Steve`s Country
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Fantastical Friday! #26
Good morning everyone! And how are you today? It’s cloudy and foggy this morning, but it is mild with a temp of 41F (5C). The clouds are supposed to move away this morning and allow the sun to shine through for the day. That will certainly be nice to see the sunshine again. And it will be warm enough then to finish sealing my one window before the cold weather hits us. The blue jays are very busy this morning, eating everything in sight. The rock doves are gathering on the nearby hydro wires, waiting for the whole flock of 33 to get together so they can come and overwhelm my feeders again.
The chickadees and nuthatches are trying hard to get in there for their share of the seeds too. Actually, they do okay since the other birds stay with the bigger feeders and leave the smaller feeders to the little birds. So it works out good for all of them. A couple more juncos have shown up, but hopefully they leave soon before snow arrives and traps them again this year, like it did last year. Only one evening grosbeak, a male, has been here this morning.
Yesterday it was a female. But there were lots of the grosbeaks by late morning, though not as many as there has been. Perhaps those rock doves are scaring them away. I hope not. The purple finches were here yesterday as well, there were 9 females and 3 males. I haven’t seen any yet this morning. I’m hoping they decide to spend the winter here, that would sure be nice. The fog seems to be disappearing now and the temperature has dropped a bit.
Theodore was walking around the neighbors yard this morning, but she never came over here, at least not yet, perhaps later. A male downy woodpecker was just here, well, 3 times, and he went to my odd feeder I made for the chickadees and nuthatches. He’s not much bigger than those birds so he can easily use it too. I hope he keeps coming, maybe I can get a picture of him at that feeder. That would be interesting. Hmm, there are a lot of evening grosbeaks here now, filling the feeders. It’s a wonderful morning, a fantastical Friday! I hope you all have a fabulous day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
That Grossbeek picture is wonderful! Love the bright colors they have!😁
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Thanks! Yes, they are so nice to have around as other colors disappear until spring.😃😺
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No kidding there!😁
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Yep!
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How was your day?
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About the same as yesterday, still not doing so good. Too much pain.
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Hang in there. Hopefully it will moderate.
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Has to be okay by tomorrow or I won’t get my window sealed, it’s our last warm day.
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Do you remember how to eat an Elephant?🤔
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I hear they taste like chicken.
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I hope you like chicken then 😂😂 one bite at a time!!😛
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Hey, that’s good! I don’t get it, but it’s good anyway!🤔😂😂
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5C 🥶
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It’s going to get worse starting Sunday!
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Oh no!
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🥶🥶🙀🙀
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Clear close-ups of the birds ! A pleasure to enjoy ! 🙂😻☕️☕️
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Thank you very much Sharon! Have a good night!😃😻🌙😴
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Lovely photos
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Thank you so much Saania! Have a great weekend!😃😺🌞☕☕
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sounds like you might have some competition for Thoedore’s visits!
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Yep, the people across the street are feeding Theodore now.
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Theodore is a lukcy guy!
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At least he doesn’t have to cross the street so much now. He did show up here just after I posted this morning, didn’t stay long though.
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I’m glad he will be a bit safer…
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Yes, that’s true.
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Great pics I love the grossbeaks. sadly My Downeys have abanndoned me. I used to two pair but they have moved on
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Thanks so much! That’s odd that both pair would leave at the same time together like that. I have one lonely fella that comes around to pick up some sunflower seeds now and then. He’ll be more regular once the cold weather hits.
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That’s what I’m hoping That they’ll come back when the cold hits 🤣😂🤣
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You mean it gets cold that far south??😳😳
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I’m not that far south from you I live on the border 🤣😂🤣
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That’s southern Ontario down there. That’s a whole different country!😂😹 That would put me about 1,500 miles northwest. Did you know this whole area doesn’t even appear on the official government map of Ontario?😳 I was talking to a lady in one of their offices down in Toronto one time and it was impossible to get her to believe we were part of Ontario!😂😂🤣🤣😹😹
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You’re further out there than I thought I thought you were mid province 🤣😂🤣
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Nope, that’s only half way one way. We are way out up this way. We even have our own national holidays.😁😂😂😹😹
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Wow 🤣😂🤣
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