LOL, yep.. In that pict my two friends both had the same seed mix, & they like it but this one thought the seeds were a lil better in the other hand... Can you feed them out of your hand there??IMG_20180930_114239_3.jpg
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How awesome is that?!
Mr. Owl says I'm like a Disney movie. Some of the birds eat out of my hands. The hummingbirds come up to my face to say hi when I'm out by their feeder. Chipmunks follow me through the gardens and woods -- because I have sunflower seeds in my pockets. I told him no, it's more like a Mafia movie. Everyone's fighting each other to be #1, and they only like me because I got something they want.
LOL, yep.. In that pict my two friends both had the same seed mix, & they like it but this one thought the seeds were a lil better in the other hand... Can you feed them out of your hand there??IMG_20180930_114239_3.jpg
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
Ours are slightly different. They're called black-capped chickadees. We also have the boreal chickadees.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_chickadee
Here are yours:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_chickadee
We have some that look like yours down here in the valley but they are called Junco, or Oregon Junco, about the same size, although many come from Wash & BC..
They must like it cold.lol
They stay up here all winter, (8,500ft-9,000+) sometimes below zero & I wonder what they could be staying up there for w/ nothing to eat......
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
We have juncos ("slate-colored") here too, but only in spring and fall. In STL they were there all winter. They spend summers in Canada and Alaska where their breeding areas are. They're ground feeders, so need to move south in the winter.
I wonder if yours eat the pinecone seeds and that's how they survive winter?
About juncos:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dark-eyed_Junco/id
I did not know that they are classified as sparrows, did you?
No, they are about the same size......
There isn't much else up there but pine, cedar & cypress & some of the cones are smaller, but they are under six feet of snow & any in the trees I would think would be green still??
I'll look it up
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
I could not find anything definitive.. I looked @ several sites & it was pretty general, not much on the winter diet, other than the weaker & younger usually fly to lower elevations to survive.
They do eat the conifer cones of various types but one thing was interesting was that they will cache food in trees, in the bark etc & can recall up to a month were they put it..
They must have some pretty tough beaks to get the nuts out of them.. Even when cured a few years they can be tough to get @..
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
Well, that's pretty cool -- they stash food! Thanks for the info.
The food-caching reminds me of a kind of sad parrot rescue story. One lady on a bird group I belong to adopted a macaw who had come from a neglectful home. Apparently being fed was optional to the original owner. She was happy that he wasn't picky and ate everything she offered him. Then she discovered that he was hiding some of his food under his wings.
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