Hi all, I guess I'm having out-of-the-ordinary numbers here, north of Garden of the Gods. I keep track of feeder birds for Cornell's Project Feeder Watch, and have had over 75 siskins several times this month, and 175 on 1/17/09. Also I've had a flock of 15-25 bushtits come in, 3-4 times per day for six weeks. As I wrote earlier, I had my first winter-yard Ruby-crowned Kinglet this year. Saw him twice a few weeks ago, and reappeared for a couple of minutes today, at a suet feeder.
On the other hand, I've had winter Cassin's Finches at my feeders daily for 15 years, UNTIL this year. I haven't seen one yet, nor any nuthatches yet. Is this an anomaly, or are others observing this as well? This weekend my feeders were discovered by an adult male Sharp-shinned Hawk - an excellent hunter. We've seen three kills in three days, and the feeder birds are REAL skittish! He's been arriving 3-4 times per day, too, and took one of the bushtits out of a pinon tree yesterday. Steve Brown Colorado Springs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
