Out of the Palm of Our Hands

Feeding the chickadees out of our hands (or off our heads!) is something have grown to love. Before we moved we had a few favorite places we loved to go to do this. We have very friendly chickadees here at the house and have had them come next to us to get some seed. This has been equally rewarding and exciting.

While on our hike at the bog we were followed by lots of birds. When the bag of banana bread came out the number quickly multiplied. The kids quickly held out their hands with crumbs and within minutes were hand feeding lots of chickadees. Soon to follow were the not so little friendly gray jays. It was quite a thrill to have such big birds landing on you. After the jays left a few nuthatches felt daring enough to come have a snack.
This was Shai's first time having the birds land on his hand. It was a little intimidating at first but with a little bit of help from big brother he was a pro!

It was quickly declared the best spot to feed the birds and there are plans to return soon.