Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near.......

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Nice to see E-pig's pen was finished and in a spot with trees for shade. E-pig lounged in the shade of the trees. Lovely. She always grunts when anyone visits her. Sweet.

Meanwhile, I got to scrubbing a couple of the water troughs.

Most of the horses are good. I'll say “hi” to them whether they come over or not, just to acknowledge them.

Mooney-horse stood by me quietly when I was in his paddock. He stood and just watched me clean and fill the trough.

Caliber -horse is young and can sometimes not have as good manners.

As I cleaned his trough He stood over me and nuzzled me at times. I would take one step away and try to get him to give me my space. He's insistent and nosed the trough and me. So when I finished cleaning the trough I placed it so and stepped outside the paddock. I filled the trough from outside the fence.

He still tried to stretch out his head to me yet the fence was in the way. Maybe eventually he'll learn. He's still young.

He was taken later to the side pasture, which was good.

I then cleaned his paddock alone.

Barney, the Great Dane mix-who is a lovely dog, likes to sit on his haunches when I pat him. He always seems to end up sitting on one of my feet as I give him attention. I don't mind since he does move on when I stop patting.

Closeness

Other creatures seem to value closeness too.

Others have some sense of curiosity.

I remember once when I was younger I was out in the yard. I sat down in a spot where I could lean up against the back wall of the house. I sat there quietly thinking of things. I don't remember what I was thinking about, though it's not important here.

There's a small bush at that side of the house too. I felt I could be alone with my thoughts. Well, at one point I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye. I wasn't startled, just noticed it. When I looked to the side a Robin was standing near- within a foot-inches, from me. The bird sort of looked at me. I looked away figuring it would fly off since I looked at it. Well, I looked again and it was still there for a few moments more.

I was like “hmmm”, then “huh, cool”.

I wonder what that Robin was curious about, why he came so close.

I couldn't help think of that song from The Carpenters, "Close to You". “why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near...”

anyway

Feathered friends

Today, while near Providence Plaza, I think I got a glimpse of a Peregrine Falcon.  Cool.
I occasionally have been checking out the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's website and webcam of a pair of Peregrine Falcons.
There has been a nesting pair of falcons on one of Providence's taller buildings for a few years in a row.  The Audubon had set a "nest"- three walled box and a webcam to watch.
One can see the parent sitting on her rocky nest.  When she moves away, one can view her eggs, or young.  They hatched last week.
It's cool.
http://www.asri.org/general-conservation-info/providence-peregrine-falcon-webcam.html

Yes, I also feed and like to watch the birds in my yard.  We get some pigeons, a cardinal pair, mourning doves, sparrows and of course squirrels- gotta love them.
The city of Pawtucket has it's birds and animals.  Granted we're in a more suburban part of the city.  The houses are close yet not on top of each other and every house has some amount of a yard.
One day I saw a ground hog.  And oh, one year there seemed to be a population boom of wild turkeys because we spotted one or two here and there.  who knew.  :-D

I do know the birds seem to sort of know me and fly and sit off a way when I go out in the yard.  They chirp a bit when I fill the feeder.  Let everyone knows "it's refilled, seeds here".