Feeding Flock Descends

We had a huge flock of robins come into the woods between the house and the slough this morning, a so-called feeding flock that hangs out and eats together in the north when any sensible bird would have flown south for the winter.

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/ExpertAnswer04.html

The first time I noticed this phenomenum (sp?) I called the Audubon society and the nice folks there explained about these "feeding flocks."

I wish we had beaucoup bushes with nice berries for the birds. Maybe there are some around here, but I'm not sure where. The birds look fat and healthy, but it is only late December. There's never enough time to hustle round the kitchen and dig out the frozen cranberries, blueberries, raspberries and chop up some dried apricot and dig out the raisins and find a suitable feeding implement. Never enough time.

So we wish the birds good luck and good hunting. I love our little wren, so perky and singing so nicely, too. We have some wren houses, but I've never seen anyone entering or exiting.

I had a big long post which BLOGGER ate, and now you only get this.

Put some seed or suet out for our friends the birds.

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