I feel pretty sure that we need to feed, but there still are unintended
consequences. We did take pictures, but they aren’t great with just a smart
phone.
What would we do without nature? I never want to know!
On Feb 20, 2021, at 11:10 AM, PRESTON FORSYTHE <pns_for@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is a predicament.
To Feed or not to Feed.
We feed.
Hope you can take some Sharpie pictures.
Preston Forsythe, Browder, KY...where we are sharpy-less, but we have
observed many in the fall at northeast migration ridge passes, esp. at the
Gunks.
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 8:59 AM, Joyce Fry
<joycefry1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We are having a bit of a dilemma play out here in northern Franklin County.
February 15th, we marveled, oohed and awed over the appearance of a beautiful
juvenile sharp-shinned hawk perching on vegetation in our rain garden and
bird feeders station. We watched as he dispatched what appeared to be a junco
after he had switched to hunting from a nearby cedar tree. Since that day,
the sharpie has appeared virtually every day, switching his hunting perch to
one of the Shepard’s hooks of the feeders. With his presence, the feeder
birds, understandably, don’t visit the feeders! When he’s not here the
familiar feeder birds are bullied about by 3-4 blue jays, a couple of
starlings and a now regular northern mockingbird who feels as if he owns the
joint, except of course when the sharpie is here. This is a dilemma of our
own making by setting up the bird feeders in the first place. Don’t get me
wrong, I know that Mr. Sharpie needs to eat, too, and I root for him, but I
wish he would realize that his first success was when he perched from the
cedar tree, not showing his presence directly over the feeders. I just wish
he would get his meal and let the other birds eat for awhile!
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