[AGL] Birds

[Gerry]

Nice photo, Kathy.
Remember, God made lots and lots of cedar waxwings and fully expects that
not all will survive their annual winter journey. Next year there will
another big flock passing through.
G


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>
To: "survivors' the 60s reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in"
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:11 PM
Subject: [AGL] Birds



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>   A tree full of cedar wax wings.  They like, among other things,

> ligustrum berries, which we have.   This was their 3rd visit to  our

> yard, when the pickins were thin.  After the first visit we found 2

> dead ones ( dead drunk) that are presently in my freezer. They are

> beautiful with soft downy yellow bellies, bright yellow tips on their

> tails and bright red tips on the wings ( males only I think)  I took

> 6 pictures of the tree full of birds and in everyone the birds were

> each facing in almost the same way so you cannot see the wing tips on

> one of them.  What were they all watching- the big cinema in the

> sky?   They don"t really twitter - make a high pitched sound instead-

> it is easier to notice their arrival by the plop- plopping sounds

> that accompany them.

> kathy

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