We have several bird feeders set up outside our doorwall. Unfortunately, we hadn’t seen many of our best friends lately. While we have about a half dozen goldfinches who frequent our thistle and drying black-eyed susans, the remainder of our ornithological population has been sparrows. We had a downy woodpecker for awhile, but we haven’t seen him for months. Even cardinals have been a rare sighting lately.
And then today we welcomed back an old friend, a red breasted nuthatch. “Nutty” as the boy named him was a frequent visitor last fall, and the early part of the winter. Unfortunately, he disappeared. I had chalked it up to the winter, or a red tail hawk which had been patrolling our yard. Now I don’t know if it was Nutty or not, but we had a red-breasted nuthatch today. When I saw him, I went out to put some more food in the feeder. While I was holding on to the feeder, the little guy actually landed on it, and he seemed ready to perch on my shoulder. I know I’m kind of lame, but it was actually quite thrilling
We also saw house finches and blue jays today who had been MIA for awhile. Now if only our downy will comeback, along with the junco’s we’ll be all set.
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