Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • Mood: busy

Birdfeeding

I fed the birds today.  I saw a red-bellied woodpecker, a downy woodpecker, and a goldfinch.  :D

I also walked around the yard.  Daffodils are sprouting in the flowerbed by the parking lot.  It's the earliest I've seen them; before this, the earliest was in January.  :/ 
Tags: birdfeeding, gardening, illinois, nature, personal, wildlife
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  • 4 comments
rix_scaedu

rix_scaedu

December 23 2018, 22:25:46 UTC 2 years ago

My naturalised jonquils have been doing their thing in autumn for a few years now.
ysabetwordsmith

O_O

ysabetwordsmith

December 23 2018, 23:02:52 UTC 2 years ago

Yikes.
rix_scaedu

Re: O_O

rix_scaedu

December 24 2018, 01:10:28 UTC 2 years ago

I mean, they come up and flower before it's been properly cold for here, which is nothing by your standards. (I'm coastal and the eqivalent of being in South Carolina, only south of the equator.)

The thing is, they've been in one place for about twenty years, and the species doesn't come from here in the first place. FOr instance, Camellia sesanqua flowers in autumn here and Camellia japonica is popular because it flowers in our winter, and has ever since it was first planted in these parts. Perhaps my jonquils, which I believe are descended from some my great-grandmother planted further down the hill I live on, have just considered their options and chosen a better fit for their requirements?
ysabetwordsmith

Re: O_O

ysabetwordsmith

December 24 2018, 01:34:33 UTC 2 years ago

Okay, maybe they have adapted.