I used up a large sack of sunflower seeds in about a month. The general store where I buy them is out so I had to go to the regular hardware and buy a smaller bag until the new stock comes in. Apparently the cost of sunflower seeds is climbing just like oil and gas! The farmers should be happy with grain prices as well but the yields are not that marvelous.
There seem to regular visits by nuthatches (photo) these days but it is large flocks of sparrows that seem to clean out the feeder regularly. With the smaller flocks there are often purple finches, savannah sparrows, pine siskins, and still the odd goldfinch mixed in. Chickadees are still coming regularly as well. It will not be too long until the juncos begin to come from the north on their way south.
The leaves are changing colour and cucumbers are already freezing from patchy frost a couple of nights.
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