Lil...Dunno if it was a he or she but damn sweet no matter what!

Alassë...I got two more pics of the Oriole but as I said it flew away after about 20 minutes recoup time. Someone told me that they like oranges (dunno if it's true) so I got a bag of navel's and halved them and placed them around my trellis. The ants are having a field day with them but I haven't seen an Oriole since this one flew away...lol!

jenna...Awwwwwwww! TY hun! Seems I'm a magnet for the happenings I described. Hubby just rolls his eyes and copes now...lol!

TT...I tried not to get too attached as I knew it couldn't last too long without it's momma. Mr. Lixy found it dead this morning. I stayed up late and "fed" it and held it and tried to love it and help it not feel so alone in this great big world. It's really all I could do! Poor thing just never had a chance.

rabbit...I thought about the desease thing and I hope he didn't carry anything. Mr. Lixy's resistance is down from his medication. I agree that the swallows are the same couple as last year. We had a pair for a few years. I miss them making a nest under our carport which is attached to our barn. They kept the carpenter bees at bay and followed behind us while we mowed the lawn with the tractor.

PF...Yep! I have the skim milk and I don't think Minnie liked it very much. Oh well...I tried! Thanks for the advice though...*hugs*

db...The Oriole's don't hang around too much. They are migrating and we are just a short lay over. We have robins, red-winged blackbirds, gold finches, bluebirds, grackles, blue jays, cardinals, ladder backs (woodpecker), yellow bellied sap suckers (woodpecker), flickers (woodpecker), sparrows, junkos...etc. Haven't seen my turkey in two years now but occasionally a wild bunch will come through the yard. Plenty of rabbits and chipmunks though. Never saw a baby chipmunk. Bet they are sweeter than hell! Minnie said to say hi before his/her early demise. Shame she couldn't have hung around longer but I knew her fate when I first saw her.

AND LIFE GOES ON!

P.S. Lilith? The snakes you spoke of? Any of them poisonous and if so, what kind? Just curious!

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