Hello Tweeters,
I got up late this morning do to a trip yesterday.First think I do is look
out the window what is on my feeder.But something catches my eye on the
ground.,A bigger bird feeding on the crushed corn what I put out for the
Juncos.I could not see to good do it is so dark out and it is raining
again.I grabbed my Bins and to my happy discovery,I saw my first male Varied
Thrush for the season.Since we living here in a forest area,we always having
as many Varied Thrashes as 18 in my yard.And there are usual showing up in
November.This is the first time that there are coming so late and there is
only ONE.We been keeping records since 1984,and we seeing them every year
some time staying to May.I wonder if any of you feeder watcher having any
comment's on this.Going out in to my yard chasing the pesky squirrels away
from going on to the suet,I had a so close encounter with my favorite bright
male Townsend's Warbler.This male I can ID from my windows by his different
behavior.When this bird is going on to the perch,he will stay there to he is
eating enough suet taken one bite looking back and taking another bite and
it is going on to count some time thirty times,and he is doing this every
time.Some birds struggle going on to the feeder like the Yellow-rumped
Warblers and especial the Steller's Jay's I got all my 3 feeders together
close to the huge Rhododendron bush,where the birds can perching close
by.This Suet feeder attracts a lot of birds such as
Townsend'sWarblers,Yellow Rumped Warblers Hutton's Vireo,Ruby -crowned
Kinglet's,Golden crowned Kinglet's, Red breasted Nuthatches.Bewick's Wren,
both Chickadee's, Bushtit's ( 18 to 25)Downy Woodpeckers , Pileated
Woodpecker, Steller's Jay's and the Juncos.Than I also having feeders up in
the backyard,what are not that used than the front yard.
I love my yardbirds and never have them empty,filling the suet feeder almost
every day.
Reading Connie Sidles message what was so inspiring,and I experienced this
on rare occasion with my Son Patrick,but lately the little birds are not
coming out for me despite all the pishen and using my little birdcall.

Cheers Ruth Sullivan