stay in the area year-round. Feeding wild birds during the winter, especially February, can be very helpful to wild birds because they need a lot of energy and nutrition, and natural food sources can be scarce. Many of the naturally available seeds, grains and insects that wild birds love to eat are either dormant or covered with snow. At the same time wild birds are using more energy to find food and shelter and stay warm.