My little friend is back!

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Several weeks ago, I posted about being visited by a happy couple. They were sparrows of some sort, but they had black hoods. A little help from MyLot friends and a little Google research revealed them to be dark-eyed Juncos. They visited me again a week or two later, and then disappeared. I assumed they had headed further South. But this morning, I heard a pretty call coming from my balcony. I spied another sparrow, but not the dark-eyed Juncos. So I put some seed out. Guess who came to visit me? The male (darker hood) dark-eyed Junco! I was able to get a picture through my screen door without scaring him away. But I couldn't get the resolution I'd like with my little camera. I have a thing for birds because I had a parakeet when I was a kid. He'd sit on my shoulder when I studied at my desk, and sometimes made a nest atop my head. On sunny days, his happy chirps made me happy. I'll have to investigate the extent to which dark-eyed Juncos migrate. Will they be here through the Fall? Or move on? I don't know. I don't know if the current admin is cool with me posting my YouTube songs here, but I'm going to give it a try. Fairly recently, a sparrow flew into my music friend Michael's sliding door window and gave himself a birdie concussion. He was dazed and confused, but hadn't broken his birdie neck. Scar's cousins (Michael has about five kitties, one of which is my purr-trollop) looked on with interest. I put my finger in front of the dazed sparrow, and he hopped on. He sat there for several minutes, got his wits back and flew off. I got inspired and wrote a little piano piece for him, which Michael recorded. Vanny (@Vandana7) was given free rein to add whatever pictures and short videos she wanted. A picture of my with the dazed sparrow is at the end. I hope you enjoy the little piano piece. If Admin isn't cool with my "wanton self-promotion," I'll delete the piece but keep the post. I do love birds!