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RE: earlybird birds




I had a WT sparrow in my yard Thursday Oct. 4.  A barred owl in the yard
produced a lot of excited birds, including the WT.

Veronica Pantelidis
Greenville, NC

pantelidisv@mail.ecu.edu
 



> ----------
> From: 	Jack McLain
> Sent: 	Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:14 PM
> To: 	'Carolina Birds'
> Subject: 	RE: earlybird birds
> 
> I had a WT sparrow, YB sapsuckers (several imm and adults) and three brown
> 
> headed nuthatches in my yard last Saturday afternoon.
> 
> Jack McLain
> Durham, NC
> 
> At 12:01 PM 10/10/2001 -0400, William J. Warfel wrote:
> >On Sunday afternoon I watched one White-throated Sparrow cleaning up
> after
> >the Cardinals under my sunflower seed feeder.  This is was earliest I've
> >seen them at my home.
> >William J. Warfel
> >Fayetteville
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:   Rob G. [SMTP:thrush@hotmail.com]
> >Sent:   Tuesday, October 09, 2001 6:24 PM
> >To:     Carolinabirds@duke.edu
> >Subject:        Re: earlybird birds
> >
> >
> >W. Cook wrote:
> > >  I've been hearing reports of cone crop
> > >failures up north this year, so we could be in for a winter finch
> > >invasion.
> >
> >Jonathan Steere, in N. Durham reported to me seeing Wh-Thrtd.Sparrows in
> >his
> >yard this past weekend, RC Kinglets the week before, and RB Nuthatches
> the
> >week before that -- he too speculated that food shortages up north from a
> >dry summer were driving birds south early and to anticipate a good
> birding
> >winter.
> >
> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >**Rob Gluck
> >Chapel Hill
> >thrush@hotmail.com
> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> >
> >
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