Thought I'd share my excitment around here at the feeders the past couple weeks with the recent nasty weather conditions:  

a regular flock of 25-35 goldfinch that invades the nyger and shelled sunflower seeds, 10-12 mourning doves ~daily, 3-4 wild turkeys that frequent the bottom of the feeders and close to the home (very unusual for my yard), the winter-resident 3 titmice, 3 hairy's, 1 downy, 8 chickadees, 2 white/3 chestnut nuthatches loving the suet, 1 blue jay, 1 regular raven low flyover, and a single brown creeper sighting … and on another note, a possum!

Glad to help them out.

Elaine,
Warren NH


On Jan 29, 2019, at 5:48 PM, "Stephen T. Campbell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It’s been a lively birding day here in our Lyme yard.
> 
> First the was a barred owl who perched for an hour on a branch of the pine across the yard about 50 feet from my window. He/she watched the action in the yard. The small birds around the feeders vanished, but the gray squirrels seemed unconcerned. 
> 
> Then there was the flock of turkeys who came closer to the house than ever before, scratching in the snow and pecking below the feeders for a good half hour. Their feet are not designed for snow. They did OK where there was a crust, but when they ventured into soft snow, they tended to posthole. As I do.
> 
> And then to top it all off, a male cardinal (known as redbirds in the Maryland of my youth) landed on the snow under the feeders, looking around as if to say, “Who cleaned out all the seeds?”
> 
> This was a nice way to pass the time as we waited for the snow.
> 
> Steve Campbell
> Lyme
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