Date: 11/16/24 9:44 am From: Barbara Horton <byrder101...> Subject: [NHBirds] fox sparrow in Derry
Hi all, Had my first fox sparrow in my yard this am. Nice surprise. Tho this week the biggest surprise for me was a female pileated woodpecker who showed up on my peanut feeder before 7am on Monday. She was back a few more times.I went out at 3pm to fill that feeder with peanuts and she showed, scolded me and flew into the woods! I have had them in my yard thru the years but always in the trees along the brook or back yard. Been a quite a long time since seeing or hearing one the past few years. And never on a feeder. She has been back every day this week including today except for Thursday tho I was out for awhile. Just a general rap up of when I had the yellow belled sapsuckers. I never ever had so many in my yard. I would see groups of 4 fighting for the crabapple tree. And one adult female I had was a black morph. Had one 10 years ago. Been seeing male and female/immature purple finches here. Way more than usual since September. And my as I call her mama goldenwing turkey is still coming here with as I call them her kids tho only 5 now.
