365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, December 23, 2013
A Little Birdseed, Please
Day 82: As you're hurrying about with the fixings of your Christmas dinner and trays of cookies, please don't forget to put out seed for the little "people" in your yard. Fill your feeders with black-oil sunflower seed, nyjer and mixed seed, and put out suet blocks if the birds in your area enjoy them. Provide water if temperatures stay below freezing for any length of time.
Many birds enjoy corn, and this little fellow is no exception. I crafted his corn cob using #6 seed beads in square stitch, applied over a rolled felt core. The husks are raffia. Several of his kin have taken up residence in my Christmas tree.
Labels:
beadwork,
birds,
Christmas decorations,
corn cob
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