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FromTheRafters
Mar 19, 2020, 7:48:19 AM3/19/20
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The color still isn't there, but they look kinda cool against the snow.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
Betty
Mar 19, 2020, 1:13:55 PM3/19/20
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FromTheRafters wrote:
> The color still isn't there, but they look kinda cool against the snow.
>
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
Thanks FTR. That is a lot of birds! I guess they were hungry ... needed
> The color still isn't there, but they look kinda cool against the snow.
>
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
to build resistance to the effects of snow after the warmer days. I
watched it snowing in Dublin ... much earlier this morning. It was
falling fast and heavy, pretty to watch. There were big trucks driving
through town in the snow.
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FromTheRafters
Mar 19, 2020, 2:50:33 PM3/19/20
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Betty formulated the question :
We got about three inches I think, I was expecting it to rain more than
snow. Good thing it did though, the birds show up better. I got another
clip from the bathroom window above the lilac. There has to be 200 or
so goldfinches out there. I think they need the food right now, but we
will stop soon when they can surely find enough food elsewhere.
snow. Good thing it did though, the birds show up better. I got another
clip from the bathroom window above the lilac. There has to be 200 or
so goldfinches out there. I think they need the food right now, but we
will stop soon when they can surely find enough food elsewhere.
Betty
Mar 19, 2020, 4:46:33 PM3/19/20
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parking lot drive was clear, as if the snow had melted after the plow
cleared it. Your weather is iffy strange ... just like Texas.
The birds are used to free food at *your* house, may take them awhile to
re-orient themselves to hunting on their own. There's a lot of
competition for food. There were two robins in the alley in front of my
driveway Tuesday. They appeared to be fighting, flying and pecking at
each other face to face. Maybe there will be nests around here soon.
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FromTheRafters
Mar 19, 2020, 6:03:44 PM3/19/20
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Betty formulated on Thursday :
video clip, and a couple of minutes later the birds and the warming air
cleared them all off. It's much harder to see them without the snow.
> The birds are used to free food at *your* house, may take them awhile to
> re-orient themselves to hunting on their own.
It seems that they travel around in these feeding flocks, but this is a
pretty big one. I saw a few juncos and titmice but by far more
goldfinches.
> There's a lot of competition
> for food. There were two robins in the alley in front of my driveway Tuesday.
> They appeared to be fighting, flying and pecking at each other face to face.
> Maybe there will be nests around here soon.
Likely here too, I was happy to see the bluebirds here earlier, maybe
they will visit the birdbath later this season.
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> Betty formulated the question :
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> The color still isn't there, but they look kinda cool against the snow.
>>>>
>>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
>>>
>>> Thanks FTR. That is a lot of birds! I guess they were hungry ... needed to
>>> build resistance to the effects of snow after the warmer days. I watched
>>> it snowing in Dublin ... much earlier this morning. It was falling fast
>>> and heavy, pretty to watch. There were big trucks driving through town in
>>> the snow.
>>
>> We got about three inches I think, I was expecting it to rain more than
>> snow. Good thing it did though, the birds show up better. I got another
>> clip from the bathroom window above the lilac. There has to be 200 or so
>> goldfinches out there. I think they need the food right now, but we will
>> stop soon when they can surely find enough food elsewhere.
>
> Another look at the cam in Dublin earlier showed very heavy fog, but the
> parking lot drive was clear, as if the snow had melted after the plow cleared
> it. Your weather is iffy strange ... just like Texas.
It melted away pretty quickly, I got the snow on the twigs on that
>> Betty formulated the question :
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> The color still isn't there, but they look kinda cool against the snow.
>>>>
>>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AiAnnrElRkB6S24D8_Ah0wPOpR86G5SQ
>>>
>>> Thanks FTR. That is a lot of birds! I guess they were hungry ... needed to
>>> build resistance to the effects of snow after the warmer days. I watched
>>> it snowing in Dublin ... much earlier this morning. It was falling fast
>>> and heavy, pretty to watch. There were big trucks driving through town in
>>> the snow.
>>
>> We got about three inches I think, I was expecting it to rain more than
>> snow. Good thing it did though, the birds show up better. I got another
>> clip from the bathroom window above the lilac. There has to be 200 or so
>> goldfinches out there. I think they need the food right now, but we will
>> stop soon when they can surely find enough food elsewhere.
>
> Another look at the cam in Dublin earlier showed very heavy fog, but the
> parking lot drive was clear, as if the snow had melted after the plow cleared
> it. Your weather is iffy strange ... just like Texas.
video clip, and a couple of minutes later the birds and the warming air
cleared them all off. It's much harder to see them without the snow.
> The birds are used to free food at *your* house, may take them awhile to
> re-orient themselves to hunting on their own.
pretty big one. I saw a few juncos and titmice but by far more
goldfinches.
> There's a lot of competition
> for food. There were two robins in the alley in front of my driveway Tuesday.
> They appeared to be fighting, flying and pecking at each other face to face.
> Maybe there will be nests around here soon.
they will visit the birdbath later this season.
Betty
Mar 19, 2020, 7:41:11 PM3/19/20
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Too bad it melted so quickly. A big rain storm blew through here around
four o'clock, it poured. That was a surprise. I'm ready to move my
now-small collection of plants outside, but I don't want bad weather to
ruin the one chrysalis on the orange tree. I want to see a giant
swallowtail emerge.
>> The birds are used to free food at *your* house, may take them awhile
>> to re-orient themselves to hunting on their own.
>
> It seems that they travel around in these feeding flocks, but this is a
> pretty big one. I saw a few juncos and titmice but by far more goldfinches.
>
your feeders.
>> There's a lot of competition for food. There were two robins in the
>> alley in front of my driveway Tuesday. They appeared to be fighting,
>> flying and pecking at each other face to face. Maybe there will be
>> nests around here soon.
>
> Likely here too, I was happy to see the bluebirds here earlier, maybe
> they will visit the birdbath later this season.
wonder why you have those and not the painted bunting. The range is
large for the indigo and very small for the painted. According to the
maps, I should see both.
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