It’s like the Soup Nazi, but with Lexan shields. I forgot that we use 1/8″ Lexan for the shields on the machines. B left before I thought of it, but K had been saving small scraps because he was going to make picture frames or something, and there were lots. I got a couple of extra pieces just in case I bollocksed up the cutting or drilling, but in the end, I only had to make one cut, which went fine with the jigsaw, and drill four holes. The bit on top is a plastic container from some lovely little flaky things that P bought for me; I’d had a 2L bottle top there, but the bastards could get around it. Hopefully, the side pieces won’t deter my little dudes; if they do, I’ll just have to take them off and suck up the loss to trash birds, but if not, then I shouldn’t have much loss to starlings and house sparrows.

“No suet for you!”

I also put a squirrel baffle on the tray feeder. They’re welcome to clean up spilled seeds, but I’m not buying sunflower seeds for fluffy-tailed rats.

“No seeds for you!”

The Kopper King won in a big way; three huge, magnificent blooms, all together in a triangle.

He didn’t let me hold the flower, but he did let me take his picture, and what a fresh, beautiful creature!

EDIT: I was deadheading, and found several little friends on the coneflowers in the Honeysuckle Horseshoe. I think they’re Silvery Checkerspot.