Date: 10/2/25 11:23 am From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Some bird, some not, some normal, some…strange
Some new visitors here for the season. A White-crown Sparrow is here as well as a pair of RBNH! Very cool to see the Red-Breasted Nuthatches again after a couple years without. Only time will tell if they stay for the Winter. My regular wild Turkeys have not visited the feeder area for eleven days now although I hear them calling from a hundred yards away. They are making noises they don’t do regularly. Sounds like nervous alert calls. Could they be avoiding the “danger zone” that exists under the canopy of mature 100’ Oaks and Hickory trees during a mast year? It’s to the point that I won’t go under them without a hard hat when the wind is blowing. The Hickory nuts will dent a car hood, roof or trunk if they hit right. They’re the size of golf balls. Next…the weird part…it doesn’t take much to get local Chipmunks all riled-up (territorially) during resource gathering season. I was clipping my toe-nails in the bathroom with the window open and a Chipmunk outside went ballistic apparently concerned an interloper was encroaching on his turf. Next time you “clip”, think about how much it sounds their distress call! Can you believe this string of weather? Wow!
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