Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Had a somewhat busy day today... Finished half of my Cochin coop and finished some flooring on the house... Just finished supper now... It consisted of Fried Sausage, sauteed peppers and onions on a gorilla with cream cheese on it... Yum

I am betting that makes for one p'd off gorilla

 

[jerryse]

Morning . I was outside moving chickens in the twilight . Easier to catch .

 

[Cebarmlds]

Good morning all, another foggy one.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Good morning all.

I spent the day up in Bogtown visiting sis and the folks. Letting teenage cousins visit and play too.

While I was away DS who had stayed home found 3 birds in a tree at roost time and Dixie missing. He got the 3 birds down and tucked away. But this mornings light I've found my little broody maestro left a pile of feathers in a kerfuffle and then carried away. I have always known I bided my time having a silkie free range but a predation always gives you pause to think about what the risk is are vs. the benefits of it. It ticks me off more than anything. So no sympathies needed. I know Dixie reaped the benefits off free ranging and was a very happy spunky bird until the end.

 

[holm25]

I am betting that makes for one p'd off gorilla

Stupid auto correct..... Tortilla...

 

[Cebarmlds]

RIP Dixie

 

[holm25]

RIP Dixie

Sorry to hear this! What happened?!

 

[duluthralphie]

Sorry to hear about your little fuzzball BC...




Holm what does Gorilla taste like?


I met Kloppers for a few minutes yesterday when I re-homed 16 young ladies to his house.


I am extremely jealous of his set up! All those building and a whole garage waiting to become a coop.

Not one flake of snow down there. It was all green. Very very Green.

I am back in the snow now. I have been sloughing off. Been drinking coffee since 5am so kind of wired now.

I just has a bird at my feeders. It landed on the suet.

I have never seen it before. It looked like a female red breasted Grosbeak crossed with a Hermit finch. Any Ideas.

It did not look at home on the feeder. Longer spindly legs. Long beak 1 3/4 or so. skinny dagger/poking type.

I have searched online and found nothing. It keeps telling me it is a sandpiper or similar. It is not.

Spotted or mottled brown/ brownish white.

I tried to get a picture and it flew. I am going to say it was the size of a malnourished downey Woodpecker.



any Ideas?

 

[holm25]

Was it a Harris's sparrow Ralphie? I saw one of those at the feeder for the first time ever this fall.

 

[holm25]

Gorilla is kind of a tough meat and has an odd banana like taste. You should try it some time.