Meet Pete

[RallyeMike]

At least that is what I think his name is. He just kept repeating it over and over: Pete! Pete! .... Pete! Pete!, until we gave him some water and apple bits for lunch.

He chilled for the afternoon with us, took a nap, had a quick snack and then he was on his way.

[LaOtto70Charger]

Too cool!

[nvrbdn]

That's awesome!!

[odcics2]

Any others in that gray "nest"? 

[RallyeMike]

Any others in that gray "nest"?

I WAS wondering if that's why he took a shine to me 

Anyway..... figured out that this was a Cedar Waxwing, a common bird in N America.

[blakemon]

Whatta sweet little bird!

[John_Kunkel]

This thread prompted me to dig through my old photos to find pics of a fairly tame black bird that showed up at my workplace and "adopted" us. He would come into our break room at lunch time and scrounge for a meal. Outside, he would take an offering of a juicy live bug or cricket and, with some people, he would fly up, light on your arm and eat out of your hand.

When the night shift closed up the break room, he would perch on top of a vending machine and spend the night. When the room opened the next morning, he would fly out and sometimes, fly right back in...then we knew there was a hawk circling overhead.

Eventually, we found his dead body outside (maybe dead from overeating) and placed his body in the freezer with the intent of taking it to a taxidermist to have it stuffed and mounted. But, evidently somebody needed the room in the freezer and tossed the carcass.

Sic Transit Gloria old buddy.