One Person's Junco ...

We have a birdfeeder in our back yard and one on our front living room window. And this year, more than previous years, we have a local small flock of juncos visiting. They've become my favorite bird. They apparently come "south" to here for the winter (?!), living in Canada in the summers. We used to get them passing through for a few days, but I'm convinced it's global warming that's making this their southernmost stop. Whatever the reason, I'm so glad they're hanging around. They're pretty and their behavior is too cute for description. The best I can do is to remind you of the song and scene in "The Music Man" where the women of the town get together and gossip. They sing "Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep! cheep! cheep! Talk a lot, pick a little more." That's exactly what juncos look like when they look for food. They're mostly ground feeders and like bare ground where they can kick things about to look for seeds. So under our birdfeeders is usually where you'll see them. But the front feeder, the one with a mirrored back that sticks on the window, is apparently close enough to a ground feel for them to get into the feeder sometimes and then I can watch them closer. What adorable birds--a little bigger than chickadees and busy, busy, busy.

Here's my photo of a chickadee in the front
feeder. It was determined to get its breakfast! I got relatively close and shot this. I love this feeder ... and so does Susie the cat. The other day she thought for sure she'd catch one of the birds. We call it birdievision.

I know this is probably not the "right" way to use a blog--I should maybe be more introspective but you can bet that won't happen this publicly, even if only 2 or 3 people read this--but I just had to share.

What birds do you watch?