Chickadeedeedee
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They came by fives today to the feeders. Five male Cardinals, five female Cardinals, five Black-capped Chickadees, five Dark-eyed Juncos. There were five White-crowned Sparrows, five White-breasted Nuthatch and their cousins, five Red-breasted Nuthatch. Twenty-five (five x five) House Sparrows, five Mourning Doves, five Downy Woodpeckers, five House Finches and five Blue Jays. What party would be complete without five squirrels?
The party of five abruptly broke up when Mr. Cooper's Hawk arrived to see who was for dinner. No one was to be his dinner today and he sat waiting and probably drooling in the olive tree. Finding he was getting no where he eventually left. One of the male Cardinals was *our* Mr. Cardinal. Not a single Starling.
I kept counting and re-counting the birds but kept getting five or 25. LOL! Never saw such an orderly assortment and they all came from no where within minutes of my filling the feeders. The Black-capped Chickadees and the Downy WPs didn't wait for me to leave the feeders. They were hungry! :-O
Lydia
The party of five abruptly broke up when Mr. Cooper's Hawk arrived to see who was for dinner. No one was to be his dinner today and he sat waiting and probably drooling in the olive tree. Finding he was getting no where he eventually left. One of the male Cardinals was *our* Mr. Cardinal. Not a single Starling.
I kept counting and re-counting the birds but kept getting five or 25. LOL! Never saw such an orderly assortment and they all came from no where within minutes of my filling the feeders. The Black-capped Chickadees and the Downy WPs didn't wait for me to leave the feeders. They were hungry! :-O
Lydia