Day 106: They say you should be careful what you wish for. I have absolutely no regrets with respect to wishing that chickadees would discover my feeders. Today, the contorted filbert's twisted branches are populated with a dozen or more in a single flavour: Chestnut-Backed. Yesterday, an equivalent swarm of Black-Capped dominated the census. Some days, the two species dine together. What governs the 'Dee-dee demographic? I'd love to know. As yet, I've had no Kinglets, neither Ruby-Crowned or Golden-Crowned, but that brings another question to my mind: does each kinglet species pair with a type of chickadee, for example Golden-Crowned with Chestnut-Backed? I haven't paid attention to their associations when I've observed them in the forests. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been too preoccupied with trying to catch one in a photographic "trap" to make any scientific observations. Perhaps now that I'm swamped with resident chickadees, I'll be more keen in studying the behaviour of their wild counterparts.
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Chessie
Day 106: They say you should be careful what you wish for. I have absolutely no regrets with respect to wishing that chickadees would discover my feeders. Today, the contorted filbert's twisted branches are populated with a dozen or more in a single flavour: Chestnut-Backed. Yesterday, an equivalent swarm of Black-Capped dominated the census. Some days, the two species dine together. What governs the 'Dee-dee demographic? I'd love to know. As yet, I've had no Kinglets, neither Ruby-Crowned or Golden-Crowned, but that brings another question to my mind: does each kinglet species pair with a type of chickadee, for example Golden-Crowned with Chestnut-Backed? I haven't paid attention to their associations when I've observed them in the forests. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been too preoccupied with trying to catch one in a photographic "trap" to make any scientific observations. Perhaps now that I'm swamped with resident chickadees, I'll be more keen in studying the behaviour of their wild counterparts.
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