[juneroses]

I know it's thrilling to have the sandhills peeking in your window but be careful. Neighbors who live behind us put out feed daily and the sandhills were regulars. We had a great view of the activity. Then the neighbors stopped feeding for some reason.

I sat on my lanai as the big birds squawked at the empty bowl. The larger stepped onto the stoop of the glassed in lanai. Then it flapped its wings and jumped, kicking the window with both feet several times. I could hear the hits. Nothing broke (glass nor bird) but it made me wary of having sandhills see our home as a food source.

We do feed the smaller birds, but offer only a small amount of sunflower seeds in the dark of early morning. Mr. and Mrs. Red (cardinals) are always the first daily visitors. We replenish with another small amount in the afternoon, only if there are no sandhills present. So far, so good.