Subject: First Bird
Date: Jan 2 07:08:42 2001
From: Edwin Lamb - edsplace at worldnet.att.net


I got up and went to the window in back and saw a Varied Thrush
foraging under the feeder in the yard. Then all the rest were there.

I am curious about one thing. Why is it all the feeder birds seem to
show up at once? Many times I will look out back and there will not
be a bird to be seen. Then when one appears they all come at once. I
have Chickadees, Juncos, Towhees, House Finch, Fox Sparrow, sometimes
Flickers and a Downy.
The backyard is a busy place at times.

Ed Lamb, Bellevue WA

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>
> TWEETERS Digest 2358
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Winter Townsend's
> by "mail to:jbroadus at seanet.com" <jbroadus at seanet.com>
> 2) millennial bird
> by Deborah Wisti-Peterson <nyneve at u.washington.edu>
> 3) New Year, Personal New County Bird, Thurston County
> by "Ryan Shaw" <rtshaw80 at home.com>
> 4) Christmas (card) bird count & First Bird of the Year
> by SCRBJAY at aol.com
> 5) Mountian Plover
> by "Brendan McGarry" <Pica_Pica417 at hotmail.com>
> 6) Columbia Estuary Report - 01/01/2001
> by Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>
> 7) Christmas Bird Counts 5
> by "Craig Corder" <ccorder at eoni.com>
> 8) Ate too much
> by two.wing-nuts at juno.com
> 9) Today at The Fill
> by MaryK <bassclef at aa.net>
> 10) Bird of the Year
> by GMunger140 at aol.com
> 11) Re: Today at The Fill
> by Ileen Weber <iweber at seanet.com>
> 12) flickers
> by SGMlod at aol.com
> 13) ......A short report.
> by Gerald Hamilton <gerald at e-z.net>
> 14) Nisqually NWR sightings
> by "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> 15) Fort St. James CBC
> by "Randy Rawluk" <rawluk at fsjames.com>
> 16) RBA: N ID / E WA / NE OR -- 12/29/00
> by Charles Swift <charless at moscow.com>
> 17) Predator vs. Prey at Nisqually NWR
> by "Steve Nord" <birdersteve at home.com>
> 18) Re: Predator vs. Prey at Nisqually NWR
> by "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> 19) First bird of the year
> by MBlanchrd at aol.com
> 20) Mandarin/Wood Duck differentiation
> by Kelly Mcallister <mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov>
> 21) Fw: First Bird of the Year:
> by "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> 22) Snohomish gyr?
> by "Jim McCoy" <jfmccoy at earthlink.net>
> 23) Re: First bird of the year
> by Arthur Berman <arthurberman at home.com>
> 24) First Bird
> by "Cliff Drake" <ardea at uswest.net>
> 25) Kingbird
> by "Ruth Taylor" <rutht at seanet.com>
> 26) Re: Snohomish gyr? and 1st bird
> by Diann MacRae <tvulture at halcyon.com>
> 27) Bird of the Year
> by Hughbirder at aol.com
>