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| I've been seeing a bird occasionally that I thought might be a Wood Thrush, but it was usually at dusk and partially hidden.
However, I recently moved a hummingbird feeder that hangs on a shepherd's crook and I stabilized the pole by dumping a shovelful of sand and stones on the base.The bird discovered the sandy pile and proceeded to take a bath in broad daylight today, around noon, right outside my kitchen window. I'm assuming it's a Brown Thrasher, my first.
The thrasher finally seemed to get annoyed that I was watching it and it left, cleaner I expect.
Claire |
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- Posted by rachel_frome_ky (My Page) on Fri, Aug 28, 09 at 11:31
| Wonderful photos, and what a great idea also! |
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| Great series! |
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| Thanks! It just pleased me to see a bird that's usually very secretive suddenly come forward and enjoy itself in front of the camera. The sand and stones was an afterthought - I live in New England and it's always a pain to get a pole into the ground in between the subsurface rocks. Being on the coast, I have plenty of sand and stones. It's pouring rain now, and it must be hard for the hummers to get nectar from flowers or find insects. They're fighting over the feeder which has an umbrella over it so it's reasonably dry. Sort of like sitting on the porch with a drink watching the rain.
Claire |
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