Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very surprised to see a hummingbird in my back yard today!

2022-10-04 Thread madonna stallmann
The downy woodpeckers are going to be upset when I put away their sugar fix. Madonna Stallmann On Tue, Oct 4, 2022, 6:07 PM Marty Schlabach wrote: > The last we saw a hummingbird at our feeder was Friday Sept 30. > > --Marty > > > > *From:* bounce-126864788-3494...@list.cornell.edu < >

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Very surprised to see a hummingbird in my back yard today!

2022-10-04 Thread Marty Schlabach
The last we saw a hummingbird at our feeder was Friday Sept 30. --Marty From: bounce-126864788-3494...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of madonna stallmann Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 6:00 PM To: Barbara B. Eden Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very surprised to see a hummingbird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Very surprised to see a hummingbird in my back yard today!

2022-10-04 Thread madonna stallmann
We saw what I think was the last hummer migrant here near Newfield on Saturday 9/30. Our summer male hummers left about a month ago, while the females and/or youngsters left 2 weeks ago. It's been a visit here and there from what I assume to be migrants since then. Madonna Stallmann On Tue, Oct

[cayugabirds-l] Very surprised to see a hummingbird in my back yard today!

2022-10-04 Thread Barbara B. Eden
It was looking for flower nectar And it is cool and damp today! Barbara Eden Cayuga Heights, Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Dave Nutter
I dig up the entire plant, including the substantial taproot, when I see the big heart-shaped leaves, well before the burrs form. Then I leave it upside-down to dry out & die, or in a pile of other plants I’m pulling out, again with roots in the air. - - Dave Nutter > On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:06

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Donna Lee Scott
At Salt Pt we discard whole burdock plants & burrs cut up in big garbage bags. Don’t want the things we cut out to seed elsewhere! Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:01 AM, Dave Nutter wrote:  Burdock is one of the non-native invasives which I actively

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Dave Nutter
Burdock is one of the non-native invasives which I actively eliminate from my property for this reason. But it’s not just small birds and big burrs which can be a problem. I once rescued an exhausted Gray Catbird ensnared in a stand of what I think was Virginia Stickseed, a native plant. On a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Kevin C Packard
A few years ago at Salt Point I found a tufted titmouse hanging upside down with its feathers stuck to a Virginia stickseed plant. I freed it and it stayed quietly on the ground for a bit. It was too tired from its ordeal to have the energy to fly away, though when I came back in half an hour

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Linda Orkin
Donna how do you discard that? Linda > On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: > >  We cut out all burdock we find at Salt Point, Lansing. > I have found some here at Kendal to cut. > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:01 AM, bob

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread Donna Lee Scott
We cut out all burdock we find at Salt Point, Lansing. I have found some here at Kendal to cut. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:01 AM, bob mcguire wrote: So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch several years ago, stuck

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Goldfinch mishap

2022-10-04 Thread bob mcguire
So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East Ithaca RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had perished. Bob > On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: > > So