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Re: Birds? What birds?
- Subject: Re: Birds? What birds?
- From: Randy Emmitt <birdcr@concentric.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:19:01 -0500
- CC: CAROLINA BIRDS <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- References: <v04210102b4524c1c2cf1@[165.166.189.156]>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Folks,
All I know is my overgrown butterfly garden was full of White-throated
Sparrows and Juncos today gathering seeds as I pulled in from work. A
good reason to leave your garden as is til early spring! The feeders were
empty and my yard was swarming with winter birds.
I also had my first Great Blue Heron of the season on my pond as I came
outside this morning
Randy Emmitt
birdcr@concentric.net
Rougemont,NC
http://www.naturevision.com
BILL HILTON JR wrote:
> CarolinaBirders . . .
>
> I'm just not sure whether to believe any of these reported sightings
> in the Carolinas of Purple Finches, Pine Siskins, Red-breasted
> Nuthatches, and the like.
>
> There are virtually NO birds at Hilton Pond near York SC, and haven't
> been for nearly two weeks. Even the resident Northern Cardinals and
> Carolina Chickadees have abandoned the sunflower seed feeders. I did
> capture a lone White-throated Sparrow yesterday-one I had banded last
> fall-and I think there was a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in a treetop this
> morning, but it could merely have been a bird-like leaf that my
> wishful thinking turned into a kinglet. (Oh, yeah, there WAS a Common
> Crow that flew over today, but he looked listless and lethargic and
> perhaps as if he had a Nile-like virus or something.)
>
> All I can figure is all the local birds are out spread-eagled
> somewhere, sopping up the 70-degree temperatures and UV radiation
> that have come with this phenomenally warm November.
>
> Anyone else in the Piedmont--or elsewhere--notice a dearth of avian
> activity at feeders or in your yards?
>
> Of course, the lack of visible bird like at my house could be
> correlated with the arrival of a miniature juvenile male
> Sharp-shinned Hawk late last month, a bird so small it can
> practically fly through my dense Trumpet Creeper patch without even
> slowing down. This guy would probably whomp up on a Whooping Crane if
> he had a chance.
>
> Lonely in York,
>
> BILL
>
> **********
>
> BILL HILTON JR.
> "The Piedmont Naturalist"
> Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
> 1432 DeVinney Road
> York, South Carolina 29745
> USA
>
> e-mail: <hilton@rubythroat.org>
>
> Voice & Fax: (803) 684-5852
>
> Operation RubyThroat Website: <http://www.rubythroat.org>
>
> "Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
> watch the sunset."
>
> BHjr.
>
> **********
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