Arlene, your photos are superb! I took some photos of the chickadees on my hand, and some of the birds on my husband's hand. I don't have a website but I will let you know how they turn out. I will also have to get some mealworms! 8-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Arlene Ripley <aripley@nestbox.com> To: <mdosprey@ARI.Net> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 1999 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Possible BC Chickadee > At 08:36 AM 3/27/99 -0500, S. Hoffmann wrote: > <snip> > >If you ever get to Long Island, go to Morton NWR in Noyac on the East End > >South Fork. The Black-capped Chickadees EAT OUT OF YOUR HAND there. They > >strafe you until you stand still with your hand out with sunflower, then > >land on your hand and critique the seed. "Not this one" (flick) "not that > >one" (flick). I had one connoisseur who only accepted the FIFTH seed he > >chose. > > In my yard in Southern Maryland, I've had a few Carolina Chickadees eat out > of my hand, as well as Eastern Bluebirds, but none of these experiences can > compare to the Pine Warbler that showed up on March 8 at my window feeder. > It thinks nothing of eating out of my hand! In fact, it will eat two > mealworms while perched on my thumb, sometimes trilling as it swallows and > then fly off with a third. His presumed mate, watches from above and if a > mealworm falls to the deck, she swoops down to pick it up. She is now brave > enough to come to the window feeder herself but is wary, as she should be. > > I've got this documented in photographs on my web page > <http://www.nestbox.com/intro.htm>. You might enjoy the seeing the photos. > > > > > ///////// Arlene Ripley > | || Calvert County, MD > | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com > | || http://www.nestbox.com > || >