Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

March 7, 2019

My New Column: The Old Feeder

My latest column for The Record is about a bird feeder that's been in the backyard since the turn of the century.

Here's a sample:

Over the years, the plexiglass sides developed cataracts. The square-shaped feeder’s copper top started falling off a year ago, and no amount of glue solved the problem.

What’s more, downy woodpeckers were pounding away on the feeder’s wooden pillars instead of eating the bird seed.

Toward the end, the feeder’s wire hanger had broken time and again, it took a major application of electrical tape to help keep it attached to the pole.

Clearly, the time had come to put the feeder out of its misery. I’m embarrassed to admit that I felt a tad sentimental when I parted with the old clunker.

I will post a link when it becomes available.