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So far as birds go, this spring and summer have been strange. Baltimore orioles are everywhere and the bluejay population has spiked upward. The orioles get a hearty howdy from me, but I wish the bluejays would find a different neighborhood to terrorize.<\/p>\n

The bluejays have built a beachfront condominium by the creek and from what I can tell, they\u2019ve driven away my favorite neighbors, the elusive indigo buntings. They\u2019re hard to spot in the best of years, but this spring and summer, I haven\u2019t seen even one of the breathtakingly beautiful males. Their electric blue finery, which almost perfectly blends into the shady green woods, has been the highlight of my summer walks for several years. I\u2019m saddened by their absence and by the lack of goldfinches, which are also scarce this year.<\/p>\n

The good news is that a pair of bluebirds have moved to our gravel road. They built a new trophy home at the top of the hill. They\u2019re almost elusive as the buntings, but not during the height of their construction project. For a couple weeks they were seen hauling grass clippings, string and other building materials not available at Lowe\u2019s, Home Depot or Menards.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the blue birds will talk up the neighborhood and convince the buntings to return.
\nIf that doesn\u2019t work, I\u2019ll invite them and the orioles over for coffee, grape jelly and cracked sunflower seeds. But please, don\u2019t tell the blue jays. They aren\u2019t invited until they shape up their act. Like that\u2019s ever going to happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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