Sentinel 1 reporting (me): Lots of baby birds around here, chickadees, downy woodpeckers, junkos, robins, and flickers. The chickadee baby I saw with its mom (or dad?) reminded me of Laurel and Hardy. The baby was twice as big, round, chirping, inches away from the food. Skinny little Mom (dad?) was on the feeder eating and then gathering food to feed baby.
One young chickadee on the end of a wispy maple tree branch teetered back and forth, bouncing. As the branch bent over from his rotund heft, he hung upside down for a moment, clearly unintentionally, before he dismounted and hopped to another branch, wobbling. Chirp, gee, I hope no one saw that, chirp. They’re the smallest of bird brains, DH would say in a loving tone.
I got these shots of the flickers. Not so great but you get the idea. Hey, they don’t call them “flickers” for nothin’. Baby is on the left, getting fed. I saw the same scene with downy woodpeckers, but my camera was too far away so you’ll just have to trust me on that one.
Just wait ’til my new camera comes. Maybe then…..I’ll have no excuse for crappy snaps. Hm.
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OOoh, flickers! We don’t many of those around here. We get TONS of cardinals, blue birds and yellow finches though. Of course, this time of year, the hummingbirds are out like crazy.
My husband makes fun of me for buying food for the birds. He says I’m making every bird in a five mile radius fat. I just like watching them.