Subject: Re: Backyard Birds
Date: Dec 29 14:05:26 1996
From: mac at halcyon.com - mac at halcyon.com


I too have been glued to my windows watching the spectacle at my feeders.
As soon as I got up this morning, I cast my seed upon the newly fallen
snow, and it wasn't more than a minute before the throngs reappeared. My
list (I'm also in Redmond, on Rose Hill) is almost the same as Grant's.
Only difference - I haven't seen a single chickadee since the snow began.
Weird. The snow brought a new yard bird to us. We had never had varied
thrushes before. My daughter spotted a pair the first snowy day. This
morning there were nine! They were gorgeous yesterday, fluffed up in front
of the snowy background, with the sun shining on them! And especially
mingling on the ground with the robins and towhees - variations on a theme
by Ma Nature. As I sit shivering in my unheated rec room in front of this
screen, I can watch the couple dozen finches hunkered down in the grape
vine under my eaves, making brief sorties to the hopper feeder.

Happy backyard birding everyone!

Debbie McLeod
Redmond WA
mac at halcyon.com

Debbie McLeod
Redmond WA
mac at halcyon.com