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<div dir="auto">I live on the North end of a small canoeing lake with lots of trees. As I have done pruning, I have built large piles of brush which form ample hiding places. Other than one neighbor who has thinned his trees drastically, there is a lot
of coverage and sufficient territory for a large number of birds.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I think like you, I have 4 or 5 breeding pairs and that in spite of the weird Summer weather, they were all pretty successful because many of the visitors are immature birds</div>
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<div dir="auto">Just a week or so ago, i saw a male still feeding eager youngsters. Even with 3 potential Cardinal feeders, there is a pecking order.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I have also noticed two pair of Blue Jays -- I know they are very secretive, but now that the young are out the nest, they are coming around more often.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Fortunately or not, I haven't seen a Coopers Hawk all Summer.</div>
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<div>From: Tami Vogel <tvogel@wrcmn.org> </div>
<div>Date: 10/5/19 3:00 PM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: Peter L Gilles <gilles_peter_l@msn.com> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: Hadley Lake Report </div>
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Our "winter" cardinals are starting to arrive. During the summer we have fewer (6-8) simply due to breeding territory. But we'll end up with 24-26 cardinals throughout the winter. It's always a highlight to have that many around.
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Sounds like you have a great bird yard!</div>
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- Tami in Afton<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Mnbird <mnbird-bounces@lists.mnbird.net> on behalf of Peter L Gilles via Mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 5, 2019 2:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mnbird] Hadley Lake Report</font>
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Cardinals. </font></div>
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Has anyone else noted the abundance of Cardinals this Fall? Or is my backyard just fortunate? </font></div>
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Last year the number of Cardinals coming to my feeders seemed to decline significantly. This Summer, I felt the number was rebounding and now I have 10 or 12 -- maybe more if I really paid attention to their physical
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">I have 4 feeders -- three primarily used by the Cardinals (one is a vertical tube largely used by Chickadees and Nuthatches) and the Cardinals are often lined up in the nearby branches waiting their turn.</font></div>
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<div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Also saw a raft of Coots on Parker's Lake (Cty Rd 6) Friday -- first of Fall.</font></div>
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