My nature story for this week. A few weeks ago, I noticed one squirrel and a bird or two scrounging through the yard for food. A week ago, I started throwing out some songbird food and squirrel food. Then, after a few days, I started noticing a few more squirrels and 3-4 birds. I kept throwing out the food. 3 days ago, I put out two squirrel feeders. Basically, 2 planks with a nail to hold an ear of corn. They walked around it until last evening. Then, they nibbled a bit a went back to the yard. This morning, I had 12 squirrels all over the place and probably a dozen or so birds.