Vacation started at 7:15 last night when I strolled out of the NBC. Two weeks! As I settled in to my relaxing chair after dinner, I thought about the blueberry bushes. Production has peaked, but they are still loaded I had not gone out there for 3 days...then it hit me. The birds. I also had not gone to see now many were trapped in the bird netting. Ever since the berries started forming, I have had the bushes covered in netting. Lately, because of the heat and because they are birds who like nothing better than to strip my plants, I have had to check almost daily to see if any got caught up in the netting. There were 5. One was dead. Three escaped when I pulled the cover back. But one little guy was caught up in it but good. It was already dark as I tried to stretch and shake the netting to free him. It was so different looking bird. I'm no ornithologist. He had a long thin beak, a red patch on the back of his head, yellow on his chest, and he was brown and white striped. He was small and looked young and squawked like a baby crying when I got close. Long story short: with Steve's help and a flashlight, I got him released. Then I proceeded to pick blueberries by flashlight. If I had to give up the netting protection, at least I was taking the good ones that were left.
Now on to the garden to see what the critters have left me out there.
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