Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread Geo Kloppel
We offer food year round to a small group of 3-5 Crows in our yard. We’ve actually been missing them recently. The lack of snow following hunting season made for easy access to discarded deer carcasses and parts (common in our neighborhood), as we several times observed. Even though we have a

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2019-01-21 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA *New York - Syracuse - January 21, 2019 - NYSY 01.21.19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert Dates: January 14 - January 21,  2019 To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread Alicia
We haven't had any so far this year, but some years small flocks - usually between 3 and 8 - they swoop in and entertain us when the snow is deep.   At least one figured out how to land on edge of our hopper feeder - s/he had to fly in carefully from the side, ducking under the overhang, just

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread anneb . clark
And deep snowy. They can deal with cold if they can reach the ground to forage. Bet the thousands that have been foraging nearer Syracuse and Auburn are finding it VERY challenging. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Rachel wrote: > > Crows (4 to 12 at a time, who knows if

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread Donna Lee Scott
I always have our local crow families at or below my feeders, since I purposely scatter seeds on ground, too, & especially under sheltering bushes. A lot of birds prefer feeding on ground or deck floor, probably cause it is more natural to them. Of course this means I feed a lot of squirrels

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread Jae Sullivan
I have been having the same experience...downtown feeders on the street, usually populated with House Sparrows and not much else the birds are HUGEBlue Jays, Starlings, a Robin, fighting for seed. Delightful to watch. Jae On Monday, January 21, 2019, 9:40:53 AM

[cayugabirds-l] Crows at my feeders

2019-01-21 Thread Rachel Lodder
Crows (4 to 12 at a time, who knows if they are the same birds, with more in the trees) have ascended upon my bird feeders, eating spilled seed on the ground. I've never had crows as a feeder bird before, although we have many around our grain farm. Pretty impressive; they look huge next to the