POTATOE CHIP BIRDS

         "Yellow is capable of charming God..." -Vincent van Gogh

American Goldfinches. Back for a day. Just one. To feed. To call out to each other.  They  sound like they're  chirping " Po-ta-Toe-CHIPPPP".  The Potatoe Chip birds.

Vegans all the way. Naughty Cowbirds will lay their eggs in their nests sometimes.  Goldfinches are pretty cool about it.  But even though  baby cowbirds won't survive on just seeds,  the finches will gladly stuff them with sunflower seeds, along with their own brood.

Some live as long as ten years.....

A swarm of them passed through here,about two years ago. Then this year. Once again. Saw bright canary yellow. Heard  their call....

Just passing through. One day only . I might of missed them. One day to  eat. .......... "Po-ta-toe-CHIPPPP"....

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer...." -Maya Angelou

"A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.”-Rainer Maria Rilke

"May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secret of living.." - e.e. cummings.

Spider webs. Woven. Into nest. Minute tiny homes. 

And call out "Po-ta-toe- CHIPPPPP" as many hours as are in the day.

"I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing..." Richard Peck

Keep your ears pealed....... "Po-ta-toe-CHIPPPPP". They'll be  passing through......just passing through....

"I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine..." -Sebastian Faulks

Photographs 2024