Comments on: Of Chickadees and Wall Street http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/12/02/of-chickadees-and-wall-street/ "Wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." —Job 9:10 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SFDBWV http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/12/02/of-chickadees-and-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-541 SFDBWV Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:53 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=4747#comment-541 Dean, I will join with you and Bob in a love for chickadees. Every morning as I go to feed the many birds and other creatures that come to my feeding places, I have a conversation with the chickadee. They always say "chickadee dee dee." I always repeat and so the conversation goes back and forth as they boldy fly in to feast on the first mornings feeding. I also have an abundace of gray slated Juncos. Which we always have called Phoebes because they seem to say. Feebee, feebee. My great grandmothers name being Phoebe, they sound as tho they call out her name. Both seem too small for the hawks that frequent the feeding area, but not too small for cats. My neighbors and I set live traps for the cats but no matter how many we cathch they keep coming in. Steve Dean, I will join with you and Bob in a love for chickadees. Every morning as I go to feed the many birds and other creatures that come to my feeding places, I have a conversation with the chickadee.

They always say “chickadee dee dee.” I always repeat and so the conversation goes back and forth as they boldy fly in to feast on the first mornings feeding.

I also have an abundace of gray slated Juncos. Which we always have called Phoebes because they seem to say. Feebee, feebee. My great grandmothers name being Phoebe, they sound as tho they call out her name.

Both seem too small for the hawks that frequent the feeding area, but not too small for cats. My neighbors and I set live traps for the cats but no matter how many we cathch they keep coming in.

Steve

]]> By: Dean Ohlman http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/12/02/of-chickadees-and-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Dean Ohlman Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:16 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=4747#comment-540 Bob, I had the same experience at an overlook in Bryce Canyon NP---only the chipmunks there had already been trained! Another thing to try is to stuff some of your or your wife's clothes with straw and put them on a lawn chair in a seated position. Put a pan or feeder of some sort on the "lap" with the food you like to feed them and let them become accustomed to getting their treats there. After about a week, I'm told, you can exchange the straw man for yourself, sit very still, and they will eat out of your hand or pan. From that point on, whenever either of you wants that thrill, don similar clothes, "and they will come." Dean Bob,

I had the same experience at an overlook in Bryce Canyon NP—only the chipmunks there had already been trained!

Another thing to try is to stuff some of your or your wife’s clothes with straw and put them on a lawn chair in a seated position. Put a pan or feeder of some sort on the “lap” with the food you like to feed them and let them become accustomed to getting their treats there. After about a week, I’m told, you can exchange the straw man for yourself, sit very still, and they will eat out of your hand or pan. From that point on, whenever either of you wants that thrill, don similar clothes, “and they will come.”

Dean

]]> By: rdrcomp http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/12/02/of-chickadees-and-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-539 rdrcomp Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:57:49 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=4747#comment-539 Our Carolina Chickadee looks a lot like the one in your pic, but I believe yours may be a Black Capped Chickadee only because the range of both usually does not overlap. But whichever it is, the Chickadee is one of the favorites of my wife and I. She keeps the bird feeder at "the ready" for these wonderful little creatures. She has said on several occasions how wonderful it would be to touch a chickadee. When she sees this article, she'll probably try what you all did. Several autumns ago, as I was taking some time off from work, I was watching a chipmunk building his underground cache of acorns, etc. in preparation for the oncoming cold weather. So, I shelled some pecans, and put some near his retreat center. He was excited and so I made a trail of pecans back to our porch. He got every one. So I put out a trail every day and put the trail up my leg to my knee, and by the end of the week, that creature was perched upon my knee enjoying his daily delight of pecans. That is a joy to remember, and as you say, its a wonderful thing to be trusted by these creatures. Bob Our Carolina Chickadee looks a lot like the one in your pic, but I believe yours may be a Black Capped Chickadee only because the range of both usually does not overlap. But whichever it is, the Chickadee is one of the favorites of my wife and I.

She keeps the bird feeder at “the ready” for these wonderful little creatures. She has said on several occasions how wonderful it would be to touch a chickadee. When she sees this article, she’ll probably try what you all did.

Several autumns ago, as I was taking some time off from work, I was watching a chipmunk building his underground cache of acorns, etc. in preparation for the oncoming cold weather. So, I shelled some pecans, and put some near his retreat center. He was excited and so I made a trail of pecans back to our porch. He got every one. So I put out a trail every day and put the trail up my leg to my knee, and by the end of the week, that creature was perched upon my knee enjoying his daily delight of pecans.

That is a joy to remember, and as you say, its a wonderful thing to be trusted by these creatures.

Bob

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