News from the designer — joys of springtime
Enjoying another of life's simple pleasures...........
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I saw this handsome fellow in my front yard this afternoon.....had never seen one of these before so after befriending him until he grew bored with me, I ran inside to do some research and identify him. This is a Cowbird! I had never heard of one although they apparently are quite common. It is interesting that they use the old nests of other birds. He let me get amazingly close while I gently tossed safflower seeds toward him. The sound that he made as he was apparently calling his mate was very unusual....I have definitely not heard one of...