Subject: [Tweeters] Who's visiting my porch and our neighborhood!
Date: Apr 27 11:02:29 2007
From: nina - neens at wavecable.com


Kelly - I will ask my neighbor if she will give me permission to share
her image with the Tweeters gang.

I'll keep you posted.

I was so thrilled to see the dove! I'm from Southeast Texas, and we fed
a flock of almost 20 mourning doves daily as a child. We had a patio in
the back yard my father built especially for them, and it was so nice to
sit on the "people" patio under a huge Mulberry tree, and listen to
their soft voices in the evening... brings back old memories, and I
would GLADLY welcome them to my yard anytime.

I just have to figure out how to keep the (*^(* at ^ at cat from across the
street AWAY from my babies!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's allowed to roam, and has
for many years where he is now near feral... It bothers me for his
safety, and health, and my bird babies. My own cats are kept inside for
safety (MANY coyotes here), and nature reasons. Grr...

I would be squealing if I'd seen that Egret!!!!! WOW~!

nina



Kelly McAllister wrote:

> Wow, Nina, you're enthusiasm is a splendor to behold.
>
> I checked out your pictures and it does appear that you got a nice
> portrait of the neck and head of a Mourning Dove.
>
> The Calliope Hummingbird is great sighting. Dawn Bailey photographed a
> Calliope Hummingbird near Eatonville just a couple of weeks ago. They
> are "very rare" in western Washington according to the tome by Wahl,
> Tweit, and Mlodinow. Any chance you could upload the picture of the
> hummingbird to your site?
>
> Kelly McAllister
> Olympia, Washington
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "nina" <neens at wavecable.com>
> To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 10:17 AM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Who's visiting my porch and our neighborhood!
>
>
>> Last weekend, I took my mom to visit a heron rookery a friend told me
>> about - we counted TWENTY THREE NESTS!!!!! WOW! I would love to have
>> a stool, and legal access to sit all day and watch/wait for herons to
>> photograph. <sigh> They are SO beautiful! We also enjoyed watching
>> a female eagle in her nest feeding her young (too small to peek above
>> the nest's edge) while the male brought her food and watched nearby.
>> This was our first time to see an eagle's nest. Holy smokes! What
>> an amazing piece of architecture!!!!!
>>
>> Lst week, I had the purple finch show up
>> (http://westernimagphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/2290326#143200282) - I
>> was entranced... In conversation with my fellow birding neighbor, she
>> told me about Goldfinches! Lo and behold, the next day I saw a flash
>> of yellow, and quickly looked up on my bird chart - Goldfinch. Off I
>> ran to the WILDBIRD store to acquire the necessary things for
>> finches... I hung three socks wednesday evening, and Thursday morning
>> enjoyed the antics of between four and eight goldfinches! One of the
>> finches has realized the hanging feeder is the place to be, so while
>> everyone crowds amongst song sparrows and pine siskins on the
>> socks... this little guy hangs out on the feeder and eats like a
>> champ! :O)
>>
>> My neighbor also caught a snapshot of a Calliope Hummingbird last
>> week!!!!! It's blurry, but there's no doubt (even for my
>> un-practiced eye) that it's a Calliope!!!! Of course, she enjoys
>> probably 30+ hummingbirds in her yard all the time but there have
>> apparently been VERY FEW sightings of this bird in Kitsap, and only
>> her photograph that we know of! I was truly excited for her!.
>>
>> This morning, I had two new someones visit - can't tell if it's a
>> dove or a pigeon... I think one is a dove - All I could get was a
>> headshot through the railing of my porch.
>> http://westernimagphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/2290326#147344251
>>
>> The second visitor was a pigeon (Band Tailed Pigeon) I've never seen
>> before - never seen a pigeon here in the neighborhood...a grab shot
>> in my tree.
>> http://westernimagphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/2290326#147344194
>>
>> Rest assured, I am going to B&N tonight, armed with my emailed coupon
>> to invest in a solid bird reference!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> nina
>> Newberry Hill area (Bremerton)
>>
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