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after high winds had tumbled them down, and piled them at the base of the maple tree, I reasoned that I would remove this debris of nature to a place less obvious.
That did not happen, and the refuge for birds has grown to its present size. Each November, yellow leaves from the maple drift down and form a kind of roof, providing a dry interior within the pile’s interior.
Now, in January, whitethroated sparrows feed on the platform feeder nailed to the railing of the steps leading up from the back yard. On occasion, one will engage itself in the double scratch, that bit of sparrow dancing that consists of one small jump forward, followed by a quick, much larger movement back with both feet. This sends seed flying and works well on leaf-covered ground.
I have heard myself say aloud, “You don’t need to do that on the feeder!” The brown sparrow ignores me and scratches away.
The white-throated sparrow is normally a ground feeder. On first arriving in October, they tend to scratch for seed among the leaves on the stone wall under the feeder. By late November, an adventurous individual has learned there is more seed available with less effort on the plywood platform.
There he joins other birds
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