FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] backyard birds 2-12-08

[SharpLinz@xxxxxxx]

Today has been just a beautiful wonderful day!  Of all days to run out  of 
bird food too!  I suppose all the ice and snow brought in all the hungry  birds 
to eat.  To compensate for running out of bird food, we dumped all  the rest 
of the thistle seed from one of the feeders then threw out some oats  then 
bread crumbs then after all that we dumped out dog food for them not  counting 
the 
peanut butter suet in the feeder.  All this food disappeared  in no time at 
all.  Here's a list so far of all the birds we spotted in our  yard so far 
today:
 
Carolina Chickadees
Female Downy Woodpecker
Red Bellied Woodpecker but it did not come in the yard
Male and Female Cardinals
Blue Jays
Song Sparrows
Dark Eyed Juncos
House Sparrows
Eurasian Collared Doves
Mourning Doves
Ringed Turtle Doves
Carolina Wrens
Red Winged Blackbird
Common Grackles
Starlings
CowBirds
 
There's just been too many birds to be counting how many we have had of  each 
one.  No sign yet of our Cooper Hawk that likes to visit his buffet in  our 
yard and no sign of the Flicker that drops by from time to time.  We  have got 
to get out tomorrow and buy some more bird food.  This has been  fun to watch 
all the excitement but I do wish the sparrows and the starlings  would stay 
out of the suet feeder.  We have been surprised that even the  cardinals enjoy 
eating out of it.
If this ice and snow is what it takes to bring in so many birds then  bring 
on more!
Linda and Carl, Owensboro



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