[Birdtalk] Snow

[Master Minx]

The visiting birds went through 8 pounds of seed mix yesterday.  It was
fantastic.  I had the standard visitors for my neighborhood:  sparrows,
house finches, Oregon Juncos, black-capped chickadees, two pair of Western
Scrub Jays, and a huge covey of quail.  My husband got a kick out of seeing
the quail disappear in the snow up to their necks.  He shoveled a path
across the lawn beneath the trees where my feeders hang, and got a bigger
kick out of watching the quail and juncos as they scratched and pecked.
Good day!

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Connie McManus
<connie.mcmanus at gmail.com>wrote:

> Snowy days are awesome.  I can't get enough of them.  The day before the
> storm, I set up my feeders, hoping for something better than House sparrows
> to show up, but no luck.  And then came the storm.
>
>  I don't know where all the usuals have been all fall, but after the snow
> storm, suddenly everybody was back!  The house finches, Am goldfinches,
> black eyed juncos,  1 Red Winged Black bird, a Downy woodpecker and 1
> American Tree Sparrow, American magpies, a Northern Flicker and a couple of
> pheasant hens came to the feeders en mass.    I also enjoyed a nice fly-by
> of what I think is a Red Tailed hawk, a Sharp Shinned Hawk (could be a
> Cooper's) and a Northern Harrier.
>  New to the feeder this year is a Rocky Mt slate colored  junco.  he's
> totaly black (no gray) with a white belly.  he's quite lovely.
> Last year, after a Peregrin attacked and killed one of the song sparrows in
> my yard, one of the Juncos had one of its wing feather dislodged in a wonky
> kind of way, so I named him "Wonky".  Anyway, Wonky is back.  I will try to
> get photos of him and the others to share with you all.
>
> Last year, the redwings mobbed the feeders.  With one little red wing
> sitting in my tree, watching all the others feast, I'm sure the mob will
> return by the weekend.
>
> Snowy days are great!
>
> ConnieM
>
>
>
>  On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Doug Roberts <djrob1943 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>   What do real birders do on a snowy day?
>> Doug
>>
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> Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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