Re: A Bird in the Hand...

["John Morgan" <jmorgan480 at comcast dot net>]

To me, that's the ultimate validation of and reason for birding. To have 
these little intelligences interact with us in some way is like passing Go 
and collecting $200.

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristin Purdy" <kristinpurdy@comcast.net>
To: <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: A Bird in the Hand...


...is worth eight on the dish.  Isn't that how the maxim goes?

This morning when I watered my birds, a Pine Siskin fluttered out of the
tree and landed on my hand while I held the watering can high.  I wasn't
expecting a reception quite like that and I flinched, flushing the bird.


When I returned inside and looked out the window, eight siskins had
fluttered out of the tree to land on the rim of the water saucer.

I guess I don't need any other validation of how much these birds have
come to rely on the water source.

Kris

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