The wild birds are back.
When I first moved on my farm, I was surprised that I didn’t see more birds. I grew up in the area and remembered jays and robins. Where were they now?
I began to change the farm, as I wasn’t interested in a fir tree farm. I wanted chickens, ducks, goats, and horses. The farm was transformed. There were coops and barns for animals and with that came an unlimited amount of compost as the barns and coops got cleaned out. As I have worked on the yard, adding bee and bird friendly bushes, the bird population has increased. They thrive in the orchard, visit the barns routinely, and wait for more compost to be brought into the yard. They eagerly flit around in the morning feasting with the chickens on the chicken scratch I throw down.
As I have come to love watching the birds, I give them their own scratch feed in areas where they don’t have to compete with the chickens.
The birds are back and I couldn’t be happier about that.
Era Lewis 