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As Nor'easter Toby approaches I hope that I did some final preps just in time best of my ability. Charging the 12 volt battery right now thought about getting an extra battery but... things I still miss I could use an extra battery we could always use more water I have to go out and fix a kerosene heater and let's see I think we have enough gas to cook with maybe a day or two of hot water if we're careful and we'll see if we need any of these supplies. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3euJABQFxlQ

As if I don't have enough projects I decided to take on another long term fun project to help pass time in the winter. I never really spent too much time worrying about the birds in my yard but last year my older brother inspired me to consider adding a bird feeder to my permaculture setting. That led me to break out the birdhouse my daughter built a few years ago and actually put it to use. Then I found some nice plans for a fun to build bird feeder with my trusty Makita hypoid circular saw and put that in the yard last spring. Shortly afterward I was doing more bird research and decided a birdbath with a running pump would be easy and cheap to build and I did with my children. At the time I didn't realize how useful it would become as a waterer for the honey bees in my yard. Somehow back in September, I came across Project FeederWatch created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada. I was intrigued and perused the information about this long-standing project to monitor birds. The intent is to help scientists track broadscale movements of winter bird populations and long-term trends in bird distribution and abundance. For a small $15 fee I learned, I could participate in the scientific project and become involved with tracking the ecological health of birds in my backyard. I have participated in projects before like the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) on my computers. But I had not participated in a long term scientific project before even when I was a Physics student at Pitt years ago. Project FeederWatch runs annually from November through early April and basically consists of observing birds in the backyard each week over a consecutive two day period. Notes are taken on the types of birds observed and recorded on the Project FeederWatch website. In late October I received a cool package of materials including a beautiful bird identification poster, an informative booklet on birds, their habitat, bird food, bird disease, and the subject of today's short video, squirrel-proof bird feeders. So this past weekend I was ready to jump in the car and go to Home Depot to get some bird feeders and remembered tenet 2 of my financial savings plan: Does anything I have to fill the role now? The answer was yes. I got all kinds of resources at home and what you see in the video was built in just a day. One feeder consists of 2 inch PVC pipe, some hardware cloth, a coat hanger, a wooden dowel, and a yogurt cup. The other design consists of an empty 2-liter grape jug, hardware cloth, coat hanger, and a dowel. Both feeders were painted black to keep bacteria growth down and I filled them with stones to the level of the first feeding holes. I decided to spend a little extra money ($16) and use some nice sunflower seeds for the feed b ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRzgzS4bZ8A