Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

A Wonderful Thing Happened!

It's me!  The other half of Arsan.  I've been accused by my BFF of being a "blog slacker."  I know it has been a while since my last post.  Thought before I sat down to write this, that I would make another attempt at hand feeding the Chickadees in my backyard.  The feeders were on the low side, so I thought it might be a good time to try.  I made the mistake of first filling the suet feeder.  The Chickadees were having a field day with that.  I thought I would give it a whirl anyway, so there I stood with seed in the palm of my hand.  Two minutes, three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes.  There were about four Chickadees coming and going, some to the seed feeder, some to the suet feeder, moving about from branch to branch in the weeping cherry tree.  Then the reward!  A Chickadee landed right in the palm of my hand!  He flew off with a sunflower seed.  I stayed for several more minutes, but to no avail.  So, arm getting tired, I filled the feeders and went inside.  I was soooo excited that I wanted to call my BFF right away, but then thought it would be nice for her to see it on the blog.  In time I hope that all my Chickadees will feel free to come to me.

I have to give a shout out to our few faithful readers:  Janis, a very enthusiastic follower; Tom, who checks in on us every morning.  He recently gave me a book entitled, "A Seasonal Guide to Bird Finding on Long Island."  Boy, do we need that!  Even Mickey is reading our blog!  Thanks Mick! Then there is the other Janice who is helping me prepare for birding on a worldwide scale with a lovely book on "Bird Songs from Around the World".  That will have to wait for the new system, I do believe!  Thanks also to Jim, Virgie, Sue, Bev, Chris, Michael & Marisa, Cathy & Joe, Beth, Olivia and Chelsea.  Sorry if I missed anyone.  I hope there are others out there keeping up with the blog.  Stay tuned for our first week of  "Bird of the Week!"
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1 comment:

  1. RavenMarch 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    "Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did." That is a quote from Newt Gingrich, who ever he is. Your hard work and perseverance paid off. So happy for you. I'd like to try doing what you did. Thanks for the shout out, I am trying hard to be a loyal follower of your blog and I enjoy reading and learning from it.

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