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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

As I brought my breakfast to the dining table at 8 AM here in the Charlotte  
Park area of West Nashville, a very active and hungry white-throated sparrow  
appeared on my deck to feed.  It's my first for fall.  It sure seemed  happy 
to be back at Dee's Smorgabird!  It was just flitting around  everywhere to 
select just the "right" seed to eat.
 
Just now, tragedy struck (literally) when one of my gorgeous male cardinals  
slammed head-on into the glass of my French door.  In tears, I rushed out  and 
picked him up off the deck and cradled him on his back in my hand.  His  
little neck was limp, and I thought it was broken.  He began to squirm and  
make 
some sort of "whack, whack" guttural sounds reminiscent of a great blue  heron, 
only softer shorter and less croaky.  Since he is showing signs  of life and 
is now holding his head up, I put him on a chair where he has been  sitting 
for about ten minutes.  He just now turned around and made a  threatening move 
toward a house sparrow that lit on "his" chair.  He's  sitting up better, and 
has turned to face the food.  He's moving his head  right and left; he seems 
quite alert; he just SHOOK his head and is sitting  facing me.  He is able to 
raise and lower his crest.  He just turned  another half circle to face east. 
(Mecca?)  I think he just MIGHT make  it.  
 
Oh WOW, another male cardinal just came to join him, and they quickly flew  
away together!  Both are in a tree out back just calling up a  storm.  
Celebration?????  Other than when I had him on his back in my  hand and his 
flight, 
which was very sudden, all is recorded on my digital.   Just before I put him 
on 
the chair, I turned him upright in my hand to make sure  he was actually able 
to hold his head up and took photos from that point  on. I hope he is able to 
eat soon and get some energy back.  
 
What a morning!!  Must get dressed and off to a meeting.
 
Happy birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
 
 

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