May Ye of the World Have Safe Roosting Places and Good Food, Be It Suet or Asparagus. (Plus a Shout-Out to Save the Children, OxFam, and the Heifer Project as Superb Ideas for Helping the World Feed and Shelter Itself)

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Just in case,

I leave their nests in the window boxes

and old plant hangers and roosting baskets in the holly,

so the Carolina Wrens can survive the frosty night

after a day spent munching my peanut butter suet.

Inside I use blow-up beds for our 13 guests. I watch them all settle in

and I think about other beings caught in the cold.

That’s what the world needs: food all round and safe, roosting places.

Just in case.

PATTY 1/5/13

This is a roosting basket in use in the breeding season for these two Carolina Wrens. Leaving the baskets out for winter use makes sense. I don’t know if the two wrens use it at once though:

For some beautiful pictures of another Carolina Wren see: http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/carolina-wrens-in-the-garden/

Good Organizations for Helping the World Feed and Shelter Itself:

OxFam

a Unwrapped: Gifts That Give Back

www.savethechildren.org/  Save the Children | 1.800.728.3843 | 54 Wilton Road, Westport, CT 06880

http://www.heifer.org. (I love this organization: how about giving an Ark-ful?)

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Carolina_Wren/id

elmostreport.blogspot.com/2011/02/carolina-wren-nesting.html

http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Carolina-Wren.html

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