We can all "Blame Canada!" for this cold, bitter wind that is preventing all the birds from migrating to and thru here. Maybe Dave Nicosia has a more learned view on this... I think Dave did say that soon it might actually warm up with some southerly winds on which our little friends can fly north, to that land of future, adventure and opportunity, as Meena put it! :-D Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete M. Marchetto To: Meena Madhav Haribal Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redpolls gobbling seeds
I thought they thought of it as "O, Canada!" Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2013, at 5:30 PM, "Meena Madhav Haribal" <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: Donna and all, I think that they think of frozen land as land of future, opportunity and adventure J Meena From: bounce-78609236-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-78609236-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Donna Scott Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:10 PM To: Michael Czarnecki; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls gobbling seeds Why leave for the frozen wastelands of the north when there's plenty of good eats right here in the Finger Lakes? (I know... Kevin McG will answer that sometime they have to get going on mating and chick rearing...) Donna Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Czarnecki To: cayugabirds Cornell Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:35 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Redpolls Here on Wheeler Hill, Steuben County, we've had 100 plus Redpolls daily since January 18. Still here, still devouring niger seed. Michael -- www.foothillspublishing.com/poetguy www.foothillspublishing.com/48states www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Czarnecki/1575191103 "Never Stop Asking for Poems" -- 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 Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --