[NatureNS] White Point birds

Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 18:50:12 -0300
From: "Margaret E.Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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There are still birds visiting the feeders here. We are about to start to 
withdraw a couple of the feeders but there will be two left for the ones 
still interested. I took one down last week.
Chickadees, a very small red breasted nuthatch, lots of juncos and 3 or 4 
white throat sparrows, one White Throat with almost the markings of a song 
sparrow including the stick pin.  Do they mix it up?
whatever it is very aggressive.  I know juncos and White throats are suppose 
connect  but don't know about the White throats.
There are a couple song sparrows, a solitary purple finch female; a male and 
a female purple finch together, a darker brownier one which I think might be 
a house finch.
I have Blue Jays, Common Grackles, Starlings, and Cow birds, male and 
female, Red-winged Blackbird who seems very interested in a Blue Jay and a 
female Red-winged Blackbird who seems unattached so far. Mourning doves, 
lots of Mourning doves, a couple male American Goldfinches ......

and the hummingbird.
It is a male. I have yet to see it visit the feeders (I have three nice 
fresh ones out)  so I am trying to get a photo of it sipping from the 
weeping branch on the grape vine. It is battling chickadees for a place at 
the vine. Just a short time ago it was working its way around the window in 
my living room looking for tiny insects I assume. Wasn't phased a bit at my 
approaching the window but I didn't get a shot before it left. This is 
either one that has been here for a couple weeks now or I have seen three 
birds in the past while. I will have to warm syrup in the am and see if I 
can draw it to the feeders as it seems so cold here. I suppose they ahve 
been passing through here for many years without feeders being in the 
offing.
Marg Millard
White Point, Queens

http://margmillard.ca 

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