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["thelma hughes cumbie" <thelmahughescumbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been delighted at the birds that have collected in my yard the last two 
days.... foggy dreary damp days do have some wonderful advantages!
However, I was surprised.... very surprised,  to see a Black-throated Blue 
Warbler eating black sunflower seeds yesterday... very easily and comfortbly 
seemingly. The seeds were on a rather slanting wide driveway and other birds 
were also eating.  

So looking it up in a birding guidebook, the book indicates that in the winter 
25% of the Black-throat's diet is seeds and other vegetable matter.

Three Chestnut-sided Warblers were also collected together on my driveway but 
interestingly they were all involved where flowers had fallen from my white 
crepe myrtle... A delightful scene with their pale lime green and white 
plumage.  The white eye-ring clearly stood out.

Alas, today is clear and cooler.  I imagine the warblers are collecting with 
others heading for the tropics.  I do hope there is good habitat for them and 
that they will return healthy and frisky in the spring.

Thelma Hughes Cumbie  (Tess)
Buladean, NC  Mitchell Cnty.

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