When this was discussed earlier this fall, many of us believed the very
rich wild food crops were responsible. We failed to also account for the
unusual weather.
Together, I believe both factors kept birds north until the turn of
weather over the last two weeks. Concomitantly with that shift many
Recent snowy spell his brought back many of my usual feeder birds.
10 morning doves, 20 Gold finches, 3 titmouse, pair each of woodpeckers: downy,
hairy, red bellied; 2 - 3 White breasted nut hatch, a Starling, 7 DE junco, 1
House finch, 12 House sparrow, ~4 Blue Jay, intermittent small flocks Ce
Also at feeders: 2-4 BC Chickadee & 3 A Crow.
Donna Scott
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On Dec 18, 2017, at 9:16 AM, Donna Lee Scott
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Recent snowy spell his brought back many of my usual feeder birds.
10 morning doves, 20 Gold finches, 3 titmouse, pair each of woodpeckers:
Even before the recent snow we started experiencing an upsurge of birds at
our feeders which had been VERY quiet for what seems like months.
Many juncos, chickadees, goldfinches, both nuthatch species, a few mourning
doves, a pair of purple finches, a band of bluejays,and all local
woodpeckers exc
Does the Lab of Ornithology have any information? How are their feeders
doing? any info from their Feeder Watch data collection? Sorry if I missed
this info. My feeders have been relatively silent since years past as
well. But it seems that the juncos go crazy when I'm not around. When I
come
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I’m seeing quite a lot of activity at my feeders in Newfield, but fewer
American Goldfinches for some reason. Over 20 Mourning Doves, lots of House
Finches, DE Juncos, Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, Chickadees and Tufted
Titmouse, several Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied woodpeckers, 2 Pileated
wo
Well, we have lots of Goldfinches and House Finches.
Plus the usual suspects: Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees and woodpeckers (R-B,
D, H) and M-doves, DE juncos.
The local Carolina wren continues to eat suet from the feeder.
We had a Bluebird drinking at the birdbath on one of those very cold d
Well it's good to hear someone has House Finches! I don't think I've seen
more than 1 or 2 all year!
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Regi Teasley wrote:
> Well, we have lots of Goldfinches and House Finches.
> Plus the usual suspects: Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees and woodpeckers
> (R-B, D, H
