We had a pair of "Black Cap Chickadees" raise 4 young ones in a small birdhouse on our porch recently.We go out morning and evening to drink coffee and relax.We watched them feed their young for about 2 weeks.Mostly they brought small dark brown worms about one half inch long.But on the day they wanted the young to come out and take on the world, one of the adults brought a white worm.We watched her coax the babies out with the white worm.I don't know if birds are color blind or not,but the white worm did the trick.We also have a Humming bird feeder.They are fun to watch.
I have seen a ton of cardinals this year, but not any blue jays. We used to almost be overrun with them. Was talking to a neighbor about it and he told me that in our area, West Nile Virus took out most of them.:(
Black-capped chickadees are very common here and they are frequent visitors to our yard and the tall Arbor Vitae trees next to the house.
I can't remember the name of the author but the book The Land Remembers had a wonderfoul quote about these little guys. He called them "nature's smallest bundle of large enthusiasm" I think he was right
4. Around here the most noticable birds are the everpresent
turkey vultures, though I have noticed a very large increase in my area of various types of hawks. About a year ago I managed to see a immature bald eagle from about ten feet away while he had some rabbit for dinner.
A lot of raptors when you get out in the country. I dig the jays and the magpies. I like watching the scrubjays steal food at my favorite cafe. They can fly with a whole piece of toast in their beak.
7. my daughter brought in a morning dove chick lastnight. thought it was dead
Edited on Fri May-13-05 02:11 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
but we wrapped in the heating pad and it was alive....this morning i placed it back outside under the pine tree where she had found it and the mother bird flew down and started feeding it...i would put it back in the nest except that the nest is dangling from a branch andd i can't reach it to fix. so tonight when it starts getting cold again we will bring it back in to keep it warm and place it back out again in the morning...don't know what else to do :shrug:
it is so cute and i love morning doves
I have an african grey parrot, 3 cockitiels and 12 chickens whom my children love and name(we don't eat them)
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