Crossing the Bridge

You know the saying, "Don't cross the bridge before you get there."  I tend to do that all the time.  When I hadn't seen birds at the feeding station for a couple of days, I decided they'd already made their move for winter.  I bought more of the bird cake because the cute little grinnies were looking for it.  Today there was a small flock of birds at the bird cake.  There were a couple of blue jays and lots of sparrows and of course, the grinny.  My husband and I both enjoyed watching them. 

I've heard so much about blue jays being dominant and chasing other birds away, but these jays didn't do that.  It seemed like they were all taking turns.  The jays would peck at the food for several seconds and then let the sparrows have it and then the grinny would be collecting his stores for a half minute or so and the jays would be at it again.  I'm not sure what happened today that they were taking turns like that but it was really neat to watch them. 

I think I'll be buying more bird cake after all!

Posted by: NJ on 10/25/2004 8:45:40 PM , 2 comments