Random observation from this morning's feeder-activity:

I really like juncoes. :) Juncoes are cool.

I love the social-system they've worked out. They seem to be the wee scouts that are the first to find every feeder in this neighborhood. Every time I refill the stations, you can count the seconds until the first junco hops up.

And there's never, ever, any such thing as "just one" junco. If you only SEE one, you know he's on a recon mission for ten of his buddies, who are hiding in the bushes waiting to converge on whatever he's found.

Unlike the sparrows, they'll sing no matter how cold it is outside. There's nothing like waking up to the two-two-two-two-two-two! of their Happytime Feeding-Song. (I imagine it translates something like "oh boy! Seed! AGAIN! My favorite! I LIKE seed! Hey, me too!" etc.)

Juncoes don't take shit from ANYthing. Bigger birds, or even the cat. They'll come right up to the glass and peck at his face!

Juncoes are cool.

Slán,

~Fionn

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