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By STELLA RICHARDS
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Tucked in between a deciduous woodland and a steep evergreen bank, Doris and John Souder’s garden has become a haven for winter birds.
“We’re not experts; we just love to watch the birds,” explains Doris, who has been watching and feeding them most of her life.
The Souders’ interest in birds “just came naturally,” according to John. “It’s one of the country pleasures.”
They moved into the county around eight years ago. “We came to see the animals, hear the winds — to enjoy all the things that nature provides,” John explains.
“What is interesting about birds is their ability to survive under some pretty adverse conditions." John observes.
Possibly because of the unusually warm weather, winter birds have not yet started coming in to the Souders’ feeders. The birds prefer the natural food they can find in the woods, such as dogwood berries.
“They really aren’t welfare birds;” Doris comments, ‘they’re pretty independent.”
So far, the Souders have observed nearly 100 varieties of birds in the area. The rarest of these was probably the Prothonatary Warbler, which they saw this September.
John’s favorite recent ornithological experience was witnessing the courting dance of two wild turkies who alighted in the Souders' yard. “It was a rare treat to see the oldtime wild turkey," John said. "Most of them are mixed up with the domestic turkey. The wild one is slimmer, bronze — more majestic looking,” he noted.
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