This morning while filling the feeders with the chickadees flitting all around I thought I'd hold my hand full of seed out and see if I had any takers. I was surprised by the very quick arrival of a common redpoll who perched in my hand for a few minutes eating sunflower seeds. He flew off and then returned for another extended stay. It took quite a bit longer for a chickadee to land on my hand and then both of those were only stops brief enough to snatch a seed and fly off. I was moved by how tiny the redpoll was.For those interested in Monarchs here is an interesting link...
mary in bethel vt
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