From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Mar 13 07:52:46 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2DFnrj1006477 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:49:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from web20710.mail.yahoo.com (web20710.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.183]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with SMTP id h2DFnFZQ006436 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:49:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from [205.214.163.67] by web20710.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:49:15 PST Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:49:15 -0800 (PST) From: Barbara Harkleroad <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] Nutmeg Mannikins 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]] Two Nutmeg Mannikins were feeding at a hanging feeder in my back yard this morning. I was able to closely approach the feeder before one of the birds flew off. A Lincoln's Sparrow has been a frequent visitor to another feeder the past few weeks. It is looking a bit scruffy. There were twenty or more White Crown and Gold Crown Sparrows awaiting their morning feed today. There are several fat Quail feeding at the ground feeder now. After I sighted the Bobcat some time back, the Quail seemed to come in only at dusk. Now they are back in the mornings and have found some dry soil in which to take their "baths." Throughout the winter months we have had regular bird kills in the yard due to a Cooper's Hawk that patrols this area. I observed a very unusual behavior in GOG Park yesterday. A Nuthatch was "poking" the remains of a bird's wings into a small hole in a large dead tree trunk which was laying on the ground. It would fly away, then come back and poke some more. Then it eventually pulled the wing out and went away. Was it playing or trying to dispose of the wings? Odd! Barbara Harkleroad Almaden Area Intersection of Camden Ave. and Paso Los Cerritos __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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]]