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Re: Still snowing
- To: "Randy Emmitt" <birdcr@concentric.net>
- Subject: Re: Still snowing
- From: "Randy Dunson" <rdunson@interpath.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:08:04 -0500
- Cc: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- References: <45.888442.25bf074c@aol.com> <388DB378.97459A4D@concentric.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Still snowing in Hillsborough as well. 15-20 inches! A wide variety at all
of the feeders: purple finches, goldfinches, warblers, titmice, juncos,
carolina wrens, bluebirds, cardinals... Will definitely have to refill
soon.
Randy Dunson
Hillsborough NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Emmitt" <birdcr@concentric.net>
Cc: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Still snowing
> Folks,
>
> I waded thru 16 inches of snow at 7:15 am and filled my large fly thru
feeder. By
> 8:15 it was empty........... The birds are very busy here, I`ve even seen
Titmice
> hanging upside down from below my screen bottomed platform feeder. Never
saw that
> before.
>
> The visitors are good though I`ve had a Fox Sparrow eating under my
feeder. Pine
> Siskin and Pine Warbler in the feeder. Right now there`s a pair of
Bluejays in
> the fly thru, I`ve never seen them in that feeder before as they visit the
> platform usually. I`ll be refilling the platform feeder as soon as it
quits
> snowing.
>
> Looks like I`ll be stuck here for days unless a snowplow shows up.
>
> Randy Emmitt
> Snowbound in Rougemont,NC
> http://www.rlephoto.com
>
> HALWB@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Cbirders,
> >
> > Feeling sorry for the ground-feeding birds, I bundled myself up and
walked
> > out into the yard with several of those huge convenience store cups full
of
> > black-oil sunflower seed. At a sufficient distance from my apartment,
but in
> > an area still close enough to watch from a window, I broadcast the bird
food
> > over the top of the snow.
> >
> > Maybe you have already guessed what happened.
> >
> > As the warm seed hit the cold soft snow, it impacted with enough force
to
> > come to rest just under the surface. Then, it continued to sink. It
gets
> > worse. By the time I made it back inside to look out of the window, the
> > falling snow had obliterated any trace of my efforts.
> >
> > My next plan is to put a cookie-sheet out and put the seed on top. If
that
> > doesn't work, I am going to spread the last of the seed around on the
kitchen
> > floor and leave the back door open.
> >
> > Snowbound in Buies creek,
> > Hal Broadfoot
> > Hawb@aol.com
>
>