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Saturday, March 17. 2007

At the bird feeder

In the snow, today: Fox Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White Throated Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Goldfinch, Slate-Colored Junco. Plus a very cold-looking Robin taking the last few holly berries.

Not too exciting, but it's good to see them all enjoying the free lunch. And you never know when you might see something unusual.

Image: Fox Sparrow. Our eastern version of this large sparrow is rusty red, and likes to scratch on the ground.

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 15:35 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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I don't know one sparrow from another, but there were lots of those plus a junco, Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal, a mockingbird and a flock of starlings in the snow in our side yard yesterday and today. The mockingbird had decided all the bread scraps were his and wouldn't let a starling get near them.
#1 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2007-03-17 16:32 (Reply)
Sissy: You need a Bird Book!
#2 BD on 2007-03-17 17:38 (Reply)
I ordered a great one from Amazon before Christmas, but it never came. Plus, Goomp has dozens of bird books . . . I'm just no damned good.
#3 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2007-03-17 20:14 (Reply)
Me neither. I always thought a Tufted Titmouse was a Tifted Tutmouse.
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-03-17 20:20 (Reply)
I've got the usual sparrows, juncos and titmice as well as three pair of cardinals and a whole flock of red-wing blackbirds all around the corn I throw out and the suet cakes. At the feeders the goldfinch are looking a little more golden.
#5 Santay on 2007-03-18 06:44 (Reply)
At the feeder from Campbell NY. Juncos, tufted titmices,6 cardinals, bluejays, tons of goldfinches, mourning doves, nuthatch, hairy and downey wood peckers, a bigger woodpecker that I can't remember the name of because my grand child hid the bird book. It has a red spot where its ears should be. The gold finches are starting to turn yellower. Does anyone know where the evening grosbeaks have gone? Havn't seen one in years. They would converge on the feeder and empty it in hours. We also had a pileated woodpecker across the road feeding on sumac berries.
#6 sean on 2007-03-18 10:24 (Reply)
The Evening Grosbeaks roam around widely, in large flocks. You will have them again, eventually. Nice birds.

The woodpecker - do you mean the red-bellied? (which does not have a red belly)
#7 BD on 2007-03-18 11:36 (Reply)
Yup,its the red bellied. I wonder who named him. I haven't seen any Rose Breasted Grosbeaks either. They usually don't travel in herds.
#8 sean on 2007-03-19 09:09 (Reply)
Red-bellied must have been named by a blind guy. The Rose Breasteds are migratory - they will be coming when the leaves appear. Watch for them - or, I should say, listen for them.
#9 BD on 2007-03-19 10:10 (Reply)

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