Subject: [Tweeters] Early Band-tailed Pigeon
Date: Feb 4 13:22:59 2005
From: Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net


Hello Diann ,Tim and birders,
We having always lot's of Band-tailed Pigeon here in Fircrest Tacoma.I feeding right now 25 birds who increasing some time.We had this Band-tailed Pigeon for at least 15 years.We feeding them Chicken Scratch and Cracked Corn.As Dianne mention there spoke easy.We having a special platform feeder hanging away from the house,but even that can them disturb some time going on our patio.You hear the big rush of feathers when there flying in to our Neighbors big fir tree.I don't mind having them,since few years back there was declining do to a disease,what killed many.In some area there don't have any the way it showed on the CBS here in Tacoma.


Cheers Ruth Sullivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diann MacRae" <tvulture at vei.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Early Band-tailed Pigeon


> Tim and Tweeters,
>
> Tim, shall I send you a few bandtails to help start your season? Day before
> yesterday I had 48 at my feeder - *not* under my feeder. Oh no, these guys
> will try to hang on tube feeders (rather unsuccessfully), teeter at the
> edges of other small feeders, inhale all of the sunflower seeds off the
> large tray feeder in minutes, and even land on the window edge looking in
> at me (for directions to more seeds?). Anyway, they are here all year -
> usually in smaller numbers. I am very wooded with conifers which makes a
> difference.
>
> Neat birds, but when I see a pile of feathers it is usally full of 'dove'
> grey feathers. They aren't too wary about predators, it seems, but panic
> when I even appear at a window, for the most part.
>
> Cheers, Diann
>
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> Diann MacRae
> Olympic Vulture Study
> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
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