Subject: [Tweeters] don't depend on juncos!
Date: Mar 30 15:11:55 2012
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net
At least not for your happiness. Our yard has been literally hopping all winter with juncos. They're in the lawn, they're in the bushes, they're in the trees, they're in the feeders, they're even in the air, at least for short periods. Now they are gone, and the yard seems like a tomb. There is still at least one pair of them, and they may be the birds that intend to breed in the neighborhood, but there were 25-30 most of the winter, and they filled the yard with activity more often than not. Chipping, chasing, and chomping down, they brought a flurry of activity every time they were in the yard, and that was quite often. The change from a few days ago is palpable.
There are still chickadees and nuthatches and jays and flickers and robins and siskins and various other avian delights, and there's a Townsend's Warbler at the suet, but I hadn't realized how much those juncos contributed until now, when they're gone.
Dennis
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net