It’s Friday again. Today, a bunch of pictures of hummingbirds, chickens, and ducks. I know, very surprising for a Flock Friday post.
As mentioned on my personal blog, the hummingbird feeder was starting to freeze overnight, so I added my hacky heater. The heater comes on when the temperature gets down to 35° F, and goes off when above 45° F, via a thermostatically controlled outlet:
The heating pad gets quite hot, enough to melt the ice, but too hot for the plastic base of the feeder, so it hangs a bit below via some paperclips:
Here’s a closer view of the feeder and heating pad:
The first customer approaches:
A couple of hummingbirds:
A cam shot of the ducks on a snowy morning:
Did you see the snowy aerial photos? Here’s one picture of the pond and ducks that I didn’t include there; check out that post for more:
Snowy ducks:
A couple more pictures of hummingbirds, with at least 15 visible on the two closest feeders:
A closer look at the hummingbirds on the house feeder:
A bunch of pictures of the chickens, with new pumpkin and apple treats (and the older pumpkin shells slowly dissolving):
The ducks on the back lawn:
Snowing:
A GIF of ducks going after mealworm treats while it’s snowing:
A couple more pictures of ducks:
We still haven’t decided on a name for that Silver Swedish male duck formerly known as Sassa; options include Stefan, Silvan, Sigfrid, Sigge, and Silvester; what do you think? I rather like Stefan, though am tempted by Sigfrid in honor of Siegfried from the All Creatures Great and Small TV series we’re enjoying at present.