[cayugabirds-l] Feeder red wings

2023-02-13 Thread Peter Saracino
Just had a few redwings at the feeders. Sar -- 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/cayugabi

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder First

2022-05-10 Thread Carl Steckler
Just minutes after talking to my neighbor about her seeing a Yellow bellied Sapsucker in the woods behind her house, one showed up at my feeders. First time for my feeders here in Dryden -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2021-04-06 Thread Colleen Richards
We have multiple feeders outside our kitchen windows, including a 1' x 2' windowsill extension platform. In the past hour, chickadees, junco, cardinals, song and fox sparrows, blue jay, mourning doves, white-breasted nuthatch, and a male red-winged blackbird have all sat just outside my window t

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder bird show

2020-08-17 Thread Donna Lee Scott
5 Baltimore Orioles, young & parents, plus 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, young w/ perhaps a female parent, graced my seed & jelly feeders this morning! The little 1/2” striped wasps hog the jelly tho & the birds try to avoid them. A week ago these wasps attacked me & i had an ambulance ride & spent

[cayugabirds-l] feeder aggression

2019-02-01 Thread Alicia
Just had a female Hairy Woodpecker hitch herself up and around the suet holder attached to the side of a hopper feeder, and nail a Mourning Dove who was sunning itself on the roof, about 6" away fro the suet. The MODO had her tail toward the woodpecker and never saw it coming.  At least 6 or 8

[cayugabirds-l] feeder bird amazement

2019-01-25 Thread Laurie Roe
What a collection this am. A Pileated, Bluebirds, and a Brown Creeper, all on the same suet feeder and its post at the same time! This makes up for seeing Evening Grosbeaks only once this season. -- *Dog Walker and Hiker, hoarder of fossil fuels, don't even have kids to save the world for... *

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2018-11-13 Thread Regi Teasley
Why isn’t there much wild food? Thanks, Regi Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Mother Jones > On Nov 13, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Bard Prentiss wrote: > > Two Fridays ago Matt Young > stoped by for a visit. In the course of our chatting he mentioned that unlike > last year t

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2018-11-13 Thread Bard Prentiss
Two Fridays ago Matt Young stoped by for a visit. In the course of our chatting he mentioned that unlike last year this’ll be a good year for feeder birds since there isn’t much wild food. WOW was he right. In the last few days my feeders in Dryden village have been visited by countless Chick

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2018-03-22 Thread Asher Hockett
Continuing at our feeders are a small flock of Purple Finches, both sexes, consuming black oil sunflower seeds, and a half dozen Pine Siskins on the niger socks. This in addition to the goldfinches and juncos and doves in profusion along with a few chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice. Red-bellied,

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2017-12-15 Thread Bard Prentiss
Hi all, I have a mature white throated sparrow , perhaps 2 or 3 almost constantly at my feeder . Last year an immature one spent the winter with me. Also unusual for me I have several immature common grackles eating me out of house and home. Bard j Bard V. Prentiss 27 East Main Street Dryde

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder seed preferences

2017-11-21 Thread Nari Mistry
Yesterday we decided to tally the feeder seed preferences of our bird visitors. Since we fill five feeders during the winter, all equally accessible in a row hanging from a wire within a span of ten feet, we thought it would be a fair test. At one end we have cedar and spruce for shelter, at th

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2017-03-15 Thread John Confer
ather beats going out to watch starving birds. John From: bounce-121336216-25065...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Peter Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:11 PM To: Dave Nutter; CayugaBirds-L b Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds I have a song sparr

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2017-03-15 Thread Peter
I have a song sparrow as well Dave.along with 2 white throats (of different flavors) along with lots of blackbirds (red wings, grackles, starlings) and a female cardinal eating suet!! Stay warm all. Can Spring be far away? Pete Sar On 3/14/2017 10:30 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: I, too, did so

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2017-03-14 Thread Dave Nutter
I, too, did some feeder-watching this afternoon. I was hoping for a Fox Sparrow, a species which I saw in my yard a few years back during a late heavy snowstorm. My hopes were raised briefly by what turned out to be a Song Sparrow, which eventually fed on a suet/seed block, a behavior I hadn't s

Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder Raven

2016-05-02 Thread Brenda Best
Asher, for the first time, I have a pair of crows at my feeders. One has figured out it can hang from the bottom of the basket by its feet to get the suet. I've tried to get a picture, but they always see me inside. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad > On

Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder Raven

2016-05-01 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
f of Asher Hockett Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 1:28 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] feeder Raven We have had our feeder visited the past few days by a Raven. It appears he is trying to figure out how to get to the suet. There is no close perch so he sits on the railing which puts it ab

[cayugabirds-l] feeder Raven

2016-05-01 Thread Asher Hockett
We have had our feeder visited the past few days by a Raven. It appears he is trying to figure out how to get to the suet. There is no close perch so he sits on the railing which puts it about two inches out of his reach. Perhaps we'll scatter some peanuts or corn, but the squirrels may be a deterr

