Dear Wigleaf: I want to attract birds, whatever kind I can get (well, other than seagulls and pigeons), to the driveway where my windows look. Windows on the left side only, the south side. My other walls abut neighbors who do whatever they please, typically followed by a fight. When I first moved here I bought a feeder and planted it in the sand under the windows. I filled it and birds came, but I don't think I appreciated them very much. I guess I haven't filled the feeder in a couple of years, so this morning I washed it in the sink, scrubbing away the moss, the green and stretching filaments. I considered buying my future birds a new house, but the price of those things... I did find feed for $3.99 at the supermarket, so that gave me some hope. Now I keep leaning over to see if this is acceptable to the birds, to any one of them. I saw a scrubby kid climb over the fence and run to the street. I'd seen him before, and told him please not to do that again.






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