[obol] Band-tailed year

[Roy Lowe]

Lee & others:

The band-tailed pigeon numbers are up at our house in Waldport this  
years as well.  We have 30-40 coming draining our feeders twice a  
day.   I purchased a 50 lbs sack of cracked corn yesterday to try an  
fill the pigeon up on that less expensive feed.  Last time I did that  
about 10 years ago wood ducks started appearing at my feeders!  The  
woman at the feed store said I was the third person yesterday alone  
talking about pigeons draining their feeders.  The numbers are not  
close to the highest I have had in the past.  Ten year ago I had  
around 75 bird visiting us daily.

Roy

On May 25, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Lee and Lori Cain wrote:

> As I write this, at least 25 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS are gorging on my  
> feeder (sunflower seeds), another 10 or so are in the spruce, and  
> about 15 are on the ground (never seen them feed on the ground  
> before).
> It is hilarious to watch them all try to fit on the feeder.  It has  
> become rather expensive to feed birds this year.
>
> Everywhere I go I see BT pigeon flocks cruising the sky, both NW  
> Oregon and SW Washington.  Anybody care to speculate on what  
> conditions produced this sudden abundance? I am positive there are  
> far more in our area than last year at this time.
>
> Lee Cain
> Astoria
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