Monday, August 29, 2011

Back to normal

The fledgling cardinal has been much in evidence. I like his rather punk look. I find it fascinating that unobservant people perpetuate the idea that when juvenile birds leave the nest they are on their own. A moment's thought would reveal that only after a young bird can move around can it learn to find food. So, this cardinal-in-training flies and hops and pecks at all sorts of things but relies on parents to convey seeds from the feeder to its gaping beak.

Hummer hostilities continue as does finch greed. It has clouded up and gone gray. Geese were headed up-creek and an egret watched the lake outflow.

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