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We used to have a regular family of bluebirds in our bluebird house on our deck, which is actually very wooded, but we back up to an open field, so they weren't too far from that. They came back year after year until one off season a flying squirrel took up residence and chewed the hole bigger. I put a piece of scrap wood over the top of the front with the right sized opening, but more critters messed with it. I finally broke down and got a special metal bluebird house opening ring like a big metal washer and screwed that to the front so nobody else would mess with it any more. I think wrens nested in it last year, but that was still nice.
One other tip on your bluebird house is to have the opening facing east. Apparently they prefer the morning sun. I didn't know that and just got lucky on my placement. Haven't had any snakes on the deck (it's effectively a second-story deck as our house is on a slope), but black snakes in particular do like bird eggs and hatchlings. Other than that black snakes are great and will help keep copperheads down around the house (by eating all the prey), but they do like baby birds .
I was craving BBQ last night for dinner so I made the trip out to City Barbecue over in Cary. Food was surprisingly good and the atmosphere was nice too. Reminded me of the Texas BBQ places all around Austin when I lived there. I'm fortunate to live in a city with a great BBQ option!
I was craving BBQ last night for dinner so I made the trip out to City Barbecue over in Cary. Food was surprisingly good and the atmosphere was nice too. Reminded me of the Texas BBQ places all around Austin when I lived there. I'm fortunate to live in a city with a great BBQ option!
It really has that Texas flare to it ... it’s not really indicative of N.C. barbecue at all. But it is really good. This is blasphemous but it think Memphis, Texas, St. Louis styles and methods of bbq’ing meats are tastier . *shrugs*
It really has that Texas flare to it ... it’s not really indicative of N.C. barbecue at all. But it is really good. This is blasphemous but it think Memphis, Texas, St. Louis styles and methods of bbq’ing meats are tastier . *shrugs*
Got any recommendations for NC-style BBQ? I'd like to try.
We used to have a regular family of bluebirds in our bluebird house on our deck, which is actually very wooded, but we back up to an open field, so they weren't too far from that. They came back year after year until one off season a flying squirrel took up residence and chewed the hole bigger. I put a piece of scrap wood over the top of the front with the right sized opening, but more critters messed with it. I finally broke down and got a special metal bluebird house opening ring like a big metal washer and screwed that to the front so nobody else would mess with it any more. I think wrens nested in it last year, but that was still nice.
One other tip on your bluebird house is to have the opening facing east. Apparently they prefer the morning sun. I didn't know that and just got lucky on my placement. Haven't had any snakes on the deck (it's effectively a second-story deck as our house is on a slope), but black snakes in particular do like bird eggs and hatchlings. Other than that black snakes are great and will help keep copperheads down around the house (by eating all the prey), but they do like baby birds .
Good info, thanks. I think as long as that metal opening keeps out invasive birds like House Sparrows and Starlings, you're golden. Those are the only nests I'd remove if I found them around our old house, since those birds are not native and squeezing out native birds.
I had American Robins and Blue Jays nest in my back yard each year and we'd find the babies in the grass and bushes because they'd fledge the nest but not be able to fly over the fence. We always kept a safe haven in the backyard. I really miss that.
I forgot how tiring job searching could be. Between doing company research, editing my resume, writing a cover letter, and today I updated my sadly neglected LinkedIn profile, I'm pretty wiped. And I haven't left the couch in hours.
It's 2:40 and I just realized I forgot to eat lunch too.
I forgot how tiring job searching could be. Between doing company research, editing my resume, writing a cover letter, and today I updated my sadly neglected LinkedIn profile, I'm pretty wiped. And I haven't left the couch in hours.
It's 2:40 and I just realized I forgot to eat lunch too.
Hillsborough St. in downtown Raleigh continues to look like it was bombed by the Luftwaffe.
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