"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Poecile gambeli: Mountain Chickadee
I saw a new bird at my feeders last week. At first I thought it was a black-capped chickadee, but it had these white eyestripes...