Once upon a time there was a husband and wife sitting on the porch enjoying a beautiful 45 degree evening and basking in their accomplishments of the day. When suddenly the trees around them became alive with avian.
There was a most active and lovely red breasted robin, who was steadfastly chasing every other bird out of the tree she had claimed as her own.
The Cedar Waxwings have made an early appearance and the Ms. Robin would have nothing to do with their tom foolery.
Now, Mr. Woodpecker took advantage of the situation and made his way around the tree in question without being noticed. It struck the husband and wife that Ms. Robin was quite a bully, not only chasing the Waxwings from "her" tree, but also trying to remove them from the whole area. This prompted the family of Cedar Waxwings to take a much needed break at a nearby watering hole.
They came and then went
one,
by
One
Until they had all headed toward the silvery sky, refreshed, to find a place to roost.
They will return tomorrow to give that Red Breasted Bully a run for her money!
Jill, see now that it's April I've got birds! But I'll start looking for pink! :)
Ha! You're the second person who had birds for the board since it closed! I'd love to see a Cedar Waxwing in person, they look absolutely lovely.
ReplyDeleteDo you get hummingbirds in the summer? Now, those little guys are really territorial. It's so funny to watch them chase off all others who come to "their" personal feeder! :-)