Karen Wattie said to Terrence Thompson at 02-16-03  00:35
 Subject: Re: 50-500mm Sigma Lens

 KW> Chickadees aren't really afraid of people.  If you go outside and hold
 KW> an arm out and stay like that patiently, they will actually come and
 KW> land on your hand.  I've heard of this many times but I've never
 KW> actually tried it. However, I do notice that they don't leave the area
 KW> if I'm out there, even if I'm within a couple of feet of them.
 
 I subscribe to a magazine, Birds & Blooms, and they sell a wooden
 person who you stand out in the yard filling its hand with bird
 seed.  They have many many pictures sent in from subscribers showing
 themselves being covered in birds when the replace the dummy with
 themselves.

 

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