NEW YEAR ROLL CALL, YOU'LL
Frieda
GETTING COLDER, HOPE TO SEE MORE BIRDS. SAW A BEAUTIFUL MALE CARDINAL ON
THE PEACH TREE THIS AM.
I HAVE A FEW SNOW BIRDS, JUNCOS, MIXED IN WITH THE FINCHES,
CHICK-A-DEES, TITMOUSE, YELLOW BELLIED WOODPECKER, THRASHER, DOVES, AND
OF COURSE CAROLINA WREN.
CAN'T FORGET THE THIEVES WITH THE BUSHY TAILS!!!SQUIRRELS.
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Steve B
"Frieda" <Frieda...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Rock squirrels must be hibernating here. Am making 55 gallon booby traps
for them this year, tho.
Cappies, juncos, finches, crows, cowbirds, occasional hawk, the eagle is
still here, rare golden eagle, occasional quail, Eurasian doves, and a
gopher that went to gopher heaven yesterday. Biggest one yet.
Steve
37 deg.14'56.41N
113deg17'35.52W
(XXtreme SW Utah)
Cheryl Isaak
27848-4B3...@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net, "Frieda"
<Frieda...@webtv.net> wrote:
Cheryl in Southern NH - lots of juncos, chickadees, downy woodpeckers and
tufted titmice. And crows and blue jays....
Cheryl
Les Stewart
Hope it gets better and better for all of you!!
--
Les Stewart
Beaumont, TX 30�N 94�W
Kingbirdfeeders.com
At first light of this New Year, the first bird was an Orange Crowned
Warbler on the platform feeder.
Happy New Year to All!
Steve.IA
3173.bay.webtv.net:
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>
Very cold with lots of snow cover here in SouthIowa. Lots of birds at the
feeders. Juncos, titmouses (mice?),chickadeedeedees, WP (hairy,downy, RB)
Flicker, nuthatches (wb and rB) 10 Bluejays, goldies by the score.
Fox squirrels and Gray squirrels. At night a cottontail or 2 sneaks in to
glean the leavings.
Happy New Year to All.
Steve
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just silly people asking questions.
Steve.IA
news:Xns9CF38945BF...@85.214.113.135:
> Very cold with lots of snow cover here in SouthIowa. Lots of birds at
> the feeders. Juncos, titmouses (mice?),chickadeedeedees, WP
> (hairy,downy, RB) Flicker, nuthatches (wb and rB) 10 Bluejays, goldies
> by the score. Fox squirrels and Gray squirrels. At night a cottontail
> or 2 sneaks in to glean the leavings.
>
> Happy New Year to All.
>
> Steve
>
Pulling a "Larry" and replying to my own post: 8-)
A pair of cardinals, several mourning doves, 4 purpppple finches
and probably somebody else I'm forgetting.
Larry Sheldon
> In article<27848-4B3...@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net>,
> Frieda...@webtv.net (Frieda) wrote:
>
>> CAN'T FORGET THE THIEVES WITH THE BUSHY TAILS!!!SQUIRRELS.
>
> (except among us birdfeeders of course).
Actually, the birds benefit from them--when the platform is covered with
snow, the squirrels bulldoze the snow off the food.
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Howard in the cold. When does spring come?
;-)
bthache
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Tammie in Northern Ontario
Frieda wrote:
> FRIEDA IN COLUMBIA, SC.
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>
Cheryl Isaak
<bth...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Happy New Year to you all from me and my frozen birds
>
> http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z1/TammieH_2007/Birds/FrozenWhiskeyJack.jpg
>
> Tammie in Northern Ontario
>
>
Poor thing, looks like it wants to come inside with you
Cheryl
maryann kolb
M) wrote:
>In article <27848-4B3...@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net>,
>Frieda...@webtv.net (Frieda) wrote:
>
>>CAN'T FORGET THE THIEVES WITH THE BUSHY TAILS!!!SQUIRRELS.
>
>Once I saw them jokingly described as "rats with bushy tails & good PR"
>(except among us birdfeeders of course).
My son gave me a Cobs-a-Twirl for Christmas. If you can't beat them
feed them!
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
maryann kolb
>Happy New Year to you all from me and my frozen birds
>
>http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z1/TammieH_2007/Birds/FrozenWhiskeyJack.jpg
>
>Tammie in Northern Ontario
>
That's exactly how I felt yesterday when I went out for my annual New
Year's Day birding. It was in the 40s with cold drizzle. I don't
care where you live that is miserable.
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
>
bthache
yesterday morning when I took that photo. That's why you can see frost
on the Gray Jay. :)
Tammie in Northern Ontario
sharoncapps
and no Pine Siskin or Common Redpoll's this year. Usually I can't keep up
with them. I am ready for this winter to over with already. I do have a
few squirrels that seem to want to venture out.
Sharon in MN
Dave Fouchey
wrote:
And a very happy new year to you too Frieda.
Well I had a grand total of one glass of bubbly and then it was off to
bed for me...I'm SUCH a party animal. ;-)
!@#$#%^^$@ Tree Rats....need to fill the feeders again this morning
due to the hoard.
Dave F.
Dave Fouchey
M) wrote:
>In article <27848-4B3...@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net>,
>Frieda...@webtv.net (Frieda) wrote:
>
>>CAN'T FORGET THE THIEVES WITH THE BUSHY TAILS!!!SQUIRRELS.
>
>Once I saw them jokingly described as "rats with bushy tails & good PR"
>(except among us birdfeeders of course).
Tree Rats that's what they are...; -) But I still like the little
critters.
Dave F.
Ray
> My son gave me a Cobs-a-Twirl for Christmas. If you can't beat them
> feed them!
My father had one of those. Eventually one of the arms fell off and a
squirrel ran off with it and the attached cob, so it wouldn't twirl any
more.
He also had a squirrel feeder with a little see-saw gizmo on it. One
day I was watching a chipmunk stand on the see-saw while eating the
corn. A squirrel jumped down on the see-saw and catapulted the
chipmunk off the feeder and onto the ground. I never would have
believed it could happen if I hadn't seen it.
The squirrel feeding stopped abruptly when a rat showed up.
--
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Rick
crazy and the bird bath was putting out lots of steam. No Squirrels
though.:)
--
Rick
Fargo, ND
N 46�53'251"
W 096�48'279"
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Rick
maryann kolb
<fhol...@nospam.cableone.net> wrote:
>Howard Lester wrote:
>> See last month's entry, add Tree Sparrows.
>>
>> Howard in the cold. When does spring come?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>not soon enough :)
My paper whites are already blooming! I think they are a little early
this year.
Mary Ann
Martin Jensen
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Bitter cold and brisk winds for two days, headed for four, holds the birds at a
disadvantage, but even in short observations, the usual long list of species is
apparent at the feeders in the woods nearby. Crows, woodpeckers, Blue Jays,
finches (Gold, House, and Purple), three different sparrows, titmice,
mockingbird, lone Mourning Dove (perhaps victimized by large female Cooper's
Hawk that hunts the area every day now), Bluebirds (a few), and Canada geese in
50-goose winter flocks. Surprisingly, only a couple of Juncos at a time.
Biggest surprise was a dead yearling deer close by in the woods. A predator
had attacked it on the driveway near the house, drew blood there, chased it down
the hill into the woods, where it died in fresh snow. So the tracks were
numerous, canine, and very large -- too large for a coyote. Diagnosis: Grey
Wolf came down off the mountain a mile west to plunder the golf-course herd.
Didn't eat much. Getting OT, Crows took ownership of the carcass, loudly
protested any incursion to the area, and left little for the vultures.
Martin
maryann kolb
Absolutely fascinating, Martin. I've forgotten where you are. A
Wolf! WOW!
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
Martin Jensen
"maryann kolb" <mk...@sc.tds.net> wrote in message
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Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
Mary Ann, I'm 40 miles west of Washington DC near Haymarket, VA. The Bull Run
Mountains peak out at 1,350 feet just west of us.
Martin Jensen
Virginia Piedmont
38.8N
77.6W
Gerry
wrote:
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We arrived back from our trip to Egypt just before Christmas. Saw a
few interesting new birds while there. If you're interested, I've
posted the photos from our trip online at:
http://www.neufie.com/Egypt/index.html
It is cold (-15�C/0�F) with about a foot of snow on the ground here on
the Canadian prairies. Only the usual hardy species of birds around:
black-capped chicadees
white breasted nuthatch
hairy and downey woodpeckers
gray partridges
magpies
no sign of redpoles, finches, or juncos.
maryann kolb
<hawk...@comcast.net> wrote:
Hey, Martin. Although I live in SC I am a born and bred
Virginian--born in Fredericksburg, high school in Norfolk etc., but I
never knew we had the four legged kind of wolves!
Mary Ann
maryann kolb
I envy you that trip!! Thanks for the pictures.
Mary Ann
Martin Jensen
Mary Ann
I too was surprised, Mary Ann. But the footprints were definitely canine and 4
inches across -- nearly twice the size of a coyote's. Except for a nearby St.
Bernard (which is not predatory in personality), I have seen no dogs, wild or
otherwise, with feet that large.
Your native town of Fredericksburg is some distance east of the Bull Run
Mountains, and Norfolk is further east by more than a hundred miles. The
distance from the mountains could account for the presence of a wolf here and
the absence there. Interesting speculation, nevertheless.
In fairness to all, I should contact the regional wildlife resources and get
their input.
Martin