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Subject: Feeder Birds
From: EllenMayo(AT)aol.com
Date: 27 Jan 2002 9:37am
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I guess I'm the only one who seems to have the average amount of winter birds
this year. Normal number of chickadees, tufted titmice (small flock, but
we've never seen them here in the winter before!) our usual one pair of
cardinals, hairy & downy woodpeckers, just a couple of goldfinches here &
there and yesterday, a HUGE number of house finches. I hesitate to call them
a flock because most of them were male! 15 out of 20 or so! Also nuthatches,
at least a steady pair. We never have many juncos, unfortunately, and I've
never seen one at the feeders in winter. We do have a brook in the backyard
that hasn't totally frozen over, maybe that helps.
Last week in Barre, I did see something unusual, at least for me! A big flock
(est. 40-50 birds) of a bird I'd never seen before. Large, grosbeak size,
grosbeak-type bill, brown with rosy head and top of tail, flying from berry
tree to berry tree eating the brown dried flowers on each one. When I got
home I checked the Audubon book but no cigar. None of them really looked like
those birds! They definitely weren't waxwings of either type. Any ideas?
Thanks! Ellen in Montpelier
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Subject: Re: Feeder Birds
From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob(AT)nh.adelphia.net>
Date: 27 Jan 2002 9:55am
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How about Pine Grosbeaks ?
Bob Crowley
Chatham, NH
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From: EllenMayo(AT)aol.com=20
To: vtbird(AT)raven.csc.vsc.edu=20
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 8:23 AM
Subject: Feeder Birds
I guess I'm the only one who seems to have the average amount of =
winter birds this year. Normal number of chickadees, tufted titmice =
(small flock, but we've never seen them here in the winter before!) our =
usual one pair of cardinals, hairy & downy woodpeckers, just a couple of =
goldfinches here & there and yesterday, a HUGE number of house finches. =
I hesitate to call them a flock because most of them were male! 15 out =
of 20 or so! Also nuthatches, at least a steady pair. We never have many =
juncos, unfortunately, and I've never seen one at the feeders in winter. =
We do have a brook in the backyard that hasn't totally frozen over, =
maybe that helps.=20
Last week in Barre, I did see something unusual, at least for me! A =
big flock (est. 40-50 birds) of a bird I'd never seen before. Large, =
grosbeak size, grosbeak-type bill, brown with rosy head and top of tail, =
flying from berry tree to berry tree eating the brown dried flowers on =
each one. When I got home I checked the Audubon book but no cigar. None =
of them really looked like those birds! They definitely weren't =
waxwings of either type. Any ideas?=20
Thanks! Ellen in Montpelier=20
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Subject: FWD: Eared Grebe near Essex NY
From: SR71BLBRD(AT)aol.com
Date: 27 Jan 2002 2:26pm
Subj: Lake Champlain: Eared Grebe, Bohemians, etc. (fwd)
Date: 1/27/02 12:29:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:12:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <cth4(AT)cornell.edu>
To: Upstate NY Birding <CAYUGABIRDS-L(AT)cornell.edu>
Subject: Lake Champlain: Eared Grebe, Bohemians, etc.
Yesterday (Saturday 26 January 2002), Gerard Phillips and I drove up to
visit with Sean O'brien in the Adirondacks (Saranac Lake). We all headed
over to the Lake Champlain Valley and an area called the Magic Triangle
for the afternoon. This general area we birded was in the Towns of
Westport and Essex, located about due east of Lake Placid near the Lake
Champlain edge, east of Route 87 (the Northway). I believe there is an
exit for Westport off Route 87 via Route 9N.
Anyway, we had a really great afternoon of birding. First we found a
single AMERICAN COOT and a BRANT on the lake from Westport (both really
good species up there). Then we headed south of Westport on Routes 9N &
22. Abut 2-3 miles south of Westport, we took a right onto Napper
Road. About one mile west on Napper Road we crossed the Delaware and
Hudson RR tracks and turned right onto "Back Road to Port Henry" Road
Immediately after crossing the tracks we spotted a really nice adult
NORTHERN SHRIKE perched on the wire crossing over the road. About 1/4
mile down the road, we spotted a flock of about 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
perched in the top of a deciduous tree near the tracks. Shortly
thereafter, a train zipped by flushing them closer into the tree over our
heads. Nice birds. After observing these cooperative and highly vocal
birds for some time, we spotted a differently plumed NORTHERN SHRIKE.
This bird was nice enough to stay perched in a nearby tree affording
excellent scope views and pictures. Over the course of the next hour, we
encountered several other flyover and perched flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS
and CEDAR WAXWINGS.
We then headed north into the Town of Essex. Near the Essex Town Beach in
Whallon Bay (just south of the Essex Ferry about 3 miles) we found a
single EARED GREBE. The bay was quite calm and we were able to take some
digital pictures of the bird as it moved closer to us (perhaps spooked by
the leaving ferry?). The EARED GREBE moved back out into the Bay after
the Ferry passed and stayed out about 1/8 to 1/4 of a mile. The waning
light was not great for pics, but we were able to take some identifiable
shots. Perhaps this bird will stick around.
