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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

They're baaaack!  At just past 7:00 PM and before dark, I walked out to 
replenish the vittles for the late feeders and heard the familiar chittering 
of my dear little chimney swifts as they gave me their "hellos" after their 
arrival sometime today!

Earlier, around 2 PM, all the regular feeders were on hand for Sunday dinner, 
but my cardinals are the sweetest pair of all--literally.  The female 
cardinal flew onto the bird bath and started drinking water.  The male flew 
into the deck rail, hopped over to the half-orange "dish" filled with grape 
jelly, took a large glob of jelly, then surveyed the deck to find his lady on 
the bird bath.  He hopped down there and offered her his beak with the 
contents therein.  She gingerly turned her head to the side, opened her beak 
wide and used the tips of her beak to run across the sides (openings) of his 
beak to glean the jelly.  Since he had so much jelly, she "harvested" his 
beak a total of four times before she got all she wanted (or she got it all). 
 I almost felt like a peeping Tom watching them from inside at my kitchen 
window which puts me about 8-10 feet from the bird bath.  Although I do have 
cataracts, I can see pretty well when they are that close, and they are just 
thrilling to watch.  They just seem so tender with each other at this time of 
year that it is hard to believe they are not as emotional as humans.  Who 
knows for sure?  Maybe they are.  Some species do mate for life.  Enough  
said on that, I guess!

Ah, spring!  'Tis such a fabulous time of year.

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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