Today was a good raven week. I went up to visit friends on Mt. Veeder and got to see the resident raven pair. What beauties they are. They are so much bigger than my friendly crow pair that visit me each morning for their peanut fix. While working in the yard this week I heard raven noises overhead and looked up to the sky. A really nice looking raven was flying over my head. He was headed for the open space across the road from my court.
The yard construction is almost complete and then I can get my platform feeder back in full "operation attract raven". Something got the egg I put out the other day- didn't see who got it. I wonder if a hawk would go after an egg? I saw a very large red tail hawk sitting in a tree in my front yard. What a sight that was. It is so great to see all the variety of bird life. The cute little woodpecker and the white breasted nuthatch visit the suet block everyday. A nervous little titmouse comes and gets a seed and darts away and then comes back for another black oil sunflower seed. It is wonderful to watch. The chesnut backed chickadees are frequent visitors to the seed feeders. They are very bold. I can be standing right next to them trying to fill the feeder and they DO NOT move. It is remarkable that such a small bird is so fearless. We are hoping to have grosbeaks visit us this summer. They have arrived up on Mt. Veeder for their breeding season. We did see a single female at our feeder here in the valley last year. I hope she remembers where we live and brings her friends and babies this year.
The yard construction is almost complete and then I can get my platform feeder back in full "operation attract raven". Something got the egg I put out the other day- didn't see who got it. I wonder if a hawk would go after an egg? I saw a very large red tail hawk sitting in a tree in my front yard. What a sight that was. It is so great to see all the variety of bird life. The cute little woodpecker and the white breasted nuthatch visit the suet block everyday. A nervous little titmouse comes and gets a seed and darts away and then comes back for another black oil sunflower seed. It is wonderful to watch. The chesnut backed chickadees are frequent visitors to the seed feeders. They are very bold. I can be standing right next to them trying to fill the feeder and they DO NOT move. It is remarkable that such a small bird is so fearless. We are hoping to have grosbeaks visit us this summer. They have arrived up on Mt. Veeder for their breeding season. We did see a single female at our feeder here in the valley last year. I hope she remembers where we live and brings her friends and babies this year.
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