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Quantity but not quality

SK
Scott Kruitbosch
Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:44 PM

From Scott Kruitbosch:

2/22 - Stratford feeders - today was disappointing in that I did not have
one species worth listing in the daily report. I was dying for a Rusty
Blackbird, a Redpoll, or even a Purple Finch, anything - but instead came up
empty-handed. The species I did find (with conservative estimates):

Number of species:    20

Mourning Dove    14
Monk Parakeet    15
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy Woodpecker    2
Hairy Woodpecker    2
Northern Flicker    1
Blue Jay    4
Black-capped Chickadee    6
Tufted Titmouse    4
White-breasted Nuthatch    2
European Starling    20
White-throated Sparrow    17
Dark-eyed Junco    20
Northern Cardinal    13
Red-winged Blackbird    80
Common Grackle    400
Brown-headed Cowbird    30
House Finch    7
American Goldfinch    24
House Sparrow    22

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Scott Kruitbosch
Stratford, CT
kbosch@gmail.com

>From Scott Kruitbosch: 2/22 - Stratford feeders - today was disappointing in that I did not have one species worth listing in the daily report. I was dying for a Rusty Blackbird, a Redpoll, or even a Purple Finch, anything - but instead came up empty-handed. The species I did find (with conservative estimates): Number of species: 20 Mourning Dove 14 Monk Parakeet 15 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 4 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 European Starling 20 White-throated Sparrow 17 Dark-eyed Junco 20 Northern Cardinal 13 Red-winged Blackbird 80 Common Grackle 400 Brown-headed Cowbird 30 House Finch 7 American Goldfinch 24 House Sparrow 22 -- Scott Kruitbosch Stratford, CT kbosch@gmail.com