Hi Jim, thank you for your pic and description of your fountain! It's
beautiful.
During hot days we put out water for the birds, but we've tried various
placements in preparation for a fountain and the crows always take it over
and run off all the songbirds from the yard, so we haven't put in a
fountain (also my wife took over the yard for her ducks, which is where I
was going to put the fountain).
Last year we actually had a crow nest in our (very tiny yard with a very
large maple) and when their baby fledged it was a mess. The whole crow
extended family came and yelled encouragement (or something? warnings to
everyone else?) for several days until they all flew off together and left
our ducks and songbirds alone.
Don't get me wrong, I love my crow friends, but they do tend to elbow
everyone else out of the way in our yard. :)
Re: the black-headed grosbeak, I did get a couple of direct emails from
folks close to me that have also seen some recently. Haven't seen our male
in a couple of days though.
Happy Saturday,
Jeff
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From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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To: via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Jeff,
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backyard - everything
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changed.? And especially so for those mid-sized birds such as Grosbeaks,
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and even the Robins and Stellar's.? Our fountain is a 3.5 foot tall
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"rectangular stone column"
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sitting on a large water reservoir that is self-repleneshing.? We have
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the pump on a Casa
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switch that can be turned on/off or even programmed from my phone
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(literally from anywhere
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in the world).? The end result is that the bubbling (not spouting) water
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the birds are around (programmed for sunrise to sunset) - and it is rare
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ten minutes without a bird on it.
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? The birds may come-for-the-feeder but they return-for-the-water
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:45:17 -0700
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From: Blythe Horman via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Lynnwood Question
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Hi Tweeters,
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I?m looking for a park near the Alderwood area for some decent birding and
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some actual quiet solitude. Everything I?ve found so far has playgrounds
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and/or traffic noise. I?d be most grateful for suggestions.
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Also a long shot, but is there any beach access on the sound in the Edmonds
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area that?s not packed with people?
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Blythe Horman, Lynnwood
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