Hello,
Our bird feeder has had a slow start
on the bird pipeline. It was a week or more that it had been up when I saw my
first bird, a black cap chickadee. That was longer than a month ago. It seemed
that another week or even two went past before the second chickadee caught my
attention. Last week I saw a group of starlings struggle to land on the window
ledge or the feeder. The entire setup seems to be aimed at smaller birds.
When I reported the starlings to Leroy
he told me, “I saw some sparrows and chickadees there yesterday.”
“And you did not report that to me?” I
asked wondering how such exciting news slipped his mind. His mind is not
functioning at the great level that it used to in the past. Actually we both seem
to forget more than was ordinary before.
Today I was gifted to see a multiple
bird feeding that lasted for quite a long time. Only one or possibly two birds
were ever around at the same moment. One would sit on the feeder and one might
sit on the window ledge for just a short stay. I saw the chickadees and nut
hatches. Only one nut hatch was ever there, but they seemed to be the dominate
species as the chickadees flew away as soon as they approached. In the tree I
also saw a downy woodpecker. It was a great bird watching day. I even learned
that I could move around the kitchen some and be ignored if I did not get too
close to the window.
Paula
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