Day 91: Find Waldo. And while you're looking for him, remember that you have the advantage of being zoomed in on the much broader scene a Red-Tailed Hawk would be seeing, and you're not a predator browsing for dinner. Faster than a stooping Red-Tail, little Waldo can dart into the protection of those tangled branches, branches which the bigger hawk can't penetrate with the same ease.
It's hard to believe that the contorted filbert started its residency here as an 18-inch twig. It is now ten feet high and equally as wide, and affords cover for two or three dozen birds at one time. No matter how much seed you put out, birds will not come to your yard in numbers unless they're also provided with habitat. This tree takes the prize! Several times, I've tried to propagate it from cuttings, and last year thought I might have succeeded finally, but a dry, hot spell shattered my hopes. As much as the birds love the tree, I would be happy to plant half a dozen more!
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