{"id":881,"date":"2007-12-14T03:12:07","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/12\/14\/visitors-to-the-garden\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T21:42:24","slug":"visitors-to-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/12\/14\/visitors-to-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors to the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>We had some unexpected guests in our garden earlier this week. I believe it was on Sunday morning or possibly Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>My husband and I were in the kitchen when he turned and said &#8220;Look, Look a Blue Jay!&#8221; and just outside the window in a window planter a lovely male Blue Jay was examining the remnants of the flower box. There&#8217;s still some snap dragons and annual geraniums in the box &#8230; dead of course because of the cold, but I expect the Jay was after the seed heads that were still on the plants.<\/p>\n<p>We watched the Blue Jay fly around our yard for a short while before it disappeared.  It visited a few different plants and then sat at the bird feeder in the center of the yard.<\/p>\n<p>After the Blue Jay disappeared we were about to leave the kitchen &#8230; discussing how we&#8217;d better fill our Suet containers later that day &#8230; and then I saw a light colored bird with reddish tones to it&#8217;s feathers enter the yard and sit in the Rose of Sharon tree.  I believe it was a female Cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinal was quite happy to sit in the Rose of Sharon and on the fence nearby for a little while before it too disappeared.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>To the best of my knowledge Cardinals and Blue Jays don&#8217;t get along all that well &#8230; well &#8230;. I don&#8217;t think Blue Jays like many other birds in their immediate territory.<\/p>\n<p>I hope they both come back though.  We filled a few suet baskets and topped up the seeds in two of our bird feeders.<\/p>\n<p>I know that there&#8217;s been a blue jay around for a few years. I don&#8217;t see it often, but I hear it calling out as it flies around the immediate neighborhood.  I&#8217;ve also see the male cardinal around a few times over the last few years as well.<\/p>\n<p>We have a number of birds that frequent our yard, but most are quite common birds. I suppose Jays and Cardinals are common enough too but we don&#8217;t see them often so they are special visitors to our garden.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose I&#8217;ll take the birds visits as a compliment to my garden.  It&#8217;s maturing and I&#8217;ve been careful to grow plants that a number of birds and butterflies enjoy. 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