Not much, since the bluebirds, cardinals and squirrels discovered they don't have to wait for the feeders to be restocked if they migrate over to the chicken pen. We've started new gardens and have a bunch of chickens with chicks of various species littering the yard. A mocking bird also had a baby and swoops down on my dog whenever she comes close to the nest (which only needed to happen twice).
I think we have a heron couple down at the pond since there's a rather large patch of grass that's constantly being trampled, so maybe we can get close enough to see the chick one day.
Guineas are laying eggs somewhere, but we can't find where. As a side note, guinea chicks are the most suicidal animals alive. I would never have thought that a group of animals could die from drowning in a quarter inch (maybe less) water dish, purposefully jamming their heads between a piece of wood and a yogurt cup, or climbing atop their mothers, jumping to the edge of the cage and hanging themselves on the chicken wire that lines their cage in such an efficient manner. Needless to say, fully grown guineas probably won't take as much care of them. I could go on about how stupid those birds are, but most of the stories involve the guinea dying in some creative/humorous way, and I don't want to go on about death anymore! The only reason we try to keep the damn things alive is because they do a great job of bug control, specifically ticks and potato bugs.
Anyone else already tired of mosquitoes?
