FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Purple finch just arrived

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Greetings,
 
At about 5:30 PM, a male purple finch landed on my deck in the Charlotte  
Park section of West Nashville.  Nothing could deter it from hungrily  
"vacuuming" the bird seed from my deck.  My two poodles were on the deck  when 
it 
landed, but it paid practically no attention when I opened the door to  let 
them in, 
and they walked only two feet from it as they passed by.  That  is one hungry 
bird.  Wonder if it has been flying all day in  migration?  It did drop down 
here from up above somewhere.  Of course,  it may have flown in last night and 
slept all day to fly again tonight.  I  don't know how they work their 
"schedules" during migration.  It ate for  about 15 minutes, then got water and 
flew 
out of the yard toward the  river.  I believe this is the earliest I have 
ever had one here, and can't  check.  That HASMAT team that "cleaned" my house 
after my illness took my  bird list off the bulletin board and either packed it 
or flung it to the  dumpster.  I'm still unpacked and really "lost" without 
all my "stuff"  handy.  Haven't had the strength to handle those HUGE boxes 
they 
used and  get unpacked yet.
 
Good wishes and happy birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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