English sparrows visit the feeder by the dozen but scatter when they hear me on the back stairs inside the house.
Juncos visit in pairs and disappear quickly too.
["The chickadee is waiting for me to walk inside": photos GH]
But chickadees, also in pairs, will watch me from the feeder while I step outside and even let me take their picture.
All birds will disappear to nearby branches when I approach to add a scoop of seed mix to the feeders. But half the time, as I’m walking toward my back door, a chickadee will be sitting in the feeder when I turn around for a last peek.
They’re either bold or need glasses.
What do you think?
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I haven’t seen the juncos lately. Have they gone for good?
A bluejay visited yesterday but was gone by the time I returned with the camera.
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2 comments:
If you don't rush at them and stand quietly and patiently with some bird seed on a large lid, say a garbage can, eventually a chickadee will come to you..Jamie did it in Bracebridge and one came and ate from the lid as he stood quietly watching..hello from P.E.I., just posted a new blog and wish it would STOP raining here..love sis
i had a chickadee land 6 inches from my shoulder while sitting a lawn chair this summer.
then I sneezed. he never came back.
cheers
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