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birdspies? do you copy? over.
i fear today is my least favorite day of the week… the dreaded monday. it was going as horribly as it always does. before my morning alarm could even scare me awake, the noises from the toaster, shower, microwave, garage, and, of course, my mom’s alarm from two doors over shook the whole house.
but just as i was leaving the house, i saw my favorite visitor: the chestnut-backed chickadee. according to my electronic bird feeder, this chickadee had visited 814 times! i hadn’t seen chickadee in 2 months, but, surprise, today we were reunited.
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botd, aka bird of the day. because this chickadee had truly saved the day. those high-pitched squeaks made my morning. and, as i watched chickadee fly away, i started wondering: where had he been all this time?
something interesting about chestnut-backed chickadees, and chickadees for that matter, is that they do NOT migrate. instead, they stay here year-round. so if they stay here year-round, where did my chickadee disappear to for 2 months!? perhaps he was on vacation in a villa in the neighborhood over? or maybe he was house shopping? or perhaps he got lost on his way home and ended up on a 60-day adventure, backpacking (flying?) through the california forests!
i guess i’ll never know. but that’s what makes these birds so interesting. each one has their own story, and my little live bird feeder is just a photo into the adventures of these birds.
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kiana, over and out.
