[cayugabirds-l] Screech owl trilling on a warm fall night
In between rain showers—Toward Ed Hill Rd and SSE of my house on Hile School Rd. Anne -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Niger seed
It’s true in my experience. It can become moldy in rainy weather. Regi What good is a house if you don’t have a tolerable planet to put it in? Henry David Thoreau > On Oct 1, 2019, at 8:59 AM, Randolph Scott Little wrote: > > Goldfinch feeding preferences just might have something to do with the state > of niger thistle seed. > > I have been informed that niger seed has very short shelf life, that it > should only be purchased in small quantities, and that feeders should be > refilled from the bottom so old seed does not accumulate. > > Can anyone substantiate this? > > Good birding, > Randy > Randolph Scott Little > 111 Berkeley Circle > Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 > Phone: (908)221-9173 > r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Niger seed
My experience is that niger can get moldy rather quickly in an outdoor feeder exposed to high humidity, fog, rain or snow. Niger seeds pack very close, so there’s not much air circulation through the pile, and the voids between neighboring seeds are tiny, so capillarity is enhanced. I find it best to load only what will be consumed in one day. -Geo Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2019, at 8:59 AM, Randolph Scott Little wrote: > > Goldfinch feeding preferences just might have something to do with the state > of niger thistle seed. > > I have been informed that niger seed has very short shelf life, that it > should only be purchased in small quantities, and that feeders should be > refilled from the bottom so old seed does not accumulate. > > Can anyone substantiate this? > > Good birding, > Randy > Randolph Scott Little > 111 Berkeley Circle > Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 > Phone: (908)221-9173 > r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Niger seed
Goldfinch feeding preferences just might have something to do with the state of niger thistle seed. I have been informed that niger seed has very short shelf life, that it should only be purchased in small quantities, and that feeders should be refilled from the bottom so old seed does not accumulate. Can anyone substantiate this? Good birding, Randy Randolph Scott Little 111 Berkeley Circle Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 Phone: (908)221-9173 r...@att.net or rs...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Recrudescent Cooper’s Hawk
Dawn at my place on Tupper Road lately features a very talkative Cooper’s Hawk, who flies around the spruce plantation giving excited “cak” calls as if courting. Been doing it for a week! -Geo -- 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/ --
