A friend of mine has placed hanging feeders outside every room in a local
convalescent center. She keeps the feeders clean and keeps them filled as much as
she can. She picks up the tab for the seed and does it just to give the folks
on the other side of the window a bit of joy in their otherwise lonely lives.

I've done informal species counts at the center and I've noticed how one
chickadee can make the day a little brighter. I've seen the smiles and the
trembling fingers pointing at "their birds."

Imagine reaching a point in your life when all you can do is sit and watch
the birds at your feeder. Should you stop feeding them?

There's a different slant for the discussion.

Joe Meche
Bellingham