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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Man-on-the-street
Parenting
Raising Children to be
Tomorrow’s Leaders
Addressing hopes for the nation’s 44th president
What are your impres-
sions of newly inaugurated
President Barack Obama?
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“I think it’s good; I think
change is good. I think he’ll
be good for the country. He
seems really sincere.”
- Brianna Cammaroto
“I’m praying for him and
for our country, that the
Lord will guide his deci-
sions and continue to use
him and his office to protect
our country and have wis-
dom from God to make very
difficult decisions.”
- Pat Henderson
“I guess it’s pretty cool that
we’re going to have an Afri-
can-American president. I
hope he does a good job. I
hope everything will work
out for the better and he can
maybe clean up some of the
debt that George Bush left
when he was in office.”
- Rudy Gonzalez
Chickadees
“I think he’ll do better than
what the previous president
did. I’m happy. I think
Obama has a lot of business
sense, so he’ll do well.”
- Lawrence Coker
“I like Obama in some
ways. I think change is
good, but I have to disagree
with him on some things.”
- Destiny Viles
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However flawed you or I might be as human
beings, chances are we’ll be just fine in the eyes
of a Black Capped Chickadee. Few birds regard
the human figure with as much approval. In fact,
if you stand still for a few minutes near a feeder
used by Chickadees, you’ll be almost as good a
place to perch as any other twig or tree branch.
Maybe the birds realize that we are too lumber-
ing to catch them.
Facing deadly cold temperatures and long cold
nights in our valley, the birds’ essential concern
is food. They are not especially picky. They’ll
eat suet, nuts, peanut butter, and of course sun-
flower seeds. Watch as they fly down to your
feeder and reject one or two seeds. This tiny 10-
gram bird takes one seed that meets its require-
ments and flies to a nearby perch. It pins the sun-
flower seed against the branch with both feet and
just like a miniature jackhammer, pecks away
the shell to reveal the kernel. Intently and enthu-
siastically, the Chickadee continues pecking and
eating the kernel, tearing off shell as needed.
When done, this little dynamo drops any seed
remnants from its feet.
The Black Capped Chickadee might pull doz-
ens of sunflower seeds from a feeder on a cold
winter day. Not all seeds will be consumed then
and there. Many are hidden for up to a month
later.
Did you know Chickadees have a fantastic
memory? Studies of their brains reveal that the
volume of the hippocampus, an area of the brain
linked with memory (the part my wife tells me
I’m losing every year), varies with the season. In
fall, when a chickadee is hiding food, the hippo-
campus expands. In the spring, when there is no
longer a need to find cached food, it contracts.
“It’s the first time I’m proud
to be a U.S. citizen in a long
time. George Bush almost
ruined my patriotism, but
now I feel hope. I think he’s
got a good shot at untan-
gling the mess that’s been
created. I’m looking for-
ward to the next four years,
and I support him 100 per-
cent.”
- Iris Chinook
During warm
spells, a Chicka-
dee requires con-
siderably fewer
calories and visits the feeder less often. During
the coldest weather it needs the daily caloric
equivalent of 250 sunflower seeds. That count
will drop to less than 100 per day as the tempera-
ture rises.
They are territorial and their feeding area could
be as large as 20 acres. They will spend their en-
tire lives in this small area. During winter small
flocks develop and the feeding range will widen,
but rarely over 40 acres.
At the heart of the group will be a mated pair.
That pair might be joined by some young of the
year before and maybe some floaters (birds that
wander in and out of a number of flocks). In
each flock the floaters have a different position
in the pecking order. These birds have a chance
to leapfrog in status and replace one of the mated
pair, should a loss occur. Floaters not only have
the unusual ability to roam between territories,
they also have the remarkable ability to vault to
top-dog.
Whenever this cute, perky and tough Chicka-
dee visits your yard it’s a treat. All the birds ask
of us is a little serving of seeds or nuts. Many of
the Black Capped Chickadees accept us no mat-
ter who we are. How often does that happen?
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8. Health club
11. Layer
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14. Boat paddle
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16. Lawyer's charge
17. Pontifical
19. Way, way off
21. Recede
22. "Much ___
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23. Big cat
26. Outstanding
30. Imp
31. Assembly of
witches
33. ___ Today
34. Cattle feed
36. Person of action
37. Brainpower
38. ___ green
40. Wood mush
42. Small fish usu-
ally canned
46. Hog
47. Sports stadium
49. At once
50. Entirely
51. Film part
52. Skin disorder
53. Hawaiian gar-
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54. Confess
55. ___ Royal High-
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Down
1. At the peak of
2. Italian greeting
3. Duration
4. Bush
5. Bruce & Robert E.
6. Assist
7. Extend
8. Chesterfield, e.g.
9. Wharf
10. Hearty brew
15. Corn holder
18. Compose
20. In favour of
22. "___ Maria"
23. Pasture
24. Sick
25. Cancelled
26. Egg cell
27. Pair
28. "It's no ___!"
29. Sense organ
31. Computer graph-
ics (2 words)
32. Frequently
35. Hole maker
36. Family member
38. Fence section
39. Epoch
40. Heap
41. Tangelo
42. Order to a broker
43. Ruler unit
44. Not any
45. Pitcher
46. Chum
48. Fish eggs
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