On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:02:35 PM UTC-4, Gina Cicotello wrote:
> Welcome, Dean!
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> Since I put the feeders back (I had removed them during the storm, as
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> potential projectiles), I've had many Juncos in my front yard. For me
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> they signal the arrival of winter, and from the temps outside it feels
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> Yesterday I got swarmed by a huge flock of noisy grackles. They
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> black squawking shapes, scavenged what they could in about 15 minutes,
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> then took off. I spotted them later in the trees at the yacht club,
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> plotting their next attack.
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> Gina
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> Pasadena, MD
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> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Dean Mahlstedt <birdingboyy...> wrote:
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> > Hi folks! This is my first post here so go easy on me. Anyway I noticed that I saw more birds yesterday (Tuesday) in my neighborhood than I have in weeks. First, I noticed lots of robins milling around in many of the neighboring yards and then spotted a junco feeding along with about 20 house sparrows in the yard across the street.
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> > Hey, it's not much for a first post but it was just good to see the birds coming back!
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Hi Gina,
Yes, the grackles will be back soon for sure. I have to put my feeder back up and that's usually when I see the return of the grackles. Actually they are pretty birds!
Dean
Overlea, MD.
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