VA Birders,
With snow falling here in Buchanan County today the birds crowded to the
feeders. This afternoon 27 Cardinals came in. There were 19 bright red males
decorating the trees and 8 females coming in tentatively.
Several times during the day the flock of 50 Mourning Doves descended on the
feeders, which in a small way, reminded me of what it must have been like
before the demise of the Passenger Pigeons, when huge flocks of those birds
broke down tree branches.
The resident male Sharp-shinned swooped in at least 3 times today without
success. A couple of times he ended up on the platform feeder alone, where
there had been a mass of feathered bodies only seconds before.
Enjoy the birds,
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
Buchanan County
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