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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Howieh on May 09, 2013, 10:06:45 AM

Title: Good things come in pairs
Post by: Howieh on May 09, 2013, 10:06:45 AM
After a pretty quiet winter I now have a pair of cardinals, at least two pairs of goldfinches, a pair of house finches, a pair of chipping sparrows, a white throated sparrow, lots of house sparrows, a few robins, a cottontail rabbit (I think) and a bunch of chickadorks(!) trying to wreck my hummingbird feeder! :)
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: MEGHAN on May 09, 2013, 05:28:23 PM
Quote from: "Howieh"
chickadorks(!)

 :lol:  :lol:

Oh my Howie..I read that this morning and it still makes me laugh everytime I think of that word for them.
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: Howieh on May 09, 2013, 07:21:06 PM
I think they are distant relatives of the red breasted nutcase! (they haven't returned yet!) :)
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: Howieh on May 10, 2013, 07:22:27 PM
A pair of red winged blackbirds just dropped by, another first for me (at my feeder that is!) and the white crowned sparrows have arrived...but no hummingbirds since May 7, I guess the females are late! :)
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: Howieh on May 17, 2013, 09:32:38 PM
I know they will probably leave soon but I've really enjoyed watching about half a dozen white crowned sparrows hanging around under my feeder, waiting for the overflow produced by the birds that do go to the feeder. The grass has grown since they arrived so most of the time all I see is a bunch of white stripes bobbing up and down! Funny to watch!...was chatting with someone who lives in Uxbridge and has 4 hummingbird feeders - lots of activity but still NO females.
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: MEGHAN on May 17, 2013, 10:48:19 PM
Quote from: "Howieh"
...was chatting with someone who lives in Uxbridge and has 4 hummingbird feeders - lots of activity but still NO females.

Maybe we should go up there then... :wink:
Title: Re: Good things come in pairs
Post by: Axeman on June 07, 2013, 11:08:15 PM
Lol chickadorks..