Saturday, August 1, 2009

Frequent Visitor



It's very hard to mistake the call of the Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis), a small bird that will quickly dart in and out from feeders and never displays much fear of people.  In fact, this little bird will readily take seed from your hand if you work with him for several weeks, holding still with your hand outstretched.

Favorite food?  Pretty much anything you could offer, although his favorite is what is seen in the image - black oil sunflower.  They also readily take suet, nyjer and peanuts too.

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