[obol] Re: Little Bunting update (no)
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:40:59 -0700 (PDT)
Hi folks,
Could the homeowner taking down the feeders possibly have anything to do with
the fact that someone on OBOL recently referred to his/her place as "that junky
yard?" :-) Most likely that person doesn't even read OBOL, but it still didn't
seem like the nicest reference to somebody's place who has apparently been
quite welcoming to the visiting hordes. "The birdy yard" seemed like a much
friendlier description.
That said, I hope the bunting will be refound yet again for those lucky enough
to be able to make the long trip (I may have top hold out for my lifer Little
Bunting until I go back to one of Germany's vagrant traps, where the species
has so far diligently eluded me in my European past).
Happy spring bird chasing
Hendrik
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Hendrik G. Herlyn
Corvallis, OR
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
-- Gary Snyder
--- On Wed, 3/27/13, Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Little Bunting update (no)
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 4:27 PM
As far as I'm aware, the Little Bunting has not been seen since Monday morning.
However, as of 8:00 this morning only birders from Idaho and California were
present. If they did find it, I do not know if it would be posted to this list
serve. Tim is absolutely right, that it is probably still around. It should be
noted that when we stopped by the yard this morning, it appeared that the
homeowner had taken down the feeders. Not sure why. I heard that back in
January, he had been fine with visiting birders, even allowing them to re-fill
the feeders when they (quickly) ran out. This morning, a lot of finches had
moved across the street (tall house with feeders, due west of the original
yard) since the feeders were taken down. Even though the bunting has not been
seen at feeders, it might be likely to be hanging out with the congregation of
finches, House Sparrows and juncos. There are plenty of other feeders nearby,
too.
I'll be posting photos of the bunting from last Saturday later tonight. Good
luck everyone!
Adrian
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