Bird brained

Having exhausted our bag of birdseed, I tried putting up one of those "bells" of seed, held together by honey, Elmer's, or some other adhesive. After a day, no bird has even made a try at it, but I did see a very indignant squirrel. It made one futile effort to climb the metal hook holding the bell, but for the rest of the hour, it sat there looking displeased, sometimes pacing, other times sitting on its haunches with its front legs folded over its chest (or so it looked).

Meanwhile, out front, a hawk spent several minutes in the Holler. Though perched a good ten feet above the crick, it was still below our front window, so I was able to get a good look at it. Fun.

Oh, and it's in the mid-60s today. January, anyone?