[obol] Back yard birds in Eugene

[Peter J. McClosky]

Hello All,

While working in the back yard today I had a Hummingbird feed at the 
Hummingbird feeder (very small, all brown, no iridescence).   The feeder 
has been in place about 3/4 of the year and this was the first I have 
observed feeding! (The food in the feeder has never been used, so I 
don't think they have been feeding before.)

I also had the second American Robin I have seen, in the 14 months I 
have lived here.

Additionally, I saw a female Downy Woodpecker, a Northern Flicker, in 
addition to the normal Western Scrub Jays, European Starlings, and Crows.

I wonder if the cold and wind have brought in new birds to the area?

I still have the small unidentified songbirds, as before.

Peter J. McClosky
in the Santa Clara region of Eugene

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Peter J. McClosky
Eugene, Oregon
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