[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[job121830]

I had  8-12 juncos all winter here in Union Springs & still have them. They're 
loving seed thrown on the ground & under the long propane tank as well as 
what's on my window sill.Titmice have gone. Still have 2 w-b nuthatches & my 
other regulars. Have enjoyed the 2 flickers & red-bellied woodpeckers. 
Bluebirds have been here all winter & now are trying to guard the boxes from 
house sparrows.I so envy all of you who can hear birds singing. We got close to 
2" of rain & had quite a period of thunder.
Fritzie B


Sent: Thu, Apr 6, 2023 9:53 am
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

 Kendal at Ithaca has lots of DE Juncos!I had about six or seven all winter but 
now there’s ~ 25 at my feeding area and many more all around the complex. 

Donna Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Donna Lee Scott]

Kendal at Ithaca has lots of DE Juncos!
I had about six or seven all winter but now there’s ~ 25 at my feeding area and 
many more all around the complex.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Regi Teasley]

And if you do keep your cat indoors, consider a “catio” as a compromise.

Regi

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  
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> On May 18, 2018, at 8:11 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> It would not be legal to move it, and not likely to work anyway.
> You might try putting a chicken wire fence around the nest—several feet in 
> diameter so the adults can come and go easily. Hopefully when the young 
> fledge they will go up into the bush and not onto the ground. But at that 
> point you should keep your eye on the nest/the fledglings in case any 
> rescuing is needed.
> And you might consider keeping your cat indoors near fledging time.
> Some people also use cat bibs on their cats. They are not 100% effective by 
> any means, but the theory is that they interfere with the cat's pounce and 
> therefore slow them down. Cats generally quickly get used to having to wear 
> one.
> 
> Finally, please consider keeping your cat indoors. I have had outdoor cats in 
> the past, but having seen the havoc they wreak first hand, I was determined 
> that my most recent one would be indoors only. He is happy and healthy, and 
> my backyard birds are now safe.
> 
> Marie
> 
> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
> 452 Ringwood Road
> Freeville NY  13068 USA
> 
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> 
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> 
> From: bounce-122582573-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
> [bounce-122582573-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Jgaffne2 
> [jgaff...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 6:55 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos
> 
> In our perennial garden there is a junco nest with at least 3 eggs in the 
> leaves at the base of a bush. Our cat has not found it yet but when they 
> hatch I am afraid they are goners. I have relocated a junco ground nest to a 
> platform near by before and they were abandoned. There is a small tree nest 
> to their home. Should I 1) leave it alone 2) try to protect it better without 
> moving it 3) put it in the low branches of the adjacent tree 4)any other 
> thoughts other than removing our cat
> Thanks for any advise
> Jim Gaffney
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Marie P. Read]

Hi Jim,

It would not be legal to move it, and not likely to work anyway.
You might try putting a chicken wire fence around the nest—several feet in 
diameter so the adults can come and go easily. Hopefully when the young fledge 
they will go up into the bush and not onto the ground. But at that point you 
should keep your eye on the nest/the fledglings in case any rescuing is needed.
And you might consider keeping your cat indoors near fledging time.
Some people also use cat bibs on their cats. They are not 100% effective by any 
means, but the theory is that they interfere with the cat's pounce and 
therefore slow them down. Cats generally quickly get used to having to wear one.

Finally, please consider keeping your cat indoors. I have had outdoor cats in 
the past, but having seen the havoc they wreak first hand, I was determined 
that my most recent one would be indoors only. He is happy and healthy, and my 
backyard birds are now safe.

Marie

Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

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From: bounce-122582573-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-122582573-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Jgaffne2 
[jgaff...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 6:55 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

In our perennial garden there is a junco nest with at least 3 eggs in the 
leaves at the base of a bush. Our cat has not found it yet but when they hatch 
I am afraid they are goners. I have relocated a junco ground nest to a platform 
near by before and they were abandoned. There is a small tree nest to their 
home. Should I 1) leave it alone 2) try to protect it better without moving it 
3) put it in the low branches of the adjacent tree 4)any other thoughts other 
than removing our cat
Thanks for any advise
Jim Gaffney

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Jgaffne2]

In our perennial garden there is a junco nest with at least 3 eggs in the 
leaves at the base of a bush. Our cat has not found it yet but when they hatch 
I am afraid they are goners. I have relocated a junco ground nest to a platform 
near by before and they were abandoned. There is a small tree nest to their 
home. Should I 1) leave it alone 2) try to protect it better without moving it 
3) put it in the low branches of the adjacent tree 4)any other thoughts other 
than removing our cat
Thanks for any advise
Jim Gaffney 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Geo Kloppel]

I ran into the surfeit of juncos on Sunday, while walking my dog Sandy from 
Larue Road to Curtis Road along Fisher Settlement Road, which parallels Miller 
Creek in the Danby State Forest. If there were any Pine Warblers along there 
(as seemed likely enough), they were swamped by all the Juncos: I guesstimated 
a couple hundred. By contrast, the few Fox Sparrows were easy to hear. So don’t 
despair, Asher, they may be working up the creek toward you...

