Sunflowers

The birds at the feeders in front of our porch are rather careless and tend to knock seeds onto the ground. This has resulted in a little patch of sunflower plants below the feeders. So far, one sunflower has bloomed. Unfortunately, I noticed the other morning that something – most likely a deer – had chewed the heads from about four of the plants. Some of the smaller birds have started using the sunflower plants as perches.