This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
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.
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