News Re Super Bird's Progress & Donald, An Injured Pheasant

This past Monday, I went to visit Super bird, the Northern Flicker that I helped rescue on April 5th 2016. He is still at The Wild Bird Fund (WBF) in NYC, being treated for his injury. Super's prognosis is very iffy; and I was not allowed to visit him, as his cage was in an area that is near baths which were being sanitized. However, I did meet one of WBF's new patients, a pheasant named Donald. He can be seen in the picture atop this Blogger entry. For more info on Super's status and The Donald, please refer to my entry on Facebook.

And Now A Word (Or Two) About Peanuts

This morning I woke up to breaking news that an "Iowa man's knee was shattered after discarded peanut shells caused him to slip onto the floor of a national steakhouse chain's Cedar Falls restaurant." And he subsequently followed a lawsuit seeking thousands upon thousands in damages! Evidently this was not the first time an individual served a restaurant because he/she had slipped on peanut shells. According to the same news source, "In 2008, a woman received $43,000 after she slipped on peanuts and fractured her kneecap at a Texas Roadhouse."

My hearing the breaking new re suing over peanuts came the same time that I was about to post my own breaking news related to peanuts which is this:

The bluejay, pictured above seems to be "showing off" the nourishment that I've provided within a wreath-style whole peanut bird feeder which I've recently hung in my urban (NYC) rooftop garden. His/her actions in procuring peanuts were quite an inspiration to me the other day.

Mother's Day is for the birds!

Mother's Day is for the birds!

T.G.I.F! (As In Thank God It's Flowers!)

CAM, A FEMALE CARDINAL

Cam, the cardinal in the photograph directly above, can be seen gazing upon a tulip known as Firesprays, which grow in my urban (NYC) garden.

In her book, "Words In Our Beak Volume One" (pictured below)...

... Cam discusses this tulip type. She also includes information regarding the other tulip varieties that I've grown here.

Bird Day Reflections

Yesterday, May 4th, was a National Holiday in the USA. It's a holiday known as Bird Day.  However, while Bird Day is officially recognized on May 4th, it is an occasion I celebrate every day, as I truly appreciate the avian community. However, yesterday, I did spend part of the official Bird Day with Juan V, who was here to work with me in my rooftop urban (NYC) garden, where I'm working out the details re the placement of bird feeders.

#TheMayflower

House finches have been spending time in a flowering crabapple tree which I have in my urban (NYC) rooftop garden. I overheard them debating the answer to the question, "If the April showers bring the May flower what does #TheMayflower bring?"