Saturday at Dawn

[darkcedars]

 We're expecting rain/snow later this morning, so I was outside just after dawn sprinkling some ice melt on our large amount of sidewalks. I let my Merlin sound ID run while working, and have registered two new birds.  I knew they were around but they haven't been caught by the app before. 

Tufted titmouse 
Mockingbird

The usual suspects: house sparrows, cardinals, jays, robins, starlings, mourning dove. The dove didn't flee as quickly this morning. Usually they are gone the second I open the door, but eyed me from the food dish while I watched from the porch for a minute. 

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[narya_flame]

I let my Merlin sound ID run while working, and have registered two new birds. I knew they were around but they haven't been caught by the app before.

Tufted titmouse
Mockingbird

Oh, that's so exciting :D

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I let my Merlin sound ID run while working, and have registered two new birds.<<

New birds are great.

>> The dove didn't flee as quickly this morning. Usually they are gone the second I open the door, but eyed me from the food dish while I watched from the porch for a minute. <<

Usually my birds flee too, but some of them are more prone to stick around, especially if they are hungry. Occasionally mourning doves will do this. If the downy woodpeckers are out, they're prone to hang overhead squeaking at me. Squirrels usually flee but once in a while they stay overhead too.

Critters can learn that certain sounds or types of activity mean food, so some of them say close and wait for opportunity. On a cold day, when they're really hungry, the feeders will be full of birds by the time I get back into the house. I think they just wait until I turn the corner.