Thanks! I love watching the birds that come to the feeder. My favorite parts are when they bring their fledglings and have to teach them how to go to the feeder by themselves. Oftentimes the mom or dad leaves the young one sitting on a tree plant branch and flys back and fourth to show them how it is done. Pretty soon they get the idea and fly down to get a seed themselves. Some of the larger bird babies, like cardinals and blue Jay's, have a very difficult time learning how to land on the feeder. It's funny to watch their efforts.
Oh that is so cool. No wonder people get hooked on watching birds! That is truly interesting and I never thought of being able to see anything like that in connection with a feeder.
Most wildlife have lessons to teach their young! I've watched mama deer teaching their young ones how to 'srartle'. Everyone is calmly eating grass in the backyard and suddenly mama will dash towards the woods and the little ones all stand and look at her like Mama where'd you go? She comes back to them again and eats a few more pieces of grass and then does it again and it takes five or six times of her racing off before they finally get it and learn that they are supposed to follow her when she does that.
And chipmunks... A few of the mama chipmunks teach their young that its safe to eat out of Alli's hand and those families become friends forever. And then there are what Alli calls the chipmunk chickens! Those are the families that are too afraid to come up and get handouts and it's generational. They never do come to eat the handouts that she has for them.
Thanks! I love watching the birds that come to the feeder. My favorite parts are when they bring their fledglings and have to teach them how to go to the feeder by themselves. Oftentimes the mom or dad leaves the young one sitting on a tree plant branch and flys back and fourth to show them how it is done. Pretty soon they get the idea and fly down to get a seed themselves. Some of the larger bird babies, like cardinals and blue Jay's, have a very difficult time learning how to land on the feeder. It's funny to watch their efforts.
Oh that is so cool. No wonder people get hooked on watching birds! That is truly interesting and I never thought of being able to see anything like that in connection with a feeder.
Most wildlife have lessons to teach their young! I've watched mama deer teaching their young ones how to 'srartle'. Everyone is calmly eating grass in the backyard and suddenly mama will dash towards the woods and the little ones all stand and look at her like Mama where'd you go? She comes back to them again and eats a few more pieces of grass and then does it again and it takes five or six times of her racing off before they finally get it and learn that they are supposed to follow her when she does that.
And chipmunks... A few of the mama chipmunks teach their young that its safe to eat out of Alli's hand and those families become friends forever. And then there are what Alli calls the chipmunk chickens! Those are the families that are too afraid to come up and get handouts and it's generational. They never do come to eat the handouts that she has for them.
ha! wow ain't that something? Amazing. I'd like to see some of that.
Howdy Melinda!
Those are some fine shots of those
Visitors of yours!
- janton
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