Friday, May 20, 2011

Back to the real world - finch society

Here's what happens when you garden. Birds come. So do butterflies and slugs, good things, bad things. But birds! We've added more bird feeders this spring, and a society of winged ones has alighted. An aviary has developed, and heading into the garden to harvest or plant becomes, well, a distraction. On a greens harvesting mission today, I skirted an island of finches perched on a tomato cage and had to run back to fetch my camera. It seems that feminism is at work with our finches.
Here the female is in a subservient position,

She's moved up in the world, but several males have left. 

Here three more males have joined the group, and it appears the female is giving a lecture!
You go, girl!

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