Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Who Knew Chickadees...

liked False Indigo seeds?

I certainly did not.

While getting dressed this morning, I heard a commotion outside one of my bedroom windows. So I investigated and found a plethora of chickadees fluttering like hummingbirds around the False Indigo plant and vying for the seed pods of choice, poking holes in the pods, and chomping like crazy. I must have had about 10 chickadees on the plant at at time. Then they all flew off.

When I got home from work today, I cut the seed pod stems off and made four bundles, tied each of them tightly, and affixed them to the bird feeder garden hooks on my deck. This way they don't have to try so hard and I can watch them better.

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