Related to the note about C'mas trees being good cover for birds: Home Depot is giving away leftover trees FREE in case anyone wants them for mulch or cover for birds.
Melanie On 12/28/2015 4:42 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: > _Mill pond_ finally has feathers on it! > > Redheads & Gadwalls ... at least 50 each > Green-winged teal ........ 1 pair > Am. wigeon .................. 2 pair > Bufflehead .................... 10-12 > Canada geese ............... 12 +- > Mallards ......................... 12 +- > > _Factory St_. pond > > Gadwall ............. one lonely pair. > > _Overhead_, at home on east edge of the village: > > Snow geese ..... 1,000 minimum ... heading south > Canadas ...... 50+- ... going out to feed > > Have had bluebirds, titmice, juncos, nuthatch, red-tail hawk, harrier, > red-bellied, downy & hairy woodpeckers, house & goldfinches, > A. robins, far too many house sparrows, 100s of crows & starlings, > night crawlers, flies & a honeybee. > > Cold weather has finally set in so maybe things will be back to normal. > I scavenged a tossed C'mas tree, put it by a feeder on the clothesline > arm that birds have ignored & within about 15 min. a goldfinch was at > the feeder. Proof that birds prefer having "shelter" nearby. > > Happy New Year, everyone. May your blessings be many. > > Fritzie Blizzard > -- > *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/ --
