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Re: Snow birds.

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"Gail B. Mackiernan %3Ckatahdinss%40comcast.net%3E"

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Gail B. Mackiernan %3Ckatahdinss%40comcast.net%3E

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:27:38 +0000

Hi -- 



We also have been feeding a lot of desperate birds -- the side of our garage has wide eaves which prevent the snow from accumulating too deeply. We have further shoveled it out and put seed on the cement footing of the garage as well as in the hanging feeders and the pole-mounted platform. Tons of birds have arrived, 20-25 Goldfinches, 50 or more Juncos, White-throats, Song Sparrows Modos,etc. etc. Alas nothing too interesting save a single Chipping Sparrow. And -- in the brief interlude between the snowstorms -- Barry was totally flabbergasted to see a CHIPMUNK (!) eating sunflower seed along the garage. We always imagined our many Chipmunks, which spend hours every autumn carrying seed from the feeders to their underground burrows, sleeping the winter away luxuriously sprawled on a huge pile of our birdseed! What little stripey was doing out in February is anyone's guess! 



Gail Mackiernan 

Colesville, MD 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McKitterick" <> 
To:  
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:50:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Snow birds. 

On the other hand, the flock of 8 bluebirds that are wintering in my 
neighborhood are continuing to come to the sunflower chips at my feeders. 
I've put up a window feeder with the chips on the window right in front of 
the family room table, and the bluebirds have been providing wonderful 
close-up views --- imagine four bluebirds at once just three feet away. The 
flock will come to the feeders starting around 7:30 am, and then show up 
every 30 minutes or so for more when the weather is cold or snowy. They look 
quite well-fed. 

--John McKitterick 
I gots the blues in Columbia, MD 

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, fr84wrdr <> wrote: 

> The snow storms brought visions of all sorts of wayward visitors to our 
> feeders. Filling up the feeders on Friday evening I went to bed. Saturday 
> morning brought a flurry of Cardinals, White-throats, and Juncos, along with 
> all the regulars. 
> 
> Around eleven a.m. we were finally rewarded with our first ever Eastern 
> Blue Birds (2 males) in our yard. 
> They stayed about 10 minutes at a suet feeder,....until of resident Cooper 
> showed up for an extended stay. Alas, I think, the Blues did not think much 
> of the neighborhood and have thought better to returning. 
> 
> Michael O'Sullivan 
> with the blues, but without the Blues in Columbia 
> 
> 
> 
>