Hi, My husband had a couple mallards under the cat today. Go figure. Diana
Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com > On Feb 1, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was trying to see my neighbors' feeding operation to add to my yard list, > but the parked car in their driveway blocks my window view of birds on the > ground. A colony of House Sparrows frequents their yard, and I hoped a native > species would join them, so I peered under & around their car as well. As a > result I have just added another item to my list of House Sparrow adaptations > to cars: drinking from dripping icicles as solar gain on the south side of > the car melts fresh snow on the car (this was not from a filthy fenderberg). > I already knew about House Sparrows using a parked car for shelter, using the > underside of an idling car for warmth in winter (per Ann Mitchell near the > game farm), and in summer foraging recently killed insects on the grills of > cars stopped at gas stations. Those critters have got it made until the > collapse of car culture! > --Dave Nutter > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
