I stand corrected (and happy to have learned something new, thanks, Scott):
European Starlings are NOT in the same family as grackles...I was using
the term "family" loosely, thinking "blackbird" family as the starling is
found on the same page as a Red-winged Blackbird in the American Bird
Conser
I have been watching goldfinches a lot lately, but I wonder if they were
doing what I recently saw a mob of chickadees and a nutchatch do recently.
Nuthatch came first, then a mob of chickadees followed; all landed on my
patio umbrella and were going crazy, gleening something from the underside
of
t;Robyn Bailey"
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Fast" mailto:sustf...@yahoo.com>>, "CAYUGABIRDS-L"
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o without conscience or shame
>>> as do all predators. Nature is messy. Good work for keeping your
>>> cats inside.
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *"Melanie Uhlir" mailto:mela...@mwmu.com&g
stf...@yahoo.com>>, "CAYUGABIRDS-L"
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 4:17:23 PM
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I guess I hate chipmunks now. Why didn't the vicious vermin eat the murder
victims??
My cats a
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Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 4:17:23 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] a mystery---goldfinchs
I guess I hate chipmunks now. Why didn't the vicious vermin eat the murder
victims??
My cats are indoor-only. If I could train them to ea
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 4:17:23 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] a mystery---goldfinchs
I guess I hate chipmunks now. Why didn't the vicious vermin eat the murder
victims??
My cats are indoor-only. If I could train them to eat only chipmunks and House
Sparrows I would let the
PM
> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] a mystery---goldfinchs
>
> I've been watching some inexplicable behavior (to me) by 1 or 2
> goldfinches nesting in my yard. There are 2 parts.
>
> Part 1: 2 weeks ago I noticed a female goldfinch perching in bushes
: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] a mystery---goldfinchs
I've been watching some inexplicable behavior (to me) by 1 or 2 goldfinches
nesting in my yard. There are 2 parts.
Part 1: 2 weeks ago I noticed a female goldfinch perching in bushes along the
front of the house, then flying t