[tn-bird] swifties & sweeties
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:00:29 EDT
They're baaaack! At just past 7:00 PM and before dark, I walked out to
replenish the vittles for the late feeders and heard the familiar chittering
of my dear little chimney swifts as they gave me their "hellos" after their
arrival sometime today!
Earlier, around 2 PM, all the regular feeders were on hand for Sunday dinner,
but my cardinals are the sweetest pair of all--literally. The female
cardinal flew onto the bird bath and started drinking water. The male flew
into the deck rail, hopped over to the half-orange "dish" filled with grape
jelly, took a large glob of jelly, then surveyed the deck to find his lady on
the bird bath. He hopped down there and offered her his beak with the
contents therein. She gingerly turned her head to the side, opened her beak
wide and used the tips of her beak to run across the sides (openings) of his
beak to glean the jelly. Since he had so much jelly, she "harvested" his
beak a total of four times before she got all she wanted (or she got it all).
I almost felt like a peeping Tom watching them from inside at my kitchen
window which puts me about 8-10 feet from the bird bath. Although I do have
cataracts, I can see pretty well when they are that close, and they are just
thrilling to watch. They just seem so tender with each other at this time of
year that it is hard to believe they are not as emotional as humans. Who
knows for sure? Maybe they are. Some species do mate for life. Enough
said on that, I guess!
Ah, spring! 'Tis such a fabulous time of year.
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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