[va-richmond-general] Re: Brown Thrasher

  • From: Nelda Snyder <nsnyder03@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: botnizn@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:01:14 -0400

"My" Phoebes have been back for a week or so, too.  Next waited for date for me 
is April 10-12th when the first hummer usually shows up.  With global warming, 
I might put up a feeder or two before the end of March!
Nelda
On Mar 17, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Kristi Orcutt wrote:

> heard "my" Phoebe return on March 13th (next to Pocahontas State Park)
> Kristi Orcutt
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Catharine W. Tucker <cath.tucker@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> On Mon 3/10,  I realized I missed hearing my phoebe on Mar 7, his usual 
> return date (2008-12 anyway). I went out the kitchen door into a mild, partly 
> sunny morning for routine feeder check. First thing I heard was "my" phoebe 
> singing energetically from 20 ft up on a small limb in the oak behind my car. 
> As I listened the rest of the day, he continued to sing from various "posts" 
> all the way around the house, taking 5-min pauses to catch his breath. 
> 
> At one point about halfway thru his boundary survey, he was answered by 
> another singer about 200 yds to the North near another building. Maybe this 
> year I can watch 2 families grow up.
> Female towhee scavenged spilled seed under feeder this morning.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 17, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Bob Schamerhorn <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> While out working in the yard yesterday our resident pair of Brown Thrashers 
>> returned. We heard them singing and "snapping" in the tree just overhead.
>> 
>> Bob Schamerhorn
>> Website: http://www.iphotobirds.com
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> 

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