Monday, 17 December 2012

[Maine-birds] S Portland feeder action - Redpolls

            Wow!!  The birds are certainly taking advantage of the food offerings in my back yard this morning.  Constant activity - the best being 3 Redpolls - first I have observed on my feeders this year - do not get them every year -   a nice treat to start the day.    It is now almost ll:30 and all I have done so far is to enjoy the birds and taken a few photos (actually many photos - with digital cameras we can just shot away then dump most of them later! )  which I am now downloading.  Not great light but good birds. 

            Exciting viewing when one has a hard time trying to count the number Cardinals in viburnum behind my feeders - I have 4 males and 3 females moving in and out of the bush to the feeders.     Other birds: many Juncos (at least 20), 4 Tree Sparrows, 2 White-throated Sp., 8 Goldfinches, 7 House Finches, 5 Blue Jays, 5 BC Chickadees, 2 T Titmice, 12 Mourning Doves, 2 Downy and 1 Hairy WP, too many House Sparrows, and two Rock Pigeons.   

            Hope you are all having as good a feeder watching day as I am having and are enjoying the first real snow of the winter - at least the first here in southern coastal Maine!    

            Marie 

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