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Index of Subjects What a wonderful experience, James. Thank you for sharing. Cheers, Joan 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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