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Index of Subjects James, Your description is so vivid it makes up for the lack of a picture. James Hirtle wrote: > I had an unexpected thrill this evening. Yesterday my feeders were > totally emptied by much bird activity and I had not had chance to fill > them this morning. When I arrived home from work I noted 11 red > crossbills trying to get at what was left. I started to fill my feeders > and looked to see the crossbills going to the feeders freshly filled. > They have a favourite though and it is a nice wire mesh feeder that > hangs. When I went to fill that feeder two crossbills were there. I > waited for them to finish feeding not wishing to disturb them. I then > heard a flurry of wings and before I knew it three crossbills were atop > my scoop readily feeding less then a foot in front of my eyes. The next > thing I knew two birds were perched on my arm. One remained there and > continued to eat seeds dropped by the others in the scoop. When seeds > were not present it would rach up and take a seed from the scoop. At > one point I had five red crossbills perched on me. One adult was > walking around my hat, one was on one arm another was going up the arm > of my sweater on the other side, one was going up my chest and another > was on my back. What a thrill. There were five young and six adults. > At one point I watched an adult regurgitate food to a juvenile less than > a foot from my face. An adult and a juvenile were on my arm at one > point also. I guess the birds must have thought I was a tree as I was > dressed all in black with a blue cap. Anyhow, a thrill indeed and to > bad no one was around to get a photo. This is something like I have > read about and saw pictures of in Bird Watchers Digest, but never > thought would happen to me. > > James R. Hirtle > Dublin Shore > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail is the next generation of MSN Hotmail. It’s fast, > simple, and safer than ever and best of all – it’s still free. Try it > today! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA146 >
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