Date: 1/23/25 8:17 am From: Jim Todd via groups.io <jimt2453...> Subject: Re: [labird] Snow birds? What's at your feeders?
Here in Vatican we’ve seen the following:
American Goldfinches(30-40)
Baltimore Oriole(a first at our feeder)
Pine Warblers
Chipping Sparrow
Mourning Doves
Eurasian Collared Doves
Inca Doves
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Cardinals
Carolina Chickadee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse
House Sparrows
> On Jan 22, 2025, at 7:55 PM, David P. Muth via groups.io <muthdp...> wrote:
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> No hummingbirds in my yard this winter, and none have shown up the last two
> days.
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> Heavy use of black oil sunflower seed yesterday while it snowed by the
> usual suspects, but also including my first (noticed) goldfinches. During a
> heavy snow flurry yesterday, I glimpsed what I thought might be a
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Today it posed on the feeder.
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S210321171 >
> David Muth
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>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM Anne Gaiennie via groups.io <annegaiennie=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> Hi Erik,
>> I had 2 hummers the last two days and had not been seeing hummingbirds for
>> weeks. I sent you a picture of one via private email as I was not able to
>> identify.
>> I had a chipping sparrow yesterday and two today--a first time for my
>> yard.
>> Another development yesterday was an onslaught of goldfinches. Before the
>> storm I had been seeing up to 1/2 dozen goldfinches at the feeders, and
>> yesterday there were 50 or more. By this afternoon the numbers were down
>> pretty significantly.
>> It's been wonderful to have the views out the window. Thanks for starting
>> this dialogue.
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>> This by Robert Frost came to mind when snow was flying out of tree
>> branches.
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>> Dust of Snow
>> By Robert Frost <https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-frost> >> The way a crow
>> Shook down on me
>> The dust of snow
>> From a hemlock tree
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>> Has given my heart
>> A change of mood
>> And saved some part
>> Of a day I had rued.
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>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM Johnson, Erik via groups.io <Erik.Johnson=
>> <audubon.org...> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Hope everyone is safe and warm.
>>>
>>> Erik Johnson
>>> Sunset, LA
>>> Erik.Johnson AT Audubon DOT org
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