How about 100 in the trees around a rail yard. They like to feed on
spilled grain.

Roger
Maple Ridge BC

Neens wrote:

> So... I get all excited because I have one band tailed pigeon. Can
> you say "green birder"? Wowza! Diligently I fill my feeders,
> adoring all my little feathered friends arriving for a meal, and the
> pigeons too. Weeks later, I'm elated, I have two BTPs! Isn't that
> cute!!! A couple of months pass, and the next thing I know, there's
> five - quaint, and soon, there were six - you know, there's always a
> friend hiding in the bushes. Today takes the cake, though. I HAD
> SIXTEEN in my yard. HOLY COW! They were feeding (five of them) on the
> "funny weeds under the bird feeder" as my husband said. (Those funny
> weeds are sunflower sprouts... obviously my true love is not of the
> gardening gene...) Five were standing in the rain, in the driveway,
> doing nothing, along with the female duck that comes with her handsome
> hubby each day to eat the rolled corn I put out for them... And last
> but not least - there were six more pigeons trying to balance on my
> feeder, reminiscent of a clown car at a circus, or sea lions trying to
> balance on a floating pier. Quite funny! Unfortunately, i was on
> conference calls and unable to get any pics of that flock! I was
> stunned. Did someone say these birds were shy??? HA! Better yet, the
> squirrel, who has ZERO patience, grew tired of waiting for space to
> free up at the feeder. He jumped from the limb, smack into the group
> of pigeons on the feeder, and pigeons went flying EVERYWHERE!!!!! The
> squirrel sat quietly, looking very pleased with himself, nibbling on
> goodies. My dove numbers are growing. I'm up to anywhere from two to
> twelve. They're quite happy to sit in the Hemlock outside my window
> while I take photos through the glass. I'm now buying bird seed at
> Costco... 16.97 for 40#. The "little" birds are eating like termites!
> These guys eat like lumberjacks, I let their size fool me.. Little did
> I know the voracious appetites they posess! LOL I put almost a pound
> in their feeder daily - these are the finches, chickadees and
> nuthatches. The woodpeckers are well mannered, as usual. They've
> reached the point where they obviously don't care if I"m on the porch
> or not... suet comes first. :O) Some young grackals have found the
> suet post, much to my dismay. I have about five crows that show up
> for 1/2 hour here/there, and then they're off to commit pranks
> elsewhere. My humming birds are emptying three feeders about every
> four days (I have only counted four hummers, one male Annas, one male
> and two female Roufus). I have been quite interested in my
> Goldfinch's markings... One has a yellow head, with a jagged black
> line - much like Madeline Kahn in Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein.
> Then I have another with a lovely black cap, and a bright yellow
> eyebrow... Funny how you learn your little visitors by their
> individual markings! Here's a link to a shot of four pigeons trying to
> hang out on my feeder, and my strangely marked goldfinches (and other
> friends): http://www.pbase.com/neens_wa/bird_watching&page=1 Cheers
> from the work at home office, where birding is not terribly
> spectacular, but still loads of fun!nina Bremerton neens at wavecable
> dot com
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