Winter is for the birds, so sit back and enjoy

With winter in full swing, there's not much you can do to get a comfortable daily dose of garden action. You might as well leave it to the birds. Lure them into the yard, and you can sit back in the warmth of the easy chair — one that's placed close to a window — and enjoy the show. "I just enjoy watching the birds outside the window," says Jamie Bacon at the Wood Thrush Shop on Highway 100, which sells a wide selection of feeders, houses, seeds and other bird-related items. "Especially during winter, it's nice thing to be able to look out and see a lot of activity." Cardinals, blue jays, goldfinches, sparrows,...