From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Feb 27 18:08:46 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1S265EL011347 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:06:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.64.14.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1S24rfr011279 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:04:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1S24qVe027955 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:04:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from hppav.stanford.edu (DNab42a62b.Stanford.EDU [171.66.166.43]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1S24oAN027943 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:04:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:14:42 -0800 To: <[[email protected]]> From: Patty Ciesla <[[email protected]]> In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Goldfinches X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Yesterday I had 15 Lesser Goldfinches at my thistle feeder in Los Altos Hills. The first pair appeared about 5 days ago. I've never noticed goldfinches in the yard before, but this is the first year that I've put a thistle feeder up. These are small birds, smaller than the house finches, with olive/gray backs extending up to the back of a black cap on the males. The males are dull to bright yellow on the breast. No stripe is noticeable on the side of the face. They have slaty wings with white bars and a white stripe on the wing below the bars. The housefinches this year are all bright red, except one male I occasionally see that has an orangey cast. No yellow ones so far. My neighbor's cat has been successful in nabbing a couple of sparrows feeding on the spilled seed below the deck. Other than asking him to put a bell on the cat, what can I do to help make it harder for the cat to catch the birds? I'm noticing that the vinca is probably really good cover, so I suppose I should clear it from where the birds are feeding so they can't be stalked so closely. Other suggestions are welcome. Patty Ciesla Los Altos Hills at Foothill Park _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]