Pampas Grass and Birds

In early September I wrote, in this very same blog, about our pampas grass.  It was flowering then and would soon go to seed (click here to go there).  As winter begins to overcome fall the grass has in fact gone to seed.  I wanted to post a couple of pictures of the birds enjoying the grass seed.  So without further ado...

I haven't counted the birds but it seems an attractive place to hang out.  Some of these guys
enjoy the grass seed over the seed in the bird feeder.



In the upper right of this photo there is a bird coming in for a landing... note his landing gear is almost fully
deployed as he banks to his right on final approach.

The birds don't seem bothered when another bird comes along and lands on a stalk making it bend down appreciably and then when one leaves the stalk will zing upright in a catapult fashion and the birds just hold on for the ride.  Maybe the actually enjoy the ride... I would.  It's fun to watch.

Whoohoo!