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Winter birds departing?
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Winter birds departing?
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:48:31 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Carolinabirders,
First off, I have to apologize for my last post going to the entire
listserv. My snide comments were meant for Sandy Cash's ears alone...
Speaking of Sandy, in reply to his post on Fish Crows, they generally
outnumber American Crows on Duke's West Campus for most of the warmer
months. No water nearby unless you count Duke Gardens'
exotic-duck-infested ponds. Funny thing is, East Campus has pretty much
only American Crows.
Meanwhile, remember when I noted on a rainy day last week how I still had
20-plus Purple Finches and a Fox Sparrow around? Well, have not seen
either species since. I do still have plenty of Juncos, many of whom were
foraging on our roof today (a Carolina Wren was also up there, picking
through the gutters). Still a few White-throats, too.
And when I switched back to peanut-flavored suet after a couple of weeks
with other flavors, a Brown Creeper - not seen in the yard for a couple
of weeks - suddenly appeared. Coincidence? Could be... I enjoyed watching
the Creeper sunbathe this morning too: at the base of a tree trunk, in
the sun, with its tail and both wings spread as wide as possible, totally
motionless for several minutes. Even all spread out like that, it was
very well camoflaged; my housemate couldn't see it until she walked
outside and scared it into motion...
Good birding!
Josh
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Zoology
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/