[TN-Bird] Snow Brings Out Yard Birds
- From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird Post" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:00:30 -0600
One of the good side effects of the snow was to cause some of our yard birds to
reveal themselves in unprecedented numbers. We have resident Towhees and knew
they had been raising babies the past couple of years but were astonished
Saturday to see 5 males and 3 females at the same time feeding in front of one
of our brush piles. Previously we had not seen more than two of each gender at
the same time.
The snow also brought us a beautiful Fox Sparrow in the red phase. He is so
shy we may have just missed him before, but the bird food lured him into open
view several times a day over the weekend. Even the male Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker who's been with us all winter left his distant sap holes (maybe they
were frozen) to eat from the suet at the feeders. The number and variety of
birds coming to the feeders and the ground food has been amazing. I'll gladly
shovel that white stuff off the feeding areas if the tradeoff is to see so many
beautiful birds. More snow, I say.
Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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