<div dir="ltr"><div>I just want to say thanks to Brian and Cindy and to Pamela for sharing their observations of the changing bird activity around them. I regret that MNBird is so little used these days, and I especially appreciate observations from those who have the good fortune to live in places that have more bird activity in the immediate vicinity than my suburban yard.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Fall to all,</div><div>Betsy Kerr</div><div>Golden Valley, MN</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:00 AM <<a href="mailto:mnbird-request@lists.mnbird.net">mnbird-request@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send Mnbird mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Fall is in the Air (Brian and Cindy)<br>
2. Re: Fall is in the Air (Pamela Freeman)<br>
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:43:37 -0500<br>
From: Brian and Cindy <<a href="mailto:bcdrill@charter.net" target="_blank">bcdrill@charter.net</a>><br>
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Subject: [Mnbird] Fall is in the Air<br>
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Good afternoon---enjoying what I hope is not the last gorgeous day, but <br>
definitely a fine one.<br>
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Have begun hearing Fall sounds at daybreak, the ones I haven't heard <br>
since Spring--geese sounding as they pass overhead, some light warbler <br>
noises in the trees, Blue Jays calling, and this morning the soft sound <br>
of a robin as well.? Once the sun is up, the goldfinches are the most <br>
prevalent bird at the feeders, mostly young ones with constant calling <br>
and adorable bumbling flight. Practice makes perfect.? Chickadees are <br>
feeding in small groups as well.? Nearly silent visits by wrens and <br>
catbirds, scurrying in and out of the flower garden tangle, not the <br>
noisy visits from early summer.? This afternoon, so far 2 sightings of a <br>
Common Yellow Throat.? Still, summer hangs on with the presence of <br>
hummingbirds yet at the feeders.<br>
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I have a non-feathered garden friend as well.? We discovered that a <br>
brown anole has taken up residence in the flower garden.? The assumption <br>
being that he was a stow-away in one of the Florida-import plants I <br>
purchased in the Spring, and he managed to escape attention until about <br>
3 weeks ago.? Too small, and your eye needs to learn to spot him, the <br>
same way you learn to see birds. We are enjoying him, although we <br>
understand that his summer here will end tragically once the weather has <br>
turned cold.? He has this wonderful full scale terrarium to live in for <br>
now, and has no interest in being captured.? Cindy in North Mankato<br>
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:18:58 -0500<br>
From: Pamela Freeman <<a href="mailto:gleskarider@gmail.com" target="_blank">gleskarider@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Brian and Cindy <<a href="mailto:bcdrill@charter.net" target="_blank">bcdrill@charter.net</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Fall is in the Air<br>
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An anole! How fun, but yes, how tragic, unless he or she does allow<br>
themselves to be caught. But perhaps that would be more tragic, to be then<br>
imprisoned.<br>
We always assume life, the continuation of living, is the highest state to<br>
attain, but I think for many wild things, and some of us who just assume<br>
wildness, freedom is a higher state than mere living.<br>
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In my Oak Grove, Anoka county yard and garden I have been watching the<br>
leaving of summer's colorful birds as well. It made me wonder if the trees,<br>
having to say goodbye to the colorful birds of summer, in missing them,<br>
shed their green so as to become enrobed in the colors of the birds they<br>
miss. And so we have autumn's colors.<br>
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I have been enjoying a small flock of zipping and darting dashingly cute<br>
Nashville warblers in fall plumage. They are dainty and darling birds. i<br>
love them.<br>
They seem to find much to dine on in amongst the tangle of foliage of the<br>
zinnias and cosmos.<br>
They have stuck around now for nearly a week.<br>
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Every night for the last couple of weeks or so we hear swans softly<br>
trumpeting as if muted from our pond. Now and then we hear cranes, always<br>
announcing their arrival and leave taking. As do the geese who must<br>
announce the arrival of any and all and even those who are merely flying<br>
over and may be suspect arrivals. All must be announced and alarms sounded<br>
with much head bobbing.<br>
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The swans, when the leave, do not shout out their leaving, but we know,<br>
never the less, because of the great plashing as their wings powerfully<br>
beat the water in their lift off.<br>
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- Pamela<br>
Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to<br>
accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Unknown<br>
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?There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.?<br>
? Aldo Leopold<br>
I am one who cannot.<br>
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 3:44 PM Brian and Cindy via Mnbird <<br>
<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Good afternoon---enjoying what I hope is not the last gorgeous day, but<br>
> definitely a fine one.<br>
><br>
> Have begun hearing Fall sounds at daybreak, the ones I haven't heard<br>
> since Spring--geese sounding as they pass overhead, some light warbler<br>
> noises in the trees, Blue Jays calling, and this morning the soft sound<br>
> of a robin as well. Once the sun is up, the goldfinches are the most<br>
> prevalent bird at the feeders, mostly young ones with constant calling<br>
> and adorable bumbling flight. Practice makes perfect. Chickadees are<br>
> feeding in small groups as well. Nearly silent visits by wrens and<br>
> catbirds, scurrying in and out of the flower garden tangle, not the<br>
> noisy visits from early summer. This afternoon, so far 2 sightings of a<br>
> Common Yellow Throat. Still, summer hangs on with the presence of<br>
> hummingbirds yet at the feeders.<br>
><br>
> I have a non-feathered garden friend as well. We discovered that a<br>
> brown anole has taken up residence in the flower garden. The assumption<br>
> being that he was a stow-away in one of the Florida-import plants I<br>
> purchased in the Spring, and he managed to escape attention until about<br>
> 3 weeks ago. Too small, and your eye needs to learn to spot him, the<br>
> same way you learn to see birds. We are enjoying him, although we<br>
> understand that his summer here will end tragically once the weather has<br>
> turned cold. He has this wonderful full scale terrarium to live in for<br>
> now, and has no interest in being captured. Cindy in North Mankato<br>
><br>
><br>
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