It’s true! This morning I once again got to school around 5:00 am, and headed out to watch my feeders. From around 5:15 to about 5:45 it was still pretty dark. I could see the nearest feeder, and could make out the second nearest one with the flash light. No chance of seeing it or a bird on it without the light until after 5:45. Could hear birds, but nobody wanted any breakfast. Then, at 6:15, there was movement at the nearest feeder. Red! YEA!!!! Adult male house finch. Score! He ate a bit of seed, hopped onto a nearby branch, sang a bit, and then flew off. I was hoping his singing would lure in others, but no such luck. Then at around 6:45, when it was starting to get bright and I could make out the feeder that was further away, there was movement there too! Red again! I’m 90% sure it was a male house finch. Not sure if it was the same one as earlier. The other 10% goes to a female Cardinal. However, the bird looked pretty small. The light wasn’t so good, so can’t say for sure. I’m going back out at around 11 to see what I can see. Hopefully we’ll start trapping on either Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Bite count so far today: 3 on fingers (total 25).<\/p>\n
Blogged too soon: 7 bites today (4 on fingers, 3 on legs) [total 29]. So itchy…<\/p>\n
So I guess long sleeve shirt with mosquito shirt works best. Had the hood up and zipped and my pants tucked into my socks. Looked like a dork, and today a police car drove by twice, and two guys walked by on their way to work. All in the name of SCIENCE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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