Friday, January 11, 2008

First Magpie this year!



There continue to be only a couple of species at the feeder: black-capped chickadees and red-breasted nuthatches. The latter are the most frequent visitors. I suppose our spruce trees attract them as much as the feeder.

On our travels out of the village we have seen several flocks of snow buntings and a number of ravens usually in pairs or singles. However, I did see one magpie(photo) from a distance. They do not seem that common. Maybe they have all migrated to the campus of the University of Alberta at Edmonton. I remember seeing many there who lived off the remants of junk food dropped by students!

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