[CT Birds] Fw: Quantity not quality?

[Pat Dufour]

I agree with John and Jon.  One of my favorite feeder birds is the Carolina
Wren.  He/She is a real circus clown.  I love to watch the Cardinals for
ground feeders and the Red Belly Woodpecker for the suet feeder.
This afternoon while cleaning off my car, I looked up and saw the big red
area in the snow on the edge of my roof where some bird dined on (I think) a
Tufted Titmouse.  This guess was from the few feathers that were on the
ground under the area.
That's nature for you.
Pat.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Matthews" <matthews.jonathan at gmail.com>
To: "John D Babington" <davewb07 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Quantity not quality?


> I agree John.  While there are certainly birds we WANT to see, reality
> is most of the time, be it at your backyard feeder or in the field,
> you are going to see common birds.  I know I have had to fight the
> urge to say "well, we didn't see anything good today" and instead
> enjoy watching the behavior of the common birds that decide to give me
> a show.  It's always nice to see something you don't see very often,
> or have never seen but if you spend your time looking for those birds,
> you miss a lot that goes on right under your nose.
>
> Jon Matthews
> Hamden
>
> P.S.  Apparently, Blue Jays don't eat stale Almonds in the shell?
> Maybe there are just better pickings elsewhere this afternoon
>
>
> On 2/23/08, John D Babington <davewb07 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Frankly I was just amazed at the "Quantity not Quality" posting. Since
when do we start rating birds as not being of "quality"? I suppose if one is
big into listing one gets jaded with not seeing that bird that one whats for
whatever list one is keeping. Frankly I enjoyed the show at my one feeder
here in Washington, CT during the snow storm yesterday. I was doing Feeder
Watch for Cornell on Friday and today (Saturday, Feb 23). I had six
cardinals siting in the snow by my feeder, lovely and record number of
cardinals for me for Feeder Watch. I also had a 8 white-throated sparrows,
another Feeder Watch record for me. I was hard pressed to find a chickadee
or titmouse at my feeder during the storm. Blue jays, mourning doves,
white-throats, and juncos seemed to rule the feeder during the storm. I must
admit to even having a couple of starlings, which I do not get often for
Feeder Watch. Today the chickadees and titmouse are back at my feeder. Hey
enjoy all
> >  the birds folks. Quantity is also quality.
> >
> > David Babington
> > Washington, CT
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