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2016-03-19 Thread AB Clark
Just outside of the Basin, Hile School Road: Since Thursday 17 March, only two rather than a dozen American Tree Sparrows have visited my feeders. They are here this morning, and one just did “crest-up" at the other, which kept crest feathers flat—I assume two males. This morning 19 Mar, the

[cayugabirds-l] feeder frenzy

2014-05-23 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, This evening (Friday) between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm we had lots of visitors to our bird feeders. We have 3 sunflower seed feeders and one suet feeder, all in the yard. A remarkable 18 species of birds visited during that hour! It was overcast and drizzly and about 51 degrees. I've submit

Re:[cayugabirds-l] feeder counts

2013-01-03 Thread Donna Scott
Hi Gary, I was taking CBC feeder count calls from 4 - 6:15 pm at the O Lab on Jan. 1, compilation night. Perhaps you did not dial the extension # given in count day information. The phone at the front desk is pretty restricted and I was not allowed access to some of the regular lab numbers. I

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds

2012-12-27 Thread Carol Keeler
One advantage to this weather is that it brings in the birds to the feeders. I've had more of my regulars than usual. I now have 4 pairs of Cardinals which stay all day. I counted 10 Tree Sparrows, 6 Juncos, and about 15 House Finches. There are many Goldfinches, Tufted Titmice, Chickadees,

[cayugabirds-l] feeder sparrows

2012-01-13 Thread Eben McLane
The quick snow drop in Cayuga County this morning (6" at my house) has brought sparrows to the feeders from all over: 5 Am. Tree; 4 White-throated; 2 Song, so far. Eben McLane Scipio, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder Birds Yellow-rumped Warbler

2012-01-05 Thread bilbaker
I should have posted this yesterdayWe had a Yellow-rumped Warbler at one of our feeders late yesterday (1/4) AM. Unfortunately we are outside of the Christmas count circle.It was seen once, and flew when (I'm assuming) it noticed my movement in the house. I have not seen it again today. T

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2012-01-03 Thread joe & Diana
Hi Everyone, A cold and snowy day made for great feeder watching. Birds today included 4 Downy Woodpeckers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Titmouse, 5 Juncos, 2 Goldfinch, 5 Chickadees, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 3 American Tree Sparrows, and 2 Ca

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder

2011-12-15 Thread Carol Keeler
I put out one feeder incase the hummingbird returns. I put it in the most protected area I have out front. The winds here are very strong and I have little to no protection from them. I tried to put a shepard's crook in the ground yesterday and the ground was too frozen to do so, so I'm limi

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds: Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Siskins

2011-05-04 Thread Candace Cornell
*This morning at 6:30 am., I saw our first backyard male Baltimore Oriole five years. It was competing for suet with a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, of which I’ve had a small flock for several days. I’ve put out lots of string, twine, and grape vine strips for the birds to nest with and hope the ori

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder Birds

2011-01-15 Thread david olmstead
Today's list in Newfield includes: Carolina Wren, Common Redpolls (lots!!!), Brown Creeper. -- 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/maillis

Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-12-20 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
That's funny - I had 14 Mourning Doves under my feeders this morning, which is 10 more than usual. Are they having a local convention? Stephanie Greenwood West Hill On 12/20/10 10:13 AM, Nancy W Dickinson wrote: > Unusual birds at our feeders this weekend included a White-crowned > Sparrow, a G

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-12-20 Thread Nancy W Dickinson
Unusual birds at our feeders this weekend included a White-crowned Sparrow, a Grackle, and a ridiculous number of Mourning Doves-- 28 at last count. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Feeder birds- Richford

2010-11-15 Thread David McCartt
Hi All, This past weekend marked the beginning of my 10th year of participation in Project Feeder Watch http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/index.html so I thought I'd share my list. COOPER'S HAWK  1 Mourning Dove  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  1 (new regular visitor since this past winter) Downy Wood

Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-10-18 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Please don't tell me that you don't have any European House Sparrows...I have a flock of 20 that are driving me and my other feeder birds nuts. What to do what to do? Never thought I'd wish I owned a gun Stephanie On 10/18/10 5:54 PM, joe & Diana wrote: Hi, I had a visit from a Rose-br

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-10-18 Thread joe & Diana
Hi, I had a visit from a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a single Pine Siskin at the feeder in the past two days. I also phished in a group of House Finches. Maybe not too exciting except to me, because they came! Diana Whiting -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Ca

[cayugabirds-l] feeder birds

2010-02-21 Thread bilbaker
Aside from the usually expected winter species I had a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD show up at my feeders this morning. The EVENING GROSBEAK is still hanging around, and gave Shannon goods looks at a life bird for her this morning. Bill Baker - This message w