A Portrait Of A Friend
Oct 3, 2019 11:34:54 #
A pic of one of my backyard buddies. This is the patriarch of one of the families of Pileated that graced our backyard this year. We had two pairs feeding regularly this season resulting in 2 newcomers to the world of birding. We've had better years but this time each family appeared to have only 1 youngster each. We were introduced earlier this spring with a daughter by one pair and a son by the other. The second pic is of the dad (on the right) teaching his son how to feed itself. It's a real comedy show, better than any of that trash on our TV. We have really enjoyed having these characters around although they are proving to be more costly each year to feed them. So far they've went through 5 large bottles of peanut butter, 2 kg of lard and 5 kg of cornmeal and it's just the start of October. During the cold days of winter we don't get as many birds as now as the youngsters move on to new territory to start their own families in the new year. But we still expect to have at least 4 of them here for the duration of the winter months and into the new breeding season in 2020. So time to stock up with peanut butter, their favourite.
Little Red (Ron)
Little Red (Ron)
Oct 3, 2019 11:38:05 #
Oct 3, 2019 13:15:25 #
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