[bcbirdclub] Good Birds...
- From: "Richard Kretz" <fatcatz33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Buchanan Co Bird Club" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:20:35 -0400
Folks,
Inspired by raptor perches used along field edges in Germany, I recently
erected three along the fence lines around our yard. Yesterday afternoon a
Sharp-Shinned Hawk swooped in low over an adjacent field to perch briefly on
one before launching an attack on some feeding Goldfinches. She returned about
dusk last night and again this morning. Although not completed until late
September, our water feature, inclusive of a small pond and stream, is
attracting some good birds. At the tail end of the Fall migration we enjoyed
visits from Tennessee, Cape May, and Palm Warblers, as well as Rose-Breasted
Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings to it. Yesterday we had a FOS Ruby-Crowned
Kinglet and several Slate-Colored Juncos visiting. We're also seeing Red-Headed
Woodpeckers and Y-B Sapsuckers on a fairly regular basis. This morning awoke to
noisy Common Grackles in the yard along with a flock of approx. ten Purple
Finches that alternately monopolized a feeder and bathed in the stream.
Enjoy the birds....
Richard Kretz
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