We were looking for activities on Sunday since our house was completely torn apart and decided to go to the park to try the "Handfeed a Chickadee" program. It sounds exactly like what it is except it didn't quite work out for us. We got there an hour into the program and as we approached we saw a large number of people silently (and somewhat creepily) standing in the snow with their hands outstretched waiting for a chickadee to land. I didn't see any birds actually eat out of any person's hand but Pat claims he saw one or two. Either way, any activity that involves standing still and being quiet is pretty awful for a 3 year old. We didn't try for very long but did discover a new park we want to explore when the weather gets nicer!
Pat is making a bit of an attempt here to feed a chickadee. You're supposed to stand by a tree so they can land on the branches and eat out of your hand. Pat decided a bench would work just fine.
We walked on a trail for a little bit since it was such a nice day and so the drive would seem more worth it:)
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I actually did that a couple years ago in the park. I think I had 4 or 5 birds come land on my hand to eat. It was pretty cool.
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