The Other Box - Blog Posts

I've been meaning to migrate my old photo blog into tumbler, and I'm happy I finally did it!  (http://boxybryfly.tumblr.com/) Armed with a new lens, an oiled up bike, and new, secret, Wacom tech, I am ready to attack the free world once again! After lunch.  And maybe when it's not too hot to bike around in full gear. >_> <_<

More birds in a basket, etc.

1) My spirit animal in the morning.  We both wake up with our hair up.  That and I like grey. 2) A collared dove?  They love to sit in the tiny seed boat.  Sometimes, I notice a finch sitting up on the hummingbird feeder while the doves eat below.  Is it possible that the finch is keeping watch for the dove?

Also:  The finches used to prefer the millet seeds, leaving the sunflower seeds for the big birds like the dove and the occasional western scrub jay.  But after running out of millet seeds, they started to eat the sunflower seeds more, and now eat the sunflower seeds first and leave the millet seeds alone.  Did they acquire this behavior from the big birds? 

Another thing I’m curious about:  after setting up my seed buffet, more and more types appear to visit - finches, jays, and doves. Squirrels too!  I can understand finches communicating to each other, but how do other species find my buffet?  Merely by seeing other birds flock?  Inter-species collaboration?

3) Not a hummingbird. 5) Fly trapped 6) Basil growing nicely 7) Imagine if every Starbucks cup was re-purposed as a planter.