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A male Varied Thrush visited my yard, briefly, at 1200 PDT, Friday, =
October 17, 1998. It was perched in my crab apple tree and was spooked =
out of the yard when I went rushing up to the picture window to get a =
better look. I tried to relocate it in the neighbor's trees but I lost =
it. It hasn't returned. There were also several Ruby-crowned Kinglets =
in the same tree an hour earlier.
A Song Sparrow visited the yard for most of Monday morning and a =
Mountain Chickadee was raiding the sunflower seed feeder between 1230 =
and 1330 PDT. The number of Dark-eyed Juncos is now up to around 10. =
None of these birds are unusual here but they are a sure sign of winter.
There is also an accipiter haunting my yard. I've seen brief glimpses =
of it several times but it is just a flash of feathers leaving my tree =
and flying over the junipers across the street. I can tell it is =
hanging around because the activity around my feeders has decreased =
dramatically the last couple of weeks. I used to fill the feeders every =
day but now I can go three or four days without filling the feeders. I =
don't think this is a seasonal decrease; when the birds are here, the =
are here in the same numbers as before. They just can't spend as much =
time in the yard. Last year, the accipiter hung around all winter and =
occassionally would perch in the crab apple tree for several minutes. I =
kept going back and forth on whether it was a Cooper or Sharpie and I =
think I finally settled on a Coop. I hope this one will hang around; =
they are fun to watch. =20
The city of Albion has hired an animal control agent and the number of =
feral cats has decreased greatly.
My yard is in Albion, Whitman Co., Washington, on the corner of 3rd and =
D Street. I have several feeders filled with black oil sunflower seeds =
and two with thistle seed. I also have a suet feeder. I have a crab =
apple tree, a blue spuce, several non-native junipers and a mountain ash =
tree.
Deborah K. Beutler
Dept. Zoology
Washington State University
Pullman, Whitman Co., WA
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>A male Varied Thrush visited my =
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at 1200 PDT, Friday, October 17, 1998. It was perched in my crab =
apple=20
tree and was spooked out of the yard when I went rushing up to the =
picture=20
window to get a better look. I tried to relocate it in the =
neighbor's=20
trees but I lost it. It hasn't returned. There were also =
several=20
Ruby-crowned Kinglets in the same tree an hour earlier.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>A Song Sparrow visited the yard for most of Monday =
morning and=20
a Mountain Chickadee was raiding the sunflower seed feeder between 1230 =
and 1330=20
PDT. The number of Dark-eyed Juncos is now up to around 10. =
None of=20
these birds are unusual here but they are a sure sign of =
winter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>There is also an accipiter haunting =
my=20
yard. I've seen brief glimpses of it several times but it is just =
a flash=20
of feathers leaving my tree and flying over the junipers across the=20
street. I can tell it is hanging around because the activity =
around my=20
feeders has decreased dramatically the last couple of weeks. I =
used to=20
fill the feeders every day but now I can go three or four days =
without=20
filling the feeders. I don't think this is a seasonal decrease; =
when the=20
birds are here, the are here in the same numbers as before. They =
just=20
can't spend as much time in the yard. Last year, the accipiter =
hung around=20
all winter and occassionally would perch in the crab apple tree for =
several=20
minutes. I kept going back and forth on whether it was a Cooper or =
Sharpie=20
and I think I finally settled on a Coop. I hope this one will hang =
around;=20
they are fun to watch. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The city of Albion has hired an animal control agent =
and the=20
number of feral cats has decreased greatly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>My yard is in Albion, Whitman Co., Washington, on =
the corner=20
of 3rd and D Street. I have several feeders filled with black oil=20
sunflower seeds and two with thistle seed. I also have a suet=20
feeder. I have a crab apple tree, a blue spuce, several non-native =
junipers and a mountain ash tree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Deborah K. Beutler<BR>Dept.=20
Zoology<BR>Washington State University<BR>Pullman, Whitman Co., =
WA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu">dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu</A><BR></=
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