After I got home I saw a pine warbler on the suet, then some very strange bird behavior. A cardinal tried to land on the seed feeder perch but a chickadee sitting in the middle wouldn't budge. The cardinal gave up and I noticed the chickadee's feathers were standing on end, making it look fuzzy. At first I thought it was a fledgling begging for food. I went up close for a better look and the bird paid me no attention but seemed to shiver and raise even more feathers. Remembering the stories about sick birds around D.C. I got a shallow box and but a grocery bag over my hand. I actually picked up the bird to put it in the box and it seemed to come out of a trance, batted my hand away and flew off.
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