Sarah
purchased a new tube feeder, to replace the old one stolen by the bear last
week. I’ve made several trips down the access road and around the berm, and
have simply given up looking for the old one. The feeder was dark green, which
matches perfectly to the low brush foliage, so for all my search it may be
sitting camouflaged close by. Finding it can wait until autumn, when the living
green has faded, as have the mosquitoes and deer flies.
The new
feeder is evidently well received. As I write, there are six birds feeding (4
female finches and 2 male yellow finches), 2 birds in wait at the top of the
shepherd’s crook, and a cardinal and male grosbeak on the ground below.
The
grosbeak looks young, perhaps a fledgling that is beginning to molt. His black
back and emergent red chest are pocked with tufts of grayish white fluff, and
the color is faded. The cardinal is striking as ever.
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