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On Thursday I was out in Angrignon Park and I spotted a cardinal.

While I was trying to get a good shot ( and failing!) I was being dive bombed and harassed by chickadees! I decided the next day to bring bird seed. In the past these cheeky birds have eaten from my hand in the park. I figured they must be preparing for winter, stocking up!

However, yesterday I was disappointed that not a single bird sang, chirped or rustled a leaf, I didn’t have much hope today and after my first turn around the lake I was almost resigned to going home without seeing any of these masked cuties.

However, I decided to try one last spot off the trail. Well, it turns out these babies don’t just want you to shake the seed box, or even open it, or call them with a ridiculous imitation of their call. There was not a sign of a bird until I poured seeds into my hand and then … whoops there they were

Turns out they like the sunflower seeds best although with their little beaks I was amazed they could swallow them down.

A Nuthatch! He was bigger than the chickadees but more timid. They certainly liked the seeds from my hand but some of them visited the container too, standing on the rim and chasing each other off!

I stood there until my hand was pretty cold, now I know where and how, I’ll be back, I hope they will too, little bandits! And my favourite, too, the Nuthatch,