30 May 2010

Good Company

Coming and going outside my window this afternoon, in no particular order:
  • robin
  • black-capped chickadee  (I love these little guys!)
  • downy woodpecker
  • Steller's jay
  • Bewick's wren
  • Oregon junco
And eastern gray squirrels, of course, careful to stay out of whippet-reach.

Just puttering around. Nothing exotic, even if I could recognize something exotic, which I probably couldn't. But good company.

I really need to put out a feeder.

3 comments:

  1. If you get all that without a feeder, why add one? Our feeder being also on a raptor migration route has become a snack stop. Wonderful collection of song birds and hungry drop-ins. Never forget the morning a young eagle and our cat were out there doing the posturing dance over fallen prey.

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  2. Nice collection of good company.

    My neighbor's low hanging feeder attracts more squirrels and ducks than songbirds. A low feeder with a couple narrow dogs patrolling and I guess you'd get some action ;)

    Now, let me be clear -- I'm not suggesting that!

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  3. Patrick -So who got the prey, the eagle or the cat?

    Donna - With a low hanging feeder, recreational squirrel chasing would at least keep the narrow dogs narrow!

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