We had unusual visitors to our yard:  twice an indigo bunting was feeding on our bird seed I had strewn on the ground.  They are a small completely bright purple bird and they do not come too often.  Sometimes they come in flocks although it was only one this time that came twice.  I saw a ruby throat hummingbird come to our feeder.  His red throat flashed in the light.  They used to come every day but now they are infrequent visitors.  I love watching them.  Lately grackles have been daily visitors and sometimes scare the other birds away with their aggressive nature.  These are just some of the visitors we get.  Of late, a chipmunk has been feeding on the birdseed.  A few times I found him ten feet up on the big white pine tree.  Usually you only see them on the ground but they certainly have no problem climbing.  At least this one doesn’t.  Every once in awhile we will get a bird I have not seen before.

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