[va-bird] Fwd: Lesser Black-backed Gull

Birders ... My apologies if you receive this post twice, I don't think 
the yesterday's effort was successful.
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> From: George Harris <bubo-bubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: January 25, 2005 2:35:33 PM EST
> To: VA Birdlist - POST POST <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc:
> Subject: Lesser Black-backed Gull
>
> Birders,
>
> About noon today, Rosemarie and I observed a Lesser Black-backed Gull 
> at Lake Orange; also, one Black-backed, 6 Herring and ca. 1500 
> Ring-billed Gulls, 9 Bufflehead, 9 Hooded Mergansers.  At the Orange 
> County Landfill, we saw about 600 Ring-billed Gulls, 12 Herring Gulls, 
> 2 Great Black-backed Gulls and one immature Bald Eagle.
>
> Interesting birds in the yard (for us) were:
>
> A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that has claimed the suet feeder in 
> the front yard and spends 2-3 hours per day sitting on the feeder  
> (Yellow-bellied Suetsucker).  It chases away other birds from the 
> "it's" feeder.
>
> Yesterday, Robins were eating cracked corn that was spread on the 
> frozen snow.
>
> A couple of days ago, when the temperature was in single digits, we 
> observed three Chickadees entering a nest box.  I believe I've read 
> that Chickadees will sometimes cluster in nest boxes for warmth.
>
> Today, as we were returning from Lake Orange, we were bemoaning the 
> fact that we had not seen Wild Turkeys around the yard since fall; on 
> cue, four Wild Turkeys were in the front yard.
>
> Other yard birds:  Fox Sparrow (1), Winter Wren (1) Purple Finches 
> (2), Brown Creeper (1), Red-breasted Nuthatch (1), et. al.
>
> Happy birding,
>
> George Harris
> Orange County
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