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Possibly it was "psst" maybe she was trying to get Peter's attention.


when are you starting our lessons Thorn.

Here is a little Tufted Titmouse I shot in a neighbor's yard yesterday.]

I hunted all my life until about the age of 20, when I began to lose interest in hunting. When I was 10 years old, I owned 10 guns myself. By the age of 15 I had built my own, custom-designed gun, and was loading my own ammunition. Then by 20 I became more and more interested in observing the animals I was hunting, and what they were doing, and less and less interested in shooting them with a gun myself. Later, my guns were destroyed in a house fire, and I never bothered to replace them. I took to using cameras instead. I have many friends who still hunt and I always look forward to a mess o' squirrel gravy or some nice venison stew or even baked raccoon when I go to visit them.

Tufted Titmouses (Titmice? TitMousen?) almost always hang out with Chickadees. You find one type of those two birds, the other one is always close by. In spring, during Migration, migrating Warblers always look for and stay with these flocks of Chickadees, Titmouses (Titmice?, Titmousen?). When we hear the Chickadees calling, we go to where they are, and THAT'S where we will find the rare Warblers.

Everywhere. Goldfinches are extremely fickle. They are probably in large high grassy fields eating grass and weed seeds. Goldfinches feeding preferences are to eat the seeds right off the plants.

but they will only show up in the spring n'est pas?

Off the warbler subject and onto gold finches. You said they are still around in the winter but don't have their gold color, b - u - t, I don't see them at the finch feeder. Where are they eating?

Adorable photo.

YOu must be a good bird watcher indeed.. No red cardinals?