[birdky] Re: Unwelcome snow-day visitor, Oldham Co.
- From: Bonnie Avery <bonavery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "kistlers@xxxxxxxxx" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:21:04 -0500
Ditto--grackles, starlings, house sparrows are sidelining the 100's of gold,
house, and purple finches, who look on....for us, it is neighboring farms
clearing trees and fence rows, for corn, and pasture. Hard on the original,
winter inhabitants.
Any thoughts for helping wrens, Bluebirds, etc survive the coming subzero
weather?
Bonnie Avery
Hart co.
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 12:05 PM, sk <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Same here…grackles, cowbirds and starlings feeding with the usual chickadees
> and cardinals. We live back in the woods… I haven’t had any of those here in
> years.
>
> Steve Kistler
> Hart Co
>
> From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Brian Davis
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 10:22 AM
> To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [birdky] Unwelcome snow-day visitor, Oldham Co.
>
> In hoping for something cool to come in with the horde of goldfinches (e.g.,
> a redpoll), I unfortunately saw my first House Sparrow in the yard (a
> female). I haven't been in this neighborhood for a year yet, but one of my
> favorite things was the complete absence of this bird- we are surrounded by a
> nice buffer of pasture and woods. I hope this bird is simply lost and not a
> sign of the inevitable invasion...
>
> Brian Davis
> Goshen
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