Visit from a stranger today. My first Hairy Woodpecker in two years. A bright male. Only came once and didn't return. Only one lone House Finch and one House Sparrow - both females. I don't miss them because they hog the feeder. Others today included Chickadees, Titmice, White-Breasted Nuthatch, pair of Downys, pair of Red-Bellied WPs and on the ground, pair of Mourning Doves and one lone White-Throated Sparrow. No Juncos yet. Feeder life list - 29 species. Rarest - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Most unusual - Black-Throated Blue Warbler. Paul Plotnick Stamford

I am so jealous of the early feeder reports. If I put out one, all I'd get would be those large, black furry birds. And lose my feeders. One got my hummingbird feeder two weeks ago. Sigh. Another 1 1/2 months to wait... Sarah Faulkner Collinsville > On 10/24/2022 8:48 PM Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > Visit from a stranger today. My first Hairy Woodpecker in two years. A > bright male. Only came once and didn't return. Only one lone House Finch > and one House Sparrow - both females. I don't miss them because they hog > the feeder. Others today included Chickadees, Titmice, White-Breasted > Nuthatch, pair of Downys, pair of Red-Bellied WPs and on the ground, pair > of Mourning Doves and one lone White-Throated Sparrow. No Juncos yet. > Feeder life list - 29 species. Rarest - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Most > unusual - Black-Throated Blue Warbler. > > Paul Plotnick > Stamford > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

No bears around my house - yet. No crows. Pair of Ravens across the street and an occasional Cooper's Hawk swooping in. No pigeons. Paul Plotnick Stamford On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 8:59 PM SARAH FAULKNER <sffaulkner@comcast.net> wrote: > I am so jealous of the early feeder reports. If I put out one, all I'd > get would be those large, black furry birds. And lose my feeders. One got > my hummingbird feeder two weeks ago. Sigh. Another 1 1/2 months to wait... > > Sarah Faulkner > Collinsville > > On 10/24/2022 8:48 PM Paul Plotnick via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > > > Visit from a stranger today. My first Hairy Woodpecker in two years. A > > bright male. Only came once and didn't return. Only one lone House Finch > > and one House Sparrow - both females. I don't miss them because they hog > > the feeder. Others today included Chickadees, Titmice, White-Breasted > > Nuthatch, pair of Downys, pair of Red-Bellied WPs and on the ground, pair > > of Mourning Doves and one lone White-Throated Sparrow. No Juncos yet. > > Feeder life list - 29 species. Rarest - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Most > > unusual - Black-Throated Blue Warbler. > > > > Paul Plotnick > > Stamford > > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ >