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Post by hutchgigi on Feb 1, 2015 13:13:11 GMT -5
I am so happy to see my tufted are doing fine with all the worms that had in store. My black caps are good. white breasts feeding nicely. Still have not seen any brown creeper. I might have a new sparrow but have not gotten a photo yet. Nice Counts you have. Ginny H.
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Post by naturelover on Feb 2, 2015 11:02:36 GMT -5
Still have not seen any brown creeper. It's a trick to see the creeper! So well camouflaged, and usually makes short visits. I think yours may be around and you just haven't happened to "catch" him yet! I'll cross my fingers for you Ginny! What kind of "new sparrow" do you think you have? |
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 2, 2015 11:12:42 GMT -5
31Jan2015 - 1Feb2015
AM/PM - both days 4 1/2 Hours
Low - 6*F. High - 41*F.
Snow - 3 to 6 hours
3 inches on ground
6 BLUE JAY 20 SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 25 HOUSE FINCH 1 HOUSE SPARROW 4 GOLDFINCH
9 MOURNING DOVE 25 N. CARDINAL 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 2 DOWNY WOODPECKER 3 BC/C CHICKADEE
2 TUFTED TITMICE 100 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (RATS) 21 E. STARLINGS 3 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 1 CAROLINA WREN
4 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 1 SONG SPARROW 1 COOPERS HAWK
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 2, 2015 17:25:58 GMT -5
Nice finch, cardinal and native sparrow count, despite all those cowbirds, l2b!  Did your Cooper's hawk make any forays past your feeders? |
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 2, 2015 17:31:33 GMT -5
Nice finch, cardinal and native sparrow count, despite all those cowbirds, l2b! Did your Cooper's hawk make any forays past your feeders?
He came after all the birds flew but he was flying from tree to tree checking out the lay of the land.
l2b
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 2, 2015 17:41:15 GMT -5
Much as it sends my heart into my stomach, I do love watching the hawks! I keep telling them they have to go eat someplace else, like down at the lake a mile from here, but they don't always listen. :} I only rarely see them be successful here, though--at least for the big hawks. The jays are pretty diligent in their patrolling duties and raise the alarm pretty efficiently if there's one in the neighborhood. That's why I never see doves at our feeders unless there are also a lot of jays in attendance--the doves are using the jays as an early warning defense system, I think.
Shrikes are different, though. They're smaller than jays so the jays aren't as likely to consider them a threat.
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 3, 2015 10:51:01 GMT -5
Question: Saw a bird fly over, light whitish colored, with very narrow wings, maybe about the size of a N. Cardinal, it was alone.
The narrow wing spread is what drew my attention; please, any & all ideas of what the bird could have been is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 3, 2015 17:52:26 GMT -5
Juncos are white underneath, but the wings aren't all that narrow... Were there any color patches on the wings?
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 3, 2015 21:57:23 GMT -5
Juncos are white underneath, but the wings aren't all that narrow... Were there any color patches on the wings? Not that I noticed, the narrow wing with is what I noticed most, and it wasn't quite as big as a Jay.
l2b
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 4, 2015 12:37:21 GMT -5
Titmouse, maybe? They're pretty light underneath...but the wings aren't all that narrow, either.
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Post by naturelover on Feb 4, 2015 17:16:58 GMT -5
Count Feb 2 & 3: Low 23, High 45; Monday we had drizzle, sleet, snow for a couple hours, temp dropped from 36* at 7am to 32* by 11 am, and we had heavy winds all day (brought the birds in!).
This is my best count so far this season. Finally, my cardinals showed up! It has warmed up (high today 49*) and they're gone again. 
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
(woo-hoo!)
Blue Jay 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
(a female on Monday, a male on Tuesday)
American Robin 1
(eating yaupon holly berries)
Northern Mockingbird 0
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 13
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 1
(immature male)
House Finch 4
(1 male with what appears to be healing eye disease)
Purple Finch 10
Pine Siskin 8
American Goldfinch 39
Total Species Observed 25
Total Individuals Observed 133
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Post by luv2bird on Feb 4, 2015 18:04:48 GMT -5
Congrats. on the Pileated, Marilyn, very exciting.
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Post by Calamity Creek Gal on Feb 4, 2015 18:59:59 GMT -5
WOWIE!!! A Pileated! How awesome is that AND a bunch of Cardinals. What more could a girl ask for?!  |
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Post by hazelrunmama on Feb 4, 2015 19:11:56 GMT -5
Wow! A very eventful count!! Nice!
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Post by naturelover on Feb 5, 2015 11:09:20 GMT -5
It was a very exciting count indeed! And a girl could only have asked for a few more species if she was greedy. A mockingbird, fox and/or field sparrow, cedar waxwings, and - whatever happened to my yellow-bellied sapsucker who used to come fairly regularly during the winter? He hasn't been here for weeks, count days or not.  We're supposed to have cold & blustery weather today & tomorrow. Then warm weekend & Monday. Crazy ups & downs here!! We're traveling this weekend but will be home Sunday eve, so count days won't be interrupted. I'll try to post some pics soon. |
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