Posted by
Doug on Sunday, September 06, 2009 4:32:07 PM
What a beautiful sight this morning, and I did not even have to go anywhere to see it. For a number of years we have had a male and female cardinal in our backyard. In the spring they were joined by a pair of gold finches. A few weeks later the gold finches were gone, so Michelle started on a quest to lure the finches back. New feeder, new food, and finally their return, even joined by another pair of goldfinches. Then yet another feeder for chickadees, but that seemed to go unused. This morning at 7 AM, both Cardinals were on the big feeder, 2 goldfinches were on a different feeder, and 4 chickadees busy with the new one. All the while unaware of the eyes watching them from the window. A flurry of red, bright gold, and stripes, and a pair of thankful eyes - thankful for the routine mercies of the day.