[birdky] Re: WOW! WOW!
- From: David Svetich <svetich813@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: joan-of-art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:00:45 -0500
Lexington Spindletop
Lone Ross' s Goose comically huddled on the main lake ice in front of a
lone gangly Sandhill Crane . Actually saw the Ross flying in earlier and
lucked upon it again. Picture available . 500 Canada geese with them. 300
Horned Larks! No Buntings or Longspurs. Watched a Merlin take a Goldfinch.
40 plus Savanah Sparrows. And the usuals.
No Redpoll report as of 1300.
Dave Svetich
Lexington, Ky
On Feb 16, 2015 11:14 AM, "Joan Carr" <joan-of-art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All Birders,
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> I thought we had a great yard bird yesterday, A COOPER’S HAWK, but this
> morning’s first time ever sighting on the yard topped that. I had just
> finished eating my breakfast in the upstairs sunroom when I spotted a large
> black bird in the AMERICAN LINDEN TREE CLUMP about 25-30 feet up. I was
> rather positive that it was a RAVEN. It was perched on a limb about 25 feet
> away. After looking at it through my binocs, I was positive of the ID. I
> already had the spotting scope set up, and Les took a look through the
> scope and re-affirmed my ID. Now, how many KYBIRDERS have had such a bird
> at their feeders? Unlike yesterday’s visitor, the COOPER’S HAWK, the RAVEN
> didn’t scatter the other birds. It walked all over the yard, looking for
> something to eat. I have some frozen corn-on-the-cob in the freezer and
> plan to put some on the ground later. However, the snow is very deep (6”)
> and still falling heavily and will cover up whatever is put out. Last year
> I placed a tarp on top of the snow and put food on it. When the snow became
> too deep for the birds to find the food, I shook the snow off and repeated
> the cycle. The food disappears from the feeders quite rapidly, as do the
> suet cakes.
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> I hope that all of you are snuggled in and have plenty of food supplies!
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> Cheers,
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> Joan-of-art-and-nature (Carr) in Pike County’s most eastern tip
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