We have quite the elaborate bird feeders as you can see. Several years ago we had our feeder 12' up on a galvanized pipe thinking it would be safe there from the black bear visitors. No such luck. One actually managed to climb up it far enough to flatten it on the ground and steal the feeder. Jim then built an even higher and strongly braced galvanized pipe structure and then put an electric fence around the bottom of it. There are pulleys to bring the feeders down to a place we can refill them from on the deck. I thought the junko was pretty cute sitting on top of one of the feeders digesting a while.
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Wow... lots of work to keep bears out... I like the warm rich tones and the way the bird is chilling out is very nice. My suggestion would be to leave a little more of the feeder in below the bird to balance out the shot.
@jgpittenger -- I'm making friends with a squirrel in the backyard. The rabbit isn't so sure about me but at least it's another living creature I see. Not many birds yet but in another month or so we should start seeing some more birds.
@domenicododaro -- nope! no bears around me. Once when @taffy and @darylo and I stayed in a cabin in the Smokey Mountains, a bear left a paw print on her car door overnight! That's as close as I want to get to a bear.
It takes some work to outsmart these animals! That's a wonderful story - all I deal with are squirrels and I suspect a raccoon. This really has some nice lighting.
Fascinating to read the story of your feeder, what an extraordinary feeder. I'd never heard of a junko so immediately thought of @jyokota and was very, very puzzled. Derrrr.
@golftragic I think the bird is actually spelled "junco" and is pronounced like the word "junk" with a long o at the end, so not quite the Japanese pronunciation of my name, but only a vowel difference whereas Europeans consistently pronounce my name with a "y" sound at the beginning or "h" sound. And I DO wish I was visiting Jane -- I had a delightful visit at her home about two years ago.
btw Jane, I was so distracted with the enchanting idea of visiting you that I need commvntref on the photo, which has such a unique aesthetic to it with the heavy industrial setup, but your narrative explains why. The coloration works well with the feel of the tough materials, too.
@jyokota I thought of you straight away when I saw the title! Loving the idea of you sitting in a bird feeder watching the world go by. I know you are small, but you're not that small...... :)
@jyokota woops. I have always spelled it wrong. I was so sure I was spelling it right. Just looked it up in bird book and thought I’d be correcting you! Nope. You are totally and completely right. The things one learns on 365!
Sigh. I wish I was visiting you. 30th day alone in isolation.