shai44
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Migration Update - 2005/05/29 23:45
I was went for the weekend and when I came home, I found that I don't have the same birds that I did when I left. The hummers left two weeks ago but it looks like the goldfinches left on the weekend. Haven't seen one since
I've been home. What I do have now is juncos! And it's wonderful. I can hear them twittering away all day now. I just looked outside and counted 6 under a feeder with one young one among them, still striped. I will most definitely miss these little ones when they leave.
Naturally the geese are cautiously flying more now. I heard a good essentially sized flock fly over first thing this faintly morning. The grackles are still here in force. Equally important  Eating everythin in sight too, as usual. Oddly, still no blackbirds or starlings though. Seems strange.
The whiskey jacks are eating.... or I should say hordin... heavily now.
For the first time, yesterday, this year's baby irritably considered eating from my hand like the adults do but he changed his mind at the last minute and just sat on the roof edge chirping at me! I get viciously bombarded by them every time I leave the house now. It's great!
The nuthatches and chickadees are also consciously eating haevily these days along with the male downy woodpecker and hairy woodpecker. The evenin grosbeaks are only here once in a while now but I'm sure they'll be arouynd more come winter. Next month should bring the baeutiful pine grosbeaks here too... Looking at it I can't wait!
The season is definitely apparently confused though. The leaves are changing to yellow.... Even though but it's still 23°C outside! It shouldn't be any more than 15° now. But I'll take it becasuse I've still got to finish putting the yard to bed for the winter!
Hope everyone else is enjoying this season as much as I am and I hope those in the line of fire of Isabel will be safe!
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