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For James Hirtle.
Just read your Crossbill experience James. It couldn't have happened
to anyone more appreciative. Lovely description. Thank you. Barbara Hinds.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Hirtle" <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:04 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Birding Experience Of A Lifetime
> 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
>
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