[wisb] Tame feeder birds
- From: "Carl Schwartz" <cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:34:43 -0500
I am used to the chickadees waiting patiently for the feeder to be filled
(and even scolding me sometimes when it's really empty and I'm not fast
enough, but a young and seemingly healthy goldfinch must have been
especially hungry this morning. He sat in the tray of my basket feeder
chowing down on oil sunflower while I filled the safflower feeder, the niger
bag, two peanut feeders and a water tray. Didn't flinch once even when I was
within inches of him. Finally, it was time to fill the sunflower feeder. He
hung on even as I grabbed it to bring it down, but flitted off as I opened
the lid and landed on my head, where he perched on my hat until I hung the
basket back up. Whereupon he flew back to the basket tray and resumed eating
with a satisfied little chirp.
Carl Schwartz
Coordinator, Bird City Wisconsin
http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org
Fox Point, Milwaukee County
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