Nari - Your story of your squirrel made me want to share my story - Saturday(2nd day of bird count) morning I noticed the cardinals flying to my big green metal feeder, then flying away without stopping for food. I thought it must be empty, my son thought not. He went out with a bucket of food anyway and as he got to the feeder he could see gray fur where the birds would eat so he carefully raised the metal cover and out "flew" a gray squirrel. It had to have spent the night in there at least. And he had eaten all the food.!! I don't see how he got the metal cover up enough to get in. My 4 pair of Cardinals and all the other birds are happy again. Naomi Brewer 7214 Wyers Pt. Rd. Ovid, N.Y. 14521
-----Original Message----- From: bounce-8362824-9392...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-8362824-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nari Mistry Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:17 PM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wren pair come to be counted today. Both of the Carolina Wren pair appeared together today at our suet, just so they could be counted for the GBBC. They were missing since last Thursday and only one at a time has appeared sporadically last week. A red squirrel happily sits all day inside the outer suet cage, discouraging small birds -- in spite of my efforts to persuade him away to seed elsewhere, cajole him, threaten him. In past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once nested in a brush pile. Hope they do again. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, New York For my paintings, see http://www.artbynari.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --