On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:30:03 GMT, Ray <vortren-newsx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Laurence Sheldon <lfsheldon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Filled and re-hung three feeders.
>>
>> Before I was all the way back in the house, a visitor to one
>> nearest the house.
>>
>> No. Not a Hummingbird. Not an Oriole. Or a butterfly, bee, wasp
>> or ant.
>>
>> A small LBB (hard to get in features looking into the Sun, but I'm
>> guessing female gold finch, female Chipping sparrow (body shape
>> didn't look right, or female Pine Siskin (if we have them
>> here--never been sure of that ID). Sitting on the Hummingbird
>> feeder to reach the mesh bag with the thistle seeds and chopped
>> oil seeds (not much of the latter visible on the bottom side of
>> the bag).
You mentioned before that you weren't sure of identifying a Pine
Siskin--well, if you see, in among the finches, one that is a little
smaller, a little darker, a little streakier than the rest and who
acts like he owns the feeder--a bratty little bird--that's the Siskin.
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC
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>A few days ago a house finch visited my hummer/oriole feeder. He
>seemed to be drinking out of it, but I guess he didn't like it much
>because he hasn't been back. Maybe he'd go for it if it were dyed red
>to match his plumage.
>
>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2575548347_26837c81a8_o.jpg
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