ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ

Dork. Except when too busy being doofus.

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT #FirstBirdOfMyDay: Mourning dove again, participating in our daily ritual.
#WhatsYours

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@JackSni28167438 @WriterHannahBT I first heard about a hoopoe a few years ago, in an episode of a tv murder mystery. I was sure it was a made-up bird name until I joined #FirstBirdOfMyDay. 🤣

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT #FirstBirdOfMyDay: Mourning dove flying away to safety when I arrived with food, as is our daily ritual.
#WhatsYours

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT #FirstBirdOfMyDay: White-throated sparrow, taking off along with the rest of the gang (sparrows, mourning doves, cardinals, finches) on my arrival to bring them food
#WhatsYours

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@IainRousham That's closer to the right size! 😄

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

Autumn leaf pattern -- this one made me think of a resting dragon. #SmallBeautiesHour

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@mazerscamp That's the magic of this time of year. 😊

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@ms_tattsyrup 🤣🤣🤣

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@nickbiss39 Ooh ... wintery! 😍

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@Deeside_Sparrow @WriterHannahBT One little letter makes all the difference with character limits!

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@Deeside_Sparrow @WriterHannahBT I haven't come up with one yet! I've been watching him, though, and have realized that he does not chase all birds equally. I'm trying to determine if he bases his decisions on bird size or location (there are 4 hang feeders and 1 ground feeder). Inconclusive evidence so far. 🤔

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@MartinDavies1 @WriterHannahBT 😯

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@TycjanC @WriterHannahBT I had a near-miss flyby of house sparrows this afternoon, so close that I leaned back to get out of the way. 😆 They do everything full-throttle, don't they? Eating, squabbling, flying on to the next adventure.

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT #FirstBirdOfMyDay: Northern cardinal. I hate to admit, my attention has been so occupied with mourning doves that I didn't realize until this week that we have a "bumper crop" of cardinals this year, too. Nearly as many as the doves!

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a single dark-eyed junco, examining sunflower seeds. As the morning got a little brighter, I realized that juncos were everywhere!
#WhatsYours

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@TycjanC @WriterHannahBT Brr!

[ᗪᗩᑌᑭᕼᑎᗴ 丅ᖇᗴᑎᕼᗝᒪᗰ @Dauphne]

@WriterHannahBT Ha ha! They'd be walking around like 😎