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This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

September 6, 2009
In the fields near Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

The Maximillian sunflowers are in wild bloom everywhere now (in September). The American goldfinches are mad for them. They're eating the seeds forming after the blossoms are spent. Sometimes they eat the petals, too. They're getting carotenoids from them.