Wednesday’s Wanderings. #30

Posted on November 24, 2021 by

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Good morning everyone! It’s a cloudy and very windy morning here once again. The temperature started at a pleasant 27F (-3C), but since the wind has now switched to the north the temp is dropping a bit and is now 23F (-5C). It is supposed to keep dropping throughout the day until it reaches -4F (-20C) tonight, a bit cool but still not bad for this time of the year. The birds are sure busy this morning, lots of evening grosbeaks, chickadees and nuthatches. But there is not as many blue jays today for some reason, maybe a dozen of them.

This is my friend Major, a white-tailed deer buck.

There is now 2 hairy woodpeckers, male and female, coming to the suet feeder each day, plus a male downy woodpecker. The downy is quite friendly. Yesterday afternoon I added another “arm” sticking out from the bird feeder pole, to hold another hanging feeder. Plus another hanger to hold a second suet feeder which I put out this morning. Now when the woodpeckers are at one suet feeder, the smaller birds have another one to use. Of course it is always possible for 2 woodpeckers to be here at the same time, but that wouldn’t happen very often. They seldom come together, they tend to have “arguments” if they do. All that happens is a lot of squawking and chasing.

Back to the downy woodpecker, yesterday afternoon, after finishing my work, it was nearly time to bring in the feeders so I waited outside watching the birds. As I leaned on the railing next to the suet feeder along came the downy woodpecker, sat on the railing next to me, looked at me, so I talked to him. He then went up to the suet and enjoyed his bedtime snack. While he was doing that I put some sunflower seeds on my hand, hoping Chester would come.

Here is a red-breasted nuthatch on my hand, a fall picture.

Instead a little red-breasted nuthatch landed on my hand, looked at me, then chose a nice big sunflower seed and off she flew. It was a female and such a joy having her on my hand. Even though it is not the first time having a nuthatch on my hand, it still brings a lot of joy whenever it happens. Sometimes we can get a large bundle of joy from a very small package. I needed that yesterday, and it was perfect. Once again a couple of my favorite photos to share with you. Thank you for reading today, have a wonderful Wednesday and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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19 Comments on “Wednesday’s Wanderings. #30”

  2. Good morning 🌹🙏🏼🌹 Wednesday’s story so marvelous 👌🏼🌹
    The deer, mist and birds all so nicely captured 👍🌹 You wrote
    The lines – sometimes we can get a bundle of joy from a small
    Package – that is so true in our life !! We must help these birds
    And animals are the best grace in our life and we will get so
    Satisfaction, specially the bird eating food from your hands 😀👍
    So great view 🌹😍 have a nice snowy day 🙂

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  3. The nuthatch must have been happy and thankful for the late treat of sunflower seeds…thanked you in that she landed on your hand ! So sweet ! ☕️☕️🙂😻☕️☕️☺️

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    • Well, there was lots of food out there already, but she chose to come to my hand, warmed her little feet for a bit! Such a joy each time it happens!😃
      Have a nice evening!😁😻🌙☕☕

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