The birds didn’t seem to be using the tree for shelter since they were on the tops of the branches and not in the tree. Many do roost in my Norway spruces. It will be interesting to see if they do the same thing tomorrow.
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I was going to suggest something similar to Linda: any type of conifer can > provide shelter for birds, particularly in the cold, windy weather we've had > over the past couple of days. I have watched birds actually going to roost > (at dusk) in certain spruces on my property in the past. > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > Website: http://www.marieread.com > > ***NEW BOOK by Marie Read!*** > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-123293506-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-123293506-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin > [wingmagi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:38 PM > To: Carol Keeler > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Update > > I don’t know how others responded but perhaps the tree provides some specific > site related shelter from the cold that may not be true or necessary at other > times or in the past. I sound think you would see them foraging if they were. > > Keep watching and see what you see. > > Linda Orkin > Ithaca NY > > Sent from my iPhone > > "For the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun > and the light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into > the world to enjoy" Plutarch > > If you permit > this evil, what is the good > of the good of your life? > > -Stanley Kunitz... > > On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:17 PM, Carol Keeler > <carolk...@adelphia.net<mailto:carolk...@adelphia.net>> wrote: > > Thanks to all the people who responded to my query. Your ideas sure gave > some food for thought. I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was > covered in birds! It looked like a birdy Christmas tree. I counted 25 House > Finches on the side that I could see. There were many more birds in the > trees all around the Cedar. I’ve seen all my yard birds on it except for the > woodpeckers. I’ve yet to see a bird try to eat anything from the seed cones > though which hang at the bottom of the ferny sprays. Maybe they don’t know > how to get to them. It’s very interesting behavior for birds that never go > to that tree. Thanks again. > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
