Subject: [Tweeters] Notes from Roy: 12-16-2008 Morning Feeders
Date: Dec 16 10:04:36 2008
From: Denis DeSilvis - avnacrs4birds at q.com


Tweeters,

When I went out to refill the feeding stations just after dawn this morning,
the temp was 11.7 deg F, but because there was no wind, it wasn't too bad.
Yeah, right: I had to thaw out my fingers before refilling the seed buckets
when I came back inside!



In the past half hour, I estimated the number of birds both feeding and in
the trees at about 246 of 26 species. The eight sparrow species were all
here again today.



Ring-necked Pheasant - 1

California Quail - 7 (although the main flock of about 20 flew across the
street when I scattered some seed near where they were coveyed-up)

Mourning Dove - 37

Downy Woodpecker - 3

Steller's Jay - 5

Black-capped Chickadee - 15

Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 10

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (feeding at two different suet stations)

American Robin - 1

Varied Thrush - 1 (the first of the season here)

European Starling - 25 (across the street in the old apple orchard)

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 (feeding on the ground and at a suet station -
poss the same female as last winter?)

Spotted Towhee - 5

Fox Sparrow - 6

Song Sparrow - 8

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 1

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

Golden-crowned Sparrow - 12

Dark-eyed Junco - 50

Red-winged Blackbird - 2

Purple Finch - 15

House Finch - 15

Pine Siskin - 7

House Sparrow - 10



In addition, about 20 Cackling Geese overflew a few minutes ago.



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

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