Unintended Consequence

Lately, I've had a desire to feed and watch the birds. I have a couple of feeders, and recently added a couple. This morning I actually saw two beautiful finches feeding off of the "sock", a netting sock filled with finch seeds. I wasn't convinced that would really work, but there they were.

On the front porch, to the right, there is a bird feeder that is always busy. Mostly small birds feed there. The seed I bought is a mix and contains both small seeds and some sunflower seeds, which are clearly too large for the small birds.

To the left of the front porch there is a large hosta plant. Every time I look out the window to see the birds, I see the mouse scurrying back and forth across the sidewalk. The side beneath the bird feeder is out in the open, so I suppose he feels vulnerable, because he goes back and forth, back and forth. He scurries and gets a sunflower seed from the ground beneath the feeder, and scurries back to the hosta plant to eat it.

When I wanted to feed the birds, I had not intended to feed the mouse, which is getting rather fat as he scurries back and forth, back and forth. Though that was not what I had intended, life is full of unintended consequences. I don't begrudge the mouse its sunflower seeds. Better out there!

Enjoy!