Thursday, August 23, 2007

Voracious birds



The pine siskins, house sparrows, and goldfinches, emptied the feeder by late last night. I filled it up again early this morning. I did not see any hummingbirds yesterday or early this morning. Perhaps they are started south already. I still see a few chickadees most days.(photo)

Yesterday there were swarms of purple martins circling above the yard. They must be gathering to go south already even though it is not even September as yet. However, swallows tend to leave early. The weather is cool and windy as well. Perhaps there are not that many insects left. There are still plenty of flowers so the hummingbirds will still be OK even though it is rather cool.

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