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Completely outnumbered, I re-established my bird feeding down at the 
creek bank, hanging a little feeder in a tall silver poplar, so far away that 
I could barely see it. But some small boys soon saw it, and with sticks beat 
all but one of the perches off, broke the branch on which the feeder was 
wired, and left it hanging empty in the wind. 
Going out the next day to refill the feeder, even with only one perch 
left, I found the silver poplar standing in three feet of water from sudden 
flooding, and the feeder out of reach. Farther downstream, a week earlier, 
I had seen someone wire a breadboard to a charcoal grill and put a coffee 
can full of wild birdseed on top. In came cardinals, juncoes and chickadees. 
That iron grill was now standing in two feet of water, and to refill the can 
with seed, the people would have to buy a boat. 
It was up to me now to find higher ground for the bird station. Up 
towards my apartment I found another charcoal grill. Trustingly I laid my 
own breadboard on it and tenderly mounded it with diced bread cubes, 
sunflower seed, and suet. On the open side of the grill I poured more bread 
crumbs and wild birdseed. Before I left, a chickadee came. I was elated. 
Next came juncoes and one treasured Song Sparrow. A few days later a 
a female Mallard Duck, attracted by high water, preened her feathers with 
the metallic violet-blue wing patch on the shore near the grill. My joy was 
great, but short-lived. The management sent word that if I wanted my bread- 
board, I should rescue it in a hurry, as the muskrats had knocked it over 
in their enthusiasm to eat my bird food and it was about to float off down- 
stream. All I can say is, that if anybody needs a muskrat fur coat, please 
come to 179 Villa Road, Addison, Illinois. 
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