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 Whee HEE!!! This is fun!  Whoa, look out, coming in! Okay, overshot the suet post this time, no problem. I'll just turn and LOOKOUT WHERE'D THAT LILAC BUSH COME FROM! Wow! People just shouldn't leave those things lying around to jump out at a bird! Okay, coming in again, and OUTTA THE WAY SQUIRREL!  That was close. Some animals!  Well, let's try that aga-- Why, hello, house!  Say, weren't you about a foot in the other direction a few minutes ago -- what?  What's that, Daddy?  What wind--"

SPLAT

(perched on my window sash, wings spread straight out to either side against the glass, staring in at me)

Oh! Why, hello, there! Nice to meetcha Hey, I really like what you've done with the place.  Say, is that a cat?  I've never seen one bef-- gee, lookit the time, gottagobye!

(and yes... this really happened... well, I made up the dialogue, of course, but the actions happened.  I love this little guy.)

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...somewhere in a peaceful mountain range, a rabbit plots to take over the world....

Again, Whocares

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~dp7767~

dp7767:

Again, Whocares

 

Other people who have responded favorably to my other posts.  If you didn't care for them, the least you could do is be polite. The best you could do is simply close them out and not read them if they are not to your taste.

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...somewhere in a peaceful mountain range, a rabbit plots to take over the world....

I enjoy the descriptions of the baby woodpecker!  So hey - I care! 

hey stealthbunny...birders can be over-intense sometimes...enjoyed your narrative. keep it up..

Great love it I have several juvi downy's here and they can be funny to watch miss landings timing etc keep it up

Peter

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Birds high above in the trees Serenade the flowers with their melodies

I've had a bumper crop of Downies here, and have been enjoying watching the juveniles make themselves at home. (It was a Whatbird forum member on another thread who made me realize that these were recently-fledged juveniles, and not just more adults.)

I was wondering why these Downies were buzzing the suet log but flying past, then circling around and buzzing it again. Once I realized that they were juveniles, I recognized the same behavior as human student pilots, making a low approach to the runway, then circling around and trying again.