[wisb] Re: "Indoor" birds
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:52:07 -0800 (PST)
I once went away at Christmas for a few days during a bitter cold snap. As I
pulled out of the driveway I noticed some starlings crowded around the edge of
the chimney, keeping warm from the air coming out of the chimney. Didn't think
anything about it at the time.
When I got home I found my house filled with several dozen starlings!
Apparently they had been "pushed" into the chimney by other starlings crowding
in to get closer to the warmth. They somehow managed to get through the furnace
and into the basement, and then came up the basement stairwell into the house.
They succeeded in knocking down my Christmas tree, tearing open a couple of
loaves of bread on the counter, breaking into other foodstuffs, and pooping all
over the place!
Needless to say, this was not what I needed to encounter when I came home
filled with Christmas cheer. :-)
Bernie Sloan
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From: Peter A. Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 12:15 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: "Indoor" birds
I could keep a list of places where I've seen House Sparrows, which
would include the Monona Menards (I think they live there, near the
pet/birdfood aisle,) a couple of different Copps grocery stores, and as
I recall, the old KMart on East Washington Ave. in Madison (now HyVee
Grocery.)
My favorite case, though, was the spring day at Wyalusing St. Park when
Jim Otto came out of the outhouse at the boat landing and opened his
hands to release the Yellow-rumped Warbler he'd captured inside. Looked
for all the world like a magician doing a trick with a dove...
(We speculated that it had been gleaning insects from spider webs, and
either the door was ajar, or it found a gap in the vent.)
Thinking fondly of spring days at Wyalusing, which will be getting a
foot of snow tomorrow...
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
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