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Mousetoescamper

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8. I've done the same
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:17 AM
Apr 2025

I don't believe that a brief, light brush with the back of a finger harms the bees.

I once had a tame chickadee who'd come to a feeder mounted outside of the window above my kitchen sink. The window had an expandable screen that I could easily slide to the side to fill the feeder. Sometimes while I was washing the dishes the bird would come to the feeder. I'd open the window and lightly stroke the chickadee's back while it had its fill of seeds. That's among my sweetest memories. I don't miss the house or the town I was living in at the time, but I miss that window and the tame chickadee that brought me so much wonder and joy.

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One of our important pollinators [View all] Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 OP
"" AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #1
Thanks, AllaN01Bear! Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #2
Beautiful and fuzzy Easterncedar Apr 2025 #3
Bumble bees are even fuzzier. Both are beauties. Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #5
Sometimes on a cold morning Easterncedar Apr 2025 #7
I've done the same Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #8
A great photo with wonderful wing detail! Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper . . . CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2025 #4
Thanks and you're welcome, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #6
And we NEED 'em! Every single one! calimary Apr 2025 #9
We also need our wasps Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #11
We specifically plant for pollinators! Callalily Apr 2025 #10
I planted native milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seeds last fall Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #12
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