FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] RPT: Crazy Feeder Activity - Rowan County

["Scott Freidhof" <sialia67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Like many others this weekend, my bird feeders have been hopping with
action.  No less than 130 red-winged blackbirds set up shop along with
about 30 grackles and a handful of Rusty blackbirds and brown-headed
cowbirds.  Five species of sparrows enjoyed the seed including American
tree and Fox sparrows.  A real surprise was a meadowlark.  It visited a
number of times and picked up seed off the ground.  Finally, the biggest
surprise of all was a small group of horned larks that dropped out of
the sky around 5:45 pm yesterday.  They landed in the scattered seed
amongst the other birds while I was attempting to clean snow off the
car.  My sudden rush to grab the binoculars spooked them off for the
night.  In total, 25 species visited the feeders yesterday.

 

Scott Freidhof

Rowan County