Eats Like a Chickadee

At the lake we often watch the birds who visit our yard. We have a feeder that Ken made which he fills with various bird seeds. This attracts many kinds of birds including cardinals, blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees, doves and wood peckers. We love to watch the chickadees eat because they take one seed at a time and then fly back to a tree limb to eat it. When they are done with that seed they return and get another. This goes on for a long time until they are done with their meal. We have often said that the chickadees expend so much energy eating when they fly back and forth taking one seed at a time. It would be so much more efficient if they just sat on the feeder and ate their seeds.

Well, we have a puppy who eats like a chickadee. Emme will take one kibble, walk to the waiting rug, eat the kibble and then return for another. She does a lot of walking during a meal. It is not very efficient, but it is Emme's way. Like a chickadee.