Okay technically the pictures were taken yesterday, but "Thursday Thoughtless Things-with-feathers Throngs" didn't have the same ring to it. 😂
Why thoughtless? I'll get to that in a moment, but a couple things first.
One, while today's Hive Blog Posting Month daily prompt for Hive Blog Posting Month is...
Visit a market & share at least 5 photos for Market Friday
...I sadly wasn't able to head to my local grocery store as I hoped, to snap some shots for @dswigle's awesome initiative. I'm hopeful I'll be able to do that by next Friday though - fingers crossed!
Second, congrats to everyone who's made it through the first week of Hive Blog Posting Month! If you've missed a day or two here and there, no worries - as I've said to a number of people, this is first and foremost a personal challenge, so please feel free to double up some days so you'll at least end the month with 30 new posts.
Okay, one last thing - one of my unspoken goals of HiveBloPoMo is to get back in the swing of commenting here on the blockchain (instead of Twitter & Discord). One week in, and I'm already wicked far behind! 😳
However, now that the frenzy that is Hive Power Up Day is over until next month, I'm planning to devote the next few days to catching up with everyone. If all goes well, I might even sneak back on to the bottom of the Hive Engagement League list this week - fingers crossed!
Fifteen Friday Feathered Friends Feeding Frenzy Fotos!
1. Okay, first to address the "thoughtless" - Remember when I mentioned I heard the phoebe calling in my latest Wednesday Walk post? Well, this isn't her (this looks to be a pregnant Goldfinch), but I thought that if I put some bird seed in my super-neglected feeders, that maybe she's pop by and I could get a picture of her. Didn't see a single bird at the feeders all day Wednesday...
2. ...but early Thursday morning, we were woken up multiple times by the sound of birds bouncing off our bedroom windows and fighting over the food! Talk about ruffling my feathers! 😂
3. By late morning, they'd gotten back into the swing of taking turns grabbing bites to eat. Like this Tufted Titmouse, grabbing a sunflower seed at one feeder...
4. ...while this male Goldfinch got his sunflower seed from the other.
5. See how polite they are?
6. Okay, polite didn't last very long...lol
7. But everyone eventually gets a turn.
8. One Goldfinch watching the drama, while the other finch is watching me watching them. 😊
9. Nice of them to pose so pretty.
10. Then it was back to drama again - the Goldfinches might be one of the prettier birds at the feeders, but they're also the feistiest!
11. Ordinarily I wouldn't include such a blurry shot (although I'm now realizing my second shot wasn't really in focus either), but I thought the angry look on that one finch's face as he yelled at the other two, made it worthwhile...lol
12. Every now and then, things were quiet enough to get a good close up (and focused) shot.
13. And apparently my feathered friends need to get used to seeing me at the window with my camera again!
14. This little Black-capped Chickadee might not be very feisty, but he's very fast, and it was a challenge to get a clear shot of him. I only managed two - this one where he's perched on the same bush I mentioned in my aforementioned Wednesday Walk post...
15. ...and this one, where he sweetly struck a pose for me on the bird feeder's shepherd's hook.
And after going through and editing the above shots last night, it occurred to me that the pictures really didn't give the full feeling of the feeding frenzy. So earlier this morning I grabbed a short, silent (I stripped out the sound because all you could hear is the sound of our space heater, and the last bits of the rain dripping off the roof, which was annoying) video of day two at the feeders. Oh, and no early morning knocks on the window today, which was nice.
Happy Friday, everyone!
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