Bird Watching: Bandtails have returned!, 1 by tigerlily

tigerlily wrote:
Yesterday, a few of the Bandtails had returned for the season. I love watching them, but they are soooo skittery. There's always a "lead" bird, which I call The Scout. It will observe from a distance in the tallest tree on one side of the place for quite some time, and then from and old dead cedar on the other side. After a long time, others will join the watch, and then they filter in to the feeders a few at a time. Interesting to observe their habits.