On Monday, it was an excess of Flickers instead, so I read John’s story with 
interest. I flushed 10-15 of them out of one West Danby yard just by driving by.

-Geo
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Asher Hockett]

Looking for Fox Sparrows I moved to our basement which looks out over the
area under our feeders which are at 2nd story level. What did I find?The
rest of the juncos which haven't made it to Laura's yard yet! Can't count
'em, but must be 70 or 80 and there are ton above at the feeders. Also many
Pine Siskins mixed in, but, NO Fox Sparrows.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:

> There are over 100 juncos on our lawn, around the house and in the woods
> behind the house at the moment. Amazing!
>
> Hunt Hill Rd., Dryden.
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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Laura Stenzler]

There are over 100 juncos on our lawn, around the house and in the woods behind 
the house at the moment. Amazing!

Hunt Hill Rd., Dryden.

Laura


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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[M & K Mannella]

We had at least 2 dark-eyes juncos flitting around the feeders this morning. 
First for the fall. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos feeding on rubbish

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

?On Thursday I was waiting for a bus at Mudd Hall stop, when I observed a FY 
Junco land on the large trash bin next to the bus stop and entered inside to 
look for something to eat and found too. And soon an adult arrived it also 
entered inside both recycle bin and trash bin and both spent about two or three 
minutes before heading out and flying across the road to Kennedy hall trash 
bin.  So they have figured out the Cornellians toss some left over pizza or 
fries into the bin!


Meena




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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Laura Stenzler]

There have been lots and lots of Juncos at our feeders this week, but right now 
we have a high number of 55 scattered on the lawn and under the feeders. 
Amazing!  
Hunt Hill Rd., east on Ithaca. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] juncos, no redpolls

[Nancy W Dickinson]

The strange weekend weather blew away all my redpolls (which had varied between 
2 and 30) but increased my juncos to a record 28.

Nancy Dickinson
Mecklenburg

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos + others

[Donna Scott]

I have had at least 6 Juncos here on Lansing Station Rd. all season. along with 
25-30 Pine Siskins and as many as 40 American Goldfinches. and now a pair of 
Common Redpolls.
Around 10 No. Cardinals, 3-4 each of Tufted Titmouse and Chickadee. Several 
Blue Jays, a pair of White Breasted Nuthatches, at least one Red Breasted 
Nuthatch and Carolina Wren.
Also, a Common Grackle continues here. 
Donna Scott
Lansing
  - Original Message - 
  From: Catherine Cooke 
  To: Cayuga Birds 
  Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 12:24 PM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos


  I have a flock of Juncos at my feeders in Lansing.  They are the first I have 
seen this winter.


  Cathy Cooke

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos

[Catherine Cooke]

I have a flock of Juncos at my feeders in Lansing.  They are the first I
have seen this winter.

Cathy Cooke

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos clashing

[Meena Haribal]

>From the corner of my eyes (or my peripheral view), I saw two birds tumbling 
>down. Then they came up and clashed again. They were two  Juncos fighting 
>about something on Tower Road, some 100 feet from office window. I could see 
>they were flashing their white outer tail feathers as they tumbled down.

Meena


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

[Candace Cornell]

Greetings!

In my backyard, juncos use all the feeders with perches—the silo and tube
feeders filled with black sunflower seeds and the tube feeders with niger
seeds—especially when the snow is deep. Otherwise, they primarily eat the
feeder spillage on the ground. The only feeders they don't utilize are ones
without perches such as the bags with niger sides, the suet feeders, nut
feeders, and the collapsible sunflower seed feeders.

I've got my usual gang of chickadees, cardinals, White-breasted Nuthatches,
titmice, jays, doves, Downy, Red-bellied, and Hairy Woodpeckers, Song
Sparrows, House Sparrows, House Finches, crows, and a few Common Redpolls
and two Pine Siskins. A sharpie swooped by a few minutes ago but left
without a catch despite the large numbers of small birds and Mourning Doves
out there, Perhaps it will try again.

Candace

14:29, 8°F, snow, cloudy, wind 0-10 mph NE, visibility poor to 0.5 miles




On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Caroline Manring  wrote:

> The Juncos that have frequented my porch floor under the feeder for a few
> years have started coming to the feeder perches! These perches are about
> shoulder-height on a hanging cylindrical feeder, two floors up on a back
> porch downtown. I was very surprised.
>
> I think it might be because the usual cloud of House Sparrows has departed
> for somebody else's porch, and with just a few Chickadees and a Titmouse
> left, no one's knocking enough seed down onto the floor for the Juncos
> anymore.
>
> I'd never seen Juncos come to a hanging feeder, high up, and perch while
> they eat. Anybody else's Juncos doing similar tricks?
>
> Also, my mother's Tree Sparrows in Skaneateles have been perching on and
> eating from the suet (also hanging shoulder-height).  It seems these
> "ground" birds have more tricks up their sleeves than I thought.
>
> At the Lab bird garden today, some highlights were PURPLE FINCH female, and
> our favorite FIELD SPARROW vagabond. Yesterday a pair of COMMON RAVENS flew
> over Sapsucker calling to each other.
>
> Caroline Manring
> Ithaca downtown
>

