I have been procrastiday itself when it came nating all day and there time to count everything. is so much to do. People In comparison it is somethat think that fl y shop what easier to take invenowners have nothing to tory at the North Country do all winter, but tie fl ies Bill Thompson Angler then it was at are very wrong. No quesAmes. To begin with we tion about it January is a have about 99,000 less dead month, but there is no end of square feet. stuff that needs to be done. The big This year we have the extra burden item on the plate is inventory. Every of moving the shop. If you haven’t retailer hates inventory time. In heard the North Country Angler is the days when I worked for Ames, I moving. Not too far, so don’t get too dreaded the thought of preparing the store for inventory particularly the see ANGLER page 27
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them; they are not that common and I like them. If you admire pictures of these tiny kinglets, you might go “Googling” or type in their names in any search engine. There you will fi nd images of the kinglets in some bird-bander’s hand, or in the branches of the habitat they frequent. Short-tailed and olive gray, they seem almost defiant in their cuteness, even as they are being held for a photograph. One can just pick out the center-line streak of a tiara they are so famous for. Golden-crowned kinglets winter in mixed-species fl ocks with chickadees, brown-creepers and the smaller woodpeckers like the downy. In fact, it is the best way to see them. The tufted titmouse pair and some whitebreasted nuthatches were visiting the bird feeders when I saw this little guy down near the riverside. You will often see a fl urry of activity at the feeding station when all the birds suddenly arrive to partake in your sunfl ower seeds and chips, because of their habit
of noticing whenever one or another of these over-wintering residents has found food. They believe in each other’s good fortune. Golden-crowned kinglets can survive very cold temperatures, down to 30 degrees below zero, by constantly foraging. To survive nights with even colder temperatures, they roost together to retain body heat, sometimes using empty squirrel nests or tree cavities. Golden-crowned kinglets are exceptionally tolerant of humans and have occasionally been observed entering cabins, where they will allow themselves to be touched or even held. The naturalist John K. Terres described the amazingly tiny kinglet as being “astonishingly fearless of people. It has allowed itself to be stroked at times.” Dave Eastman also broadcasts “Country Ecology” four times weekly over WMWV 93.5 fm. As Vice President of the Lakes Region Chapter/ASNH, he welcomes you to monthly programs at the Loon Center in Moultonborough. Contact him at: cebirdman@ hotmail.com.
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