Friday, November 21, 2008

Old Man Winter is back with a vengeance
here in Toronto starting Tuesday night. When we woke up Thursday morning, everything is white again. And it is not even Christmas yet.
The first thing I remembered were the birdies. Will they come and feed? Well they did but not in the same number. I guess these are the regulars who were hatched atop the roof of 19 Dixon road. I wish there would be a way of marking them. But sparrows are so shy. Unlike the pidgeons, you can not approach a sparrow. They would fly at once at one look at an approaching person .a

In the last frames of the accompanying video clip, I noticed that some of them do not look healthy anymore. Maybe it was due to the sudden change in temperature. Their eyes seem to be watery. I guess some of them won't survive the winter. I put up several birdhouses in the front yard but I am not sure they would avail themselves. The only places they know are under neath the bushes which are abundant in my front and backyard.
The closeup shots were taken from inside my window in to a bush right under it. I used zoom lens. The bird did not know it would be featured on the Internet.---#
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