[Mnbird] Backyard Report Scott County

Tue Jan 13 08:13:25 CST 2015

The only unusual sighting I've had is a male Red-winged Blackbird that
continues to feast at the safflower feeder. We've had three Pileated
Woodpeckers at one time near the suet feeder. We haven't seen any Purple
finches for a couple of years. The House Finch's have been few in number.
Goldfinches are fewer in number than usual. We have a male/female pair of
Yellow-shafted Flickers we love to see, and do see often.

Other than that.......the usual suspects keep us entertained.

I hate saying this. But we haven't been bothered by squirrels this year.
Just one or two. Man, I shouldn't have written this. The deck will
probably be torn down when I get home.

Happy birding! Stay warm!

Rog

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* Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:18:24 -0600
* From: Kevan Bohan <kjbohan at gmail.com>
* To: jtanamachi at comcast.net
* Cc: "Joel H. Dunnette" <jdunnette at gmail.com>, MnBird
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* Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Goldfinches
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* I've been out everyday so far this year for several hours along Minnehaha
* Creek in sw Mpls and have only seen goldfinches once, in a group of 3+,
* flying quickly away. They are usually the most reliable bird in this
* stretch, along with Cardinals, Chickadees, woodpeckers and House Sparrows;
* all of the aforementioned have been abundant so far this year.
*
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* On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:05 PM, <jtanamachi at comcast.net> wrote:
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*> As it happens, we had a gang of 20+ American Goldfinches show up here in
*> Lauderdale (near the State Fair grounds) just a few days ago. We had not
*> seen them since winter set in a couple of months ago. Cardinals, on the
*> other hand, are scarce.
*> Jeanne Tanamachi
*>
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*> *From: *"Joel H. Dunnette" <jdunnette at gmail.com>
*> *To: *"net, mnbird at lists. mnbird." <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
*> *Sent: *Monday, January 12, 2015 8:36:03 AM
*> *Subject: *[Mnbird] Goldfinches
*>
*>
*> We have far fewer goldfinches than we usually have this time of year.
*> What are other folks' finding?
*>
*> --
*> Joel Dunnette
*>
*> Byron / Rochester MN
*>
*> 507-269-7064
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* Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:51:00 -0600
* From: Paul Wicklund <p.wicklund at mchsi.com>
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* Subject: [Mnbird] Goldfinch numbers Wayzata, Hennepin county
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* We have had good numbers of goldfinch this winter, often as many as 20-25.
* They have preferred shelled sunflower to Niger and make regular use of the
* heated birdbath.
* Juncos join them on the feeders, but also feed on the millet I spread on
* the ground. Does anyone have an inexpensive source for millet? I've found
* that it keeps the squirrels busy also, but the 5-6 that are regulars
* vacuum it up quickly!
* Jan Wicklund
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* Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:38:02 -0500
* From: Jimjanchandler at aol.com
* To: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
* Subject: [Mnbird] Goldfinches & Juncos
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* After a scarcity of birds at the feeders for a few weeks, suddenly a few
* days ago we had at least 8 goldfinches and the same number of juncos.
*
* Also, we seemed to be the sole support of 25 house sparrows for weeks,
* then
*  they just went away about 2 weeks ago.  The neighborhood Coopers Hawk
* may
* have been responsible for their departure. Now the sparrows are  returning
* a few at a time.
*
* Janet Chandler
* Bloomington
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* Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:06:38 -0600
* From: GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE <closmore70 at msn.com>
* To: Robert Van Siclen <vansiclenr at earthlink.net>
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* Our feeders and hanging deer carcass are sustaining all the usual winter
* suspects . More purple finches this year. Even one all blotchey white,
* crimson and black .  Sadly this year our first starlings.
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*> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:17 PM, "Robert Van Siclen"
*> <vansiclenr at earthlink.net> wrote:
*>
*> Most years we can barely keep up with the birds eating all of the seeds
*> in our large Droll Yankee feeder, and cannot keep up with the daily
*> emptying of a smaller post feeder, one of those that looks like a little
*> house (or maybe hog feeder).
*>
*> This year, we have seen nary an English Sparrow, much less the usual
*> crowd of Purple Finches, Sparrows of several varieties, Goldfinches, and
*> the daily visit of a Nuthatch or two.  The Juncos are also not cleaning
*> up under the feeders, since no one is scattering seed.
*>
*> Location is New Brighton.  I have noticed that I am also not seeing
*> birds in the Arbor Vitae or spruces on our mile dog walks, which are
*> usually alive with mixed flocks of these winter hardy birds.
*>
*> Feed is Beisswenger's Cherry Mix seed - a good mix that contains some
*> dried cherries and smells great.  The birds loved this before.
*>
*> I think the sudden and very cold November moved our usual crowd further
*> south.
*>
*> Any ideas?
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* Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:02:28 -0600
* From: Laurie Maloney <lmaloney619 at gmail.com>
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* Subject: [Mnbird] Winter bird update southwest Mn - Houston County
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* I work at Beaver Creek Valley State Park in Houston county far se corner
* of
* the state, and live just over the border in Iowa.  I feed birds at both
* locations and have very strong numbers of goldfinch ands purple finches,
* constantly replenishing the niger feeders.  The suet is going like
* hotcakes, lots of downy, hairy, and Red-bellied woodpeckers. Of course
* plenty of all the usuals, cardinals, blue jays, titmice, white breasted
* nuthatches  Only one brown creeper this winter (at the suet) and no
* red-breasted nuthatches yet. A month ago saw a snowy owl at the Caledonia
* airport, and into late fall had an active Osprey at the creek hunting
* trout in the Park.  Great horned owls have been vocal and active at the
* park last few weeks.
*
* Laurie Maloney
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