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<DIV><FONT color=#000200 face=Cambria>Thanks, Betsy - and Cindy and
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<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>
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<DIV>Happy Fall to all,</DIV>
<DIV>Betsy Kerr</DIV>
<DIV>Golden Valley, MN</DIV><BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:00 AM <<A
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1<BR>Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:43:37 -0500<BR>From: Brian and Cindy <<A
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text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<BR><BR>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
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2<BR>Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:18:58 -0500<BR>From: Pamela Freeman <<A
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text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR>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><BR><BR><BR><BR>- 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><BR>?There are some who can live without wild things
and some who cannot.?<BR>? Aldo Leopold<BR>I am one who cannot.<BR><BR><BR>On
Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 3:44 PM Brian and Cindy via Mnbird <<BR><A
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target=_blank>mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> 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>> ---<BR>>
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