the Way of the Turtle

HUNGRY LITTLE BIRDS
1.2 Mile Walk at Mendon Ponds Park
Saturday, December 24, 2011

After lunch we headed over to Mendon for a bit more walking and to see if the birds were interested in some sunflower seeds. I suspected the cold weather would have them a bit more receptive than the last time we were there, and I was right - we had chickadees coming to our hands fairly quickly, and then a pair of red-breasted nuthatches. A couple of titmouses (titmice?) also flitted around but didn't seem quite ready to take seeds from our hands.

We ended up walking about halfway down the eastern shore of Quaker Pond, feeding more birds along the way. On the way back I cut through the pine grove and spotted two deer resting near the edge of the woods - and no surprise, on our way out of the park we saw close to two dozen more deer in various locations. A nice treat for Christmas Eve...

JMH