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

[joe & Diana]

 The Juncos here at my house regularly use the perch on the hanging feeders. 
Diana Whiting
On Jan 22, 2011, at 9:34 PM, chuck gibson wrote:

> Juncos have been eating from my sock feered for the last two years.
> - Original Message -
> From: Caroline Manring
> To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:55 PM
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs
> 
> The Juncos that have frequented my porch floor under the feeder for a few 
> years have started coming to the feeder perches! These perches are about 
> shoulder-height on a hanging cylindrical feeder, two floors up on a back 
> porch downtown. I was very surprised.
> 
> I think it might be because the usual cloud of House Sparrows has departed 
> for somebody else's porch, and with just a few Chickadees and a Titmouse 
> left, no one's knocking enough seed down onto the floor for the Juncos 
> anymore. 
> 
> I'd never seen Juncos come to a hanging feeder, high up, and perch while they 
> eat. Anybody else's Juncos doing similar tricks?
> 
> Also, my mother's Tree Sparrows in Skaneateles have been perching on and 
> eating from the suet (also hanging shoulder-height).  It seems these "ground" 
> birds have more tricks up their sleeves than I thought.
> 
> At the Lab bird garden today, some highlights were PURPLE FINCH female, and 
> our favorite FIELD SPARROW vagabond. Yesterday a pair of COMMON RAVENS flew 
> over Sapsucker calling to each other.
> 
> Caroline Manring
> Ithaca downtown


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

[chuck gibson]

Juncos have been eating from my sock feered for the last two years.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Caroline Manring 
  To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu 
  Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:55 PM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs


  The Juncos that have frequented my porch floor under the feeder for a few 
years have started coming to the feeder perches! These perches are about 
shoulder-height on a hanging cylindrical feeder, two floors up on a back porch 
downtown. I was very surprised.

  I think it might be because the usual cloud of House Sparrows has departed 
for somebody else's porch, and with just a few Chickadees and a Titmouse left, 
no one's knocking enough seed down onto the floor for the Juncos anymore. 

  I'd never seen Juncos come to a hanging feeder, high up, and perch while they 
eat. Anybody else's Juncos doing similar tricks?

  Also, my mother's Tree Sparrows in Skaneateles have been perching on and 
eating from the suet (also hanging shoulder-height).  It seems these "ground" 
birds have more tricks up their sleeves than I thought.

  At the Lab bird garden today, some highlights were PURPLE FINCH female, and 
our favorite FIELD SPARROW vagabond. Yesterday a pair of COMMON RAVENS flew 
over Sapsucker calling to each other.

  Caroline Manring
  Ithaca downtown

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

[Kevin J. McGowan]

The feeders off my deck are the second storey from the sloping ground below 
(which is why the flying squirrels like them so much).  When I have no other 
feed on the ground or on the deck, my juncos do perch occasionally on the 
perches of my hanging tube feeder.

But, no juncos today, just redpolls!

Kevin



From: bounce-7680205-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-7680205-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Caroline Manring
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:55 PM
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

The Juncos that have frequented my porch floor under the feeder for a few years 
have started coming to the feeder perches! These perches are about 
shoulder-height on a hanging cylindrical feeder, two floors up on a back porch 
downtown. I was very surprised.

I think it might be because the usual cloud of House Sparrows has departed for 
somebody else's porch, and with just a few Chickadees and a Titmouse left, no 
one's knocking enough seed down onto the floor for the Juncos anymore.

I'd never seen Juncos come to a hanging feeder, high up, and perch while they 
eat. Anybody else's Juncos doing similar tricks?

Also, my mother's Tree Sparrows in Skaneateles have been perching on and eating 
from the suet (also hanging shoulder-height).  It seems these "ground" birds 
have more tricks up their sleeves than I thought.

At the Lab bird garden today, some highlights were PURPLE FINCH female, and our 
favorite FIELD SPARROW vagabond. Yesterday a pair of COMMON RAVENS flew over 
Sapsucker calling to each other.

Caroline Manring
Ithaca downtown

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[cayugabirds-l] Juncos learn new trick, Lab feeder favs

[Caroline Manring]

The Juncos that have frequented my porch floor under the feeder for a few
years have started coming to the feeder perches! These perches are about
shoulder-height on a hanging cylindrical feeder, two floors up on a back
porch downtown. I was very surprised.

I think it might be because the usual cloud of House Sparrows has departed
for somebody else's porch, and with just a few Chickadees and a Titmouse
left, no one's knocking enough seed down onto the floor for the Juncos
anymore.

I'd never seen Juncos come to a hanging feeder, high up, and perch while
they eat. Anybody else's Juncos doing similar tricks?

Also, my mother's Tree Sparrows in Skaneateles have been perching on and
eating from the suet (also hanging shoulder-height).  It seems these
"ground" birds have more tricks up their sleeves than I thought.

At the Lab bird garden today, some highlights were PURPLE FINCH female, and
our favorite FIELD SPARROW vagabond. Yesterday a pair of COMMON RAVENS flew
over Sapsucker calling to each other.

Caroline Manring
Ithaca downtown

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