u/BirdCageWarrior

Hi fellow corvid lovers. I started backyard birding in Feb, been feeding since then and have a pretty established yard. I've been trying to attract crows since March. I put out cracked corn, a hard boiled egg in the morning, and sometimes some kibble. Merlin, and myself, hear Crows and Fish Crows daily. I've seen Fish Crows fly over on their way to do something corvid-adjacent I'm sure.

I even have a bowl of shinies (the grackles are intrigued by them and move them around every few days at least?).

Am I doing something wrong? I live in a small city but am literally like 200 feet from city limits, I'd consider it rural like and there's a nature area with a lake about 3 mins walk from me, fields and such to my east. Turkeys are all over the place about a mile north of me, and I see deer in the fall and winter time.

I even built them a plank in my garden and put the cracked corn and one of the bowls of shinies (Oh I have water in a bowl for them and also a dedicated bird "pool" I've made with a solar powered fountain) on it, thinking maybe my deck railing was too close for comfort.

Any help, tips, tricks, suggestions, encouragement is welcome. Thanks!

I'm not caught up on the seasons yet. I think I left off around the proposal in season 7? I've had Seasons 1-5ish on repeat the last several weeks on for background noise. (Apparently this is my comfort show/noise right now, what even is my life right now?)

I have some random 'lore' questions, as I've noticed from lurking on this sub long enough most of the stuff is from folks knowing things that aren't on the show. So if people want to chime in, that would be awesome. If not, awesome.

1. Can somebody explain the full Jerry situation? I know he was married, but also lived with Tammy for a year supposedly? But she was also pressuring him for a ring (which not surprised they all seem to think being married will give them worth - thanks Darlene for messing up your kids.) So did he just leave his sick wife and live with Tammy for a year? Did she have some other caretaker?
2. Can somebody explain the BBWKing stuff? I know I've seen people say it was all Tammy saying he was crazy but he wasn't, and they were still talking up till 2 weeks before she got married, which I mean she knew Caleb, what 3 weeks before she got married? so... not surprising?
3. Amy says repeatedly how she's been Tammy's caretaker (Which Amanda points out they've all done it.) which yes she has, but... I mean they make it sound like Tammy's been there a while before the show, and it sounds like Tammy had JUST moved in before the show started as Amy and Michael had been married for three months at the start of the show and Tammy had only been there a month?
4. If Jerry had such a BBW kink, why the hell isn't he helping out take care of Tammy? It is so awkward watching the scenes of Michael pushing Tammy in her chair and Jerry just standing there like boo boo the fucking clown.
5. What are the age differences between them all? I know Tammy and Amy are 15 months apart and have said they grew up with their siblings out of the house.
6. Were they no contact with the family before the show? I've seen posts where people said the siblings only came around because of the show. I get the more dysfunctional family vibes that have definitely gotten "closer". because of the show. I mean more only see each other at bbqs, holidays, special occasions only sort of things. - but that could be my own Ozark trauma-coded dysfunctional family experience coming out. (I'm. NC with 99% of my family my mother is a Darlene).
7. Can somebody explain the timeline to me with Tammy's trach? Chris is on his way to go get Tammy and bring her home, when he's told she has that infection. Then they have that meeting that they need all that training to be able to take care of the trach. Did they not know that before? Were they just heading up to Ohio on a wing and a prayer? Where was she going to stay? Amanda's house I don't think was available yet? Did they assume she could get into Amy's house? And why the hell is Darlene in on that meeting at the park randomly. WTF is she contributing to that conversation?

That's all atm, I'm sure I have more kicking around in my head.

Edited to add in #7

Hi everyone, first post, found this sub over the weekend. I played Tree of Tranquility forever ago and it was my comfort game full stop. I loved it. I have a Switch now and am really annoyed its not been ported.

That being said, I'm looking to play a SoS/HM (I know they've split and SoS is the more old school what I loved about it style?) cozy relax game. I really loved fishing, cooking, and having a few pets on Tree of Tranquility.

I'm limited to Switch at the moment, so if you could give me your recommendations I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!