Date: 1/21/25 3:58 pm From: Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird...> Subject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?
Three Rufous type hummingbirds are trying to share two heated feeders with
reasonable success. I've got loads of red-winged blackbirds, c. grackles,
and am Goldfinches, etc. but the most unusual visitor has been a Winter
Wren in an azalea right outside my kitchen window. It was a brief look but
unmistakable. It didn't stick around for a photo though...
--Jane Patterson
Ponchatoula
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
<audubon.org...> wrote:
> LAbird,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Hope everyone is safe and warm.
>
> Erik Johnson
> Sunset, LA
> Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
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