Climate change brings backyard delights

[Shortsighted]

 There was an article in the newspaper a couple of days ago that suggested we here in southern Ontario should not be so complacent about climate change just because we are not currently experiencing the kind of severe droughts and intense heat-waves that are plaguing Europe and England right now. It warns that climate events of concern are on their way and that not even the moderating effects of the Great Lakes will protect us indefinitely.

 
Well climate change is certainly bringing interesting birds into the backyard. I looked out of the shutters that manage the mid-day sun to find a blue and white budgie parakeet sitting on the fence.
Yes, I know that it an escaped pet but I can pretend it’s a climate change treat ... can’t I.

 

[Ally]

There was an article in the newspaper a couple of days ago that suggested we here in southern Ontario should not be so complacent about climate change just because we are not currently experiencing the kind of severe droughts and intense heat-waves that are plaguing Europe and England right now. It warns that climate events of concern are on their way and that not even the moderating effects of the Great Lakes will protect us indefinitely.

 
Well climate change is certainly bringing interesting birds into the backyard. I looked out of the shutters that manage the mid-day sun to find a blue and white budgie parakeet sitting on the fence.
Yes, I know that it an escaped pet but I can pretend it’s a climate change treat ... can’t I.

 

Are you going to keep him? Is it a him?

[Shortsighted]

I have no idea what gender this parakeet is. It flew away after a brief fence sit because it was probably looking for food. Anyway, I gave the neighbour's kids a wooden bird house to paint and learned yesterday that it was placed on the window ledge in their backyard and has a House wren as a guest. When I went into the backyard yesterday I thought I saw something very tiny scurry under the juniper. I figured it was a mouse but I got the impression it was a bird like a wren. I guess it was a wren. This morning I saw a bird on the ground among the plants scurry for cover. I'm thinking ... a wren again.

[Ally]

I have no idea what gender this parakeet is. It flew away after a brief fence sit because it was probably looking for food. Anyway, I gave the neighbour's kids a wooden bird house to paint and learned yesterday that it was placed on the window ledge in their backyard and has a House wren as a guest. When I went into the backyard yesterday I thought I saw something very tiny scurry under the juniper. I figured it was a mouse but I got the impression it was a bird like a wren. I guess it was a wren. This morning I saw a bird on the ground among the plants scurry for cover. I'm thinking ... a wren again.

I would like a bird house please. Even more than a wren.

[Shortsighted]

I'm going to install a wren house in the backyard if I ever get around to it. There is a centrally-located bush and maybe I'll plant a pole within it so that the wren house is perched a few feet above it. I have some 1 3/4" thick wooden dowel that fits snug;y into some black PVC pipe. I'll glue a stump of dowel to the underside of the wren house so that it fits into the upper end of the PVC pipe. The ground end of the pipe will fit over a good 6" portion of the same dowel while the remaining 6" portion is glued to a ground stake. A small section of the dowel is chiselled out to provide a flat surface to glue a part of the wooden stake to. Once the glue is cured, I wrap the stake/dowel union with electrician's tape and then paint the whole stake/dowel in forest green deck paint. The PVC pipe is also painted so that it blends in with the bush and the rest of the garden. At least that's the plan. I used the same PVC/dowel/stake technique to mount a stepping stone 4 feet above ground at a steep angle because the stepping stone has a fossil-like imprint of a butterfly in it. I just painted the butterfly and thereby converted it into an art piece for the garden.

[Ally]

Sounds lovely. Waiting for the results.

[Shortsighted]

Since you expect results regarding installing a wren house I accepted that as motivation and made an extra effort to just get it done. As described, i installed the wren house on the end of a piece of painted ABS pipe and inserted it within a bush so that it would stick out above said bush. The house swivels and is removable so that I can take it inside over winter.
The painted butterfly stone is also mounted on painted ABS pipe that was cut at an acute angle to feature the motif.

[Axeman]

Since you expect results regarding installing a wren house I accepted that as motivation and made an extra effort to just get it done. As described, i installed the wren house on the end of a piece of painted ABS pipe and inserted it within a bush so that it would stick out above said bush. The house swivels and is removable so that I can take it inside over winter.
The painted butterfly stone is also mounted on painted ABS pipe that was cut at an acute angle to feature the motif.




Nice work!!!!

[Ally]

Since you expect results regarding installing a wren house I accepted that as motivation and made an extra effort to just get it done. As described, i installed the wren house on the end of a piece of painted ABS pipe and inserted it within a bush so that it would stick out above said bush. The house swivels and is removable so that I can take it inside over winter.
The painted butterfly stone is also mounted on painted ABS pipe that was cut at an acute angle to feature the motif.

Fastinating work!! Thank you. Thank you. Here are some flowers for you. I made plans to go birding, but weather happened.