The Eared Grebe (our last bird of the afternoon) was seen from a point
along Albee Road about 100 yards to the east of the intersection of Albee
Road with Shore Road. Apparently this is a good bird for that area.
Anyhow, it was a great day of birding and an exhausting drive back...we
got back to Cato around 2:15AM (Sunday) and I got back to Ithaca around
3:30AM!
Yawn.
Good luck to anyone who goes to try and see the Bohemians, Shrikes, and
Eared Grebe!
sincerely, Chris T-H.
PS--also, along Napper Road, we saw a flock of about 10 SNOW BUNTINGS
perched in the top of a TREE!
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Grand Isle News:
Two imm. Tundra Swans at Young Island, Sunday, 27 January.
the swans have been reported around the Grand Isle / North Hero
area for the past month.
Dave Hoag, Grand Isle, VT sr71blbrd(AT)aol.com
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Subject: Brattleboro ducks
From: "Debra Blake" <dblake(AT)sover.net>
Date: 27 Jan 2002 4:25pm
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Out by Hinsdale, on the water this spring-like morning I saw . . .
buffleheads
mallards
common mergs
hooded mergs (so great looking)
geese and various gull species
and, I believe, a couple of eiders . . .=20
red tail hawk.
Last year, at this time, the place was alive with robins . . . not this =
year. No bluebirds either, as there were a year ago.
Debra / Brattleboro
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Subject: Is It going To Be An Spring??
From: "Barbara Powers" <barkiepvt(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 27 Jan 2002 5:19pm
Has anyone else notice a change in the chickadee's song. I have heard them
twice sing their spring song. I hope they know something the calendar
doesn't show .. an early spring!
Barbara Powers
Manchester Center, VT
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Subject: RE: Is It going To Be An Spring??
From: Michael Blust <BlustM(AT)greenmtn.edu>
Date: 27 Jan 2002 5:35pm
Daylength is the primary agent of hormonal change in birds. Some species
are programmed to respond earlier than others. My experience has led me to
expect the male territorial calls of chickadees to start in January.
(Note that while this implies the chickadees are not indicating anything
unusual, that does not mean Spring will not be early!)
Mike Blust
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From: Barbara Powers
To: VTbird(AT)raven.csc.vsc.edu
Sent: 1/27/02 4:05 PM
Subject: Is It going To Be An Spring??
Has anyone else notice a change in the chickadee's song. I have heard
them
twice sing their spring song. I hope they know something the calendar
doesn't show .. an early spring!
Barbara Powers
Manchester Center, VT
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Subject: Bird fluctuation and smelly houses
From: Birdermer(AT)aol.com
Date: 27 Jan 2002 9:13pm
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I have also been seeing a fluctuation of birds at my feeders/feeding area. Up
until about three days ago we have been having between 12-30 turkeys coming
to eat daily, sometimes staying all day in the woods hoping we will go out
again to put down some seed. But they haven't shown up for at least three
days. Maybe it's because of the latest warm spell and they can get feed down
on the open fields; but I haven't noticed them there either.
I have had the usual chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, both red and
white nuthatches, a few mourning doves, blue jays, about a dozen cardinals
and today we had a Barred Owl show up about 7:30 this morning. Things went
quiet for a bit while it was around, but we were able to get a real nice look
at it, so that was OK. Yesterday I startled (as well as myself being
startled) a couple of ruffed grouse. I was following their tracks in the snow
(when we had some yesterday!) and next thing you know they flushed out of the
trees. We also had a few Waxwings looking for berries on the Cedar trees.
On my walks this weekend the only birds I saw were Chickadees and Pigeons.
Usually I see at least one Red Tail and occasionally a Shrike but they were
absent.
Last Sunday when it was so blustery cold there were 15 Bluebirds at the
bottom of our driveway. I have been checking every day since but haven't seen
them since. I was so excited I wanted to put out a few houses in hopes of
luring them in. When I went to the barn to check them out, I remembered that
last year I had mice in some of them. Needless to say they smell of mice
urine. I had tried to use a mixture of bleach and water to clean them out,
but they still smell. Will the Bluebirds still use them if they have that
odor to them? Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get the smell
out????
Thanks
Merrie Perron
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Subject: FW - Bird fluctuation and smelly houses
From: "Dana C. Rohleder, O.D." <dcrohleder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Jan 2002 10:31pm
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Merrie,
You may want to try washing them with a baking soda solution, then leave =
dry baking soda in them which should help to pull the urine smell out of =
the wood. Then leave them open to the weather for a while and let them =
bleach naturally in the sunlight.=20
Dana
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Last Sunday when it was so blustery cold there were 15 Bluebirds at the=20
bottom of our driveway. I have been checking every day since but haven't =
seen=20
them since. I was so excited I wanted to put out a few houses in hopes =
of=20
luring them in. When I went to the barn to check them out, I remembered =
that=20
last year I had mice in some of them. Needless to say they smell of mice =
urine. I had tried to use a mixture of bleach and water to clean them =
out,=20
but they still smell. Will the Bluebirds still use them if they have =
that=20
odor to them? Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get the smell=20
out???? =20
Thanks
Merrie Perron
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