Date: 1/21/25 1:25 pm From: James W. Beck via groups.io <loxosceles928...> Subject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?
Nice, Erik! Kind of slow here in Marrero. Yellow-throated Warbler, three Ruby-throats, our Black-chinned and Rufous has been about it so far.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 15:09 Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson= <audubon.org...> wrote:
> LAbird, > > With such an unprecedented snowfall (8.25 inches at my place in Sunset!), > all kinds of interesting bird observations must be out there. Share what > you've been seeing. > > The most interesting observation at my place was 4 Rusty Blackbirds > devouring black oil sunflower. Also, a Brown Thrasher visited the seed > feeder, which I think may be a first for me (at least in south LA). A > little group of Common Grackles briefly stopped by, which also don't > regularly come to my seed feeders. One quick visit by a Dark-eyed Junco, > which I haven't had at the feeder yet this winter. Most of my winter > hummingbirds are accounted for - I have a few each of Black-chins and > Rufous, and no one new has arrived as far as I can tell. Maxed out at 14 > Northern Cardinals and about 50 American Goldfinches in view at once. No > Purple Finches or Pine Siskins, but this isn't over yet. > > Hope everyone is safe and warm. > > Erik Johnson > Sunset, LA > Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org > > > > > >
