<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3073"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3072">Still snowing (heavily) and blowing here.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3071"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3070">More frantic birds: To the growing crowd of juncos and house finches add house sparrows, starlings, crows, blue jays, goldfinches and even cowbirds, not to mention the other every-days - chickadees, cardinals, nuthatches and downy wps. The competition is fierce.<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3189"> </span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3412"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3411"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3410">I wonder where the creeper is? </span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3359" dir="ltr">I'm impressed with how well the chipping sparrows hold their own at the feeder, against their bigger cousins. <br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3348">Back out soon to de-ice and replenish. </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3370" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3371">Lucky for them I won't run out of chow.</span><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3100" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3099" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3098" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3097" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3101" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3107"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> krawdad via Mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3135"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3134" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:44 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3103"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3102" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Mnbird] Blizzard birds in Martin Co.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3104"><br><div id="yiv7826199471"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3106"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3105" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8484"> In the blow at Fairmont . . .</div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8485">Out several times to de-ice and fill feeders and to ground scatter for sparrows and such.</div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8508">We have a hoard of juncos (their "personal space" has shrunk by half at least and they are learning how to hang on to a suet feeder) and the usual crowd of house finches, resident robin that is hanging tight and the red-belly woodpecker has returned, a few chipping sparrows and a fox sparrow have arrived, and just now a grackle and a red-winged bb at a feeder.</div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8555">The male cooper's that was lurking yesterday could be expected to visit this crowd. </div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8621">Visibility has been around 300ft, give or take, for several hours.</div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8658"><br></div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8659"><br></div><div id="yiv7826199471yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523714946769_8622">Ed B-K</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Mnbird mailing list<br><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3372" href="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" ymailto="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a><br><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1523796152420_3373" href="http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>