February 8, 2012

Hello, again, friends and family;

I hope you will enjoy this weeks updates to my blog.  You will find info, pictures and videos of the antics in my backyard!  I hope you do not tire of this!  I love to look out the back door and find something new going on back there!

First and foremost, congratulations to New York Giants fans for their Super Bowl win!  Unfortunately, my Pittsburgh Steelers didn't make it this year!  And though I agree with the baby below, it sure was a good game.  Carol and I enjoyed spending the evening with our wonderful friends, Bill and Vicki!  Great chili from Vicki, wonderful snacks, some vegetable pizza we provided and plenty of soda/tea, well Vicki and I had a beer (thank you, Vicki) and a great game made for a stupendous time even if Carol was rooting for the Patriots!

Something new I'd like to share with you especially if you like reading!  My friend, Bill had asked me to find some books on amazon.com! I actually found another website that, if you don't care that the books are not brand new, is often much cheaper!  Vendors sell through this website, they detail the condition of the particular book and some even offer free shipping!  I ordered 8 books through them and every book was in great condition and the prices couldn't be beat!  I got all 8 of these books for just under $30 which averages out to about $3.75 each and several of them were hardcover!  If you're interested, the web page address is abebooks.com!

And finally if you made a New Year's resolution to stay away from cookies, you will surely enjoy this youtube video, my sweet friends Carol and Chuck sent me a few weeks ago!  If nothing else, it will bring a good laugh!  If it doesn't, you might want to have your laugh gauge checked out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=FrTbnczYAd4&feature=player_embedded

Well, blessings for this week and if you're having a rough week here are lyrics from the band Florence + The Machine!  "It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.....so shake it out!"  Love to all, Dee/Di/Diana

Juncos & Cardinal & Wrens OR Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my!

I enjoy watching birds, wrens in particular, feeding off the Kob I put out for the squirrels!  You'll notice in this video that a wren in feeding off the Kob, and a junco is feeding off the ground from what is dropped on the ground.  If you listen closely, or maybe not that closely, you will hear screaming in the background!  I had not muted the tv while video taping the birds so what you're hearing is from a show on tv.  Just so you don't feel left out the video following the birds feeding is what was on tv at the time.  I rewound the show and taped it with my camera so I hope you'll enjoy as much as we did what is happening on the tv show!

Anyone for a bison burger?

Now cardinals are an interesting bird!  The male is a beautiful red while the female is a mousy brownish red!  Doesn't seem right, does it ladies?  I have read and noticed with my own cardinals that they prefer to feed from feeders or off the ground when there is little or no other bird traffic!  The first of the two videos below show the male cardinal eating from a feeder with his mate directly below him eating off the ground! The second shows the two love feeding together from the ground!  Ain't that sweet?

Squirrels in caution!

Here's a little info you may like to know about my squirrels.  Normally they don't like to share!  On cold days one of my squirrels seem to tolerate other squirrels feeding around them.  BUT on warmer days they haven't apparently learned the lessons we have been taught as children....It's nice to share!  The two pictures below were taken as the squirrel was feeding off the ground!  He stopped and froze!  He heard what he thought may be another squirrel!



In the video below, you'll notice that the squirrel will eat then stop and hesitate a couple times.  He heard movement behind him.  Only after he realizes it was a mourning dove, you'll see it come in view, does he relax and continue eating.

In this last video, you will notice the squirrel wagging or shaking his tail.  Unlike dogs, when a squirrel wags his tail he is NOT happy to see you!  He is aggitated because another squirrel is in the vacinity!  It is hilarious to watch them chase each other around my backyard!  Catching it on video is virtually impossible!  They run so fast and by the time I grab my camera, the party's over!





Squirrels love to eat!

Welcome to The Hershberger Post January 30, 2012

Hello, friends;

This is a short update but there's more to come!  I promised my buddy, Bill to have an update by the 31st so though this is short....Here It Is!  I have a whole lot to share with y'all, but will do it a bit at a time so I don't risk boring you and your canceling your subscription to The Hershberger Post!  I'm working on learning more about blogging!  I received Blogging For Dummies from my friends, Carol and Chuck so hope there will be little changes with each update.  Now before you think Carol and Chuck were calling me a dummy, you need to know that I had wanted this book! :-D 

Things I hope to incorporate into the blog are categories so I can have Squirrel School, Birdy Backyard just to name a couple and each post will be placed under a category name.  That should make the blog easier to read!  Now note I didn't say it would be any more interesting just easier to read!  In the next update, definitely expect to see some home improvements we had done in January, a couple youtube videos that I found or were sent to me that I thought you may enjoy, some neat bird pictures or videos, some thoughts and informational comments to share and of course, more SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS, SQUIRRELS!  YAY!!  I know you just can't wait!  I hope you all had a great Christmas and am praying each of you have had a wonderful start to 2012!  Love to all, D~

Squirrels R Us!

Enjoy the following pictures and video of entertaining squirrels in my backyard!  The following pictures were a lucky catch!  These pictures show a squirrel drinking out of a small cat bird bath and drinking out of a fountain I have at my back stoop at the back door.  Once in a while a squirrel will peek in the back door, and I look forward to catching one on my camera!  In the new issue of The Hershberger Post, I'll have more backyard fun!  I've named my backyard Fantasy DIsland!  Are you old enough to remember the show this is based off of!  De Plane De Plane! :-D

Let's Twist and Turn in a squirrely kind of way!

As you may be aware, I love watching the antics of the squirrels in my backyard!  In this video, one of the squirrels has made his way up the Kob to sit on top, balancing himself as he eats.  Often each week a squirrel will try or do something new!  I would love to catch one squirrel chasing another, but those little boogers are fast and it's extremely hard to catch!  But it's a good goal!  The squirrels love this bungee cord and kob!  If you're interested in getting this for your yard, you can purchse them through amazon.com.  They are listed as Birdola Squirola Kob Bungee and Birdola Squirola Big Ol-Feet Kob!