A beautiful mild,
calm and sunny day in the mid 50s
It’s interesting to observe
how birds react to different weather conditions. In times of an impending storm, it is not unusual to find
birds of all species frantically feeding as if storing up in anticipation of adverse
conditions.
On such a gorgeous day, I took
a short trip down along the Hudson to see what was cooking with our feathered
friends this day before Thanksgiving.
With mild weather today and more of the same tomorrow, the birds were
quiet….very quiet.
Reading human emotions into
the actions of birds, one group of House sparrows seemed as if they were
gathering together and just enjoying the company of one another. Sharon mentioned that it was if the
evergreen was decorated for Christmas with the mass of sparrows that were
adorning the boughs.
Several of the birds seemed to
be drawn to each other in spite of the space available on the tree. An occasional chip note and a few sparrows
bouncing from limb to limb was about all the action found on this riverside
tree.
Not far from the sparrow tree,
a male Northern cardinal was perched and again looked to be “hanging out”. No female was in sight nor were any
other males of his species. 
Mockingbirds were around in
good numbers and they too remained fairly subdued. One mocker resting on a snag on the riverbank was displaced
by the noise and movement of an oncoming freight train.
Perhaps they know that
tomorrow is a feast day and that they will be provided for by Mother Nature as
well as good hearted humans who will spread out a fine repast for them.
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