tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post4178933613005686379..comments2023-10-03T09:02:07.270-04:00Comments on The Feather and the Flower: Great Backyard Bird Countnoflicksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17404386000823552954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post-31147839300574895182009-02-19T22:26:00.000-05:002009-02-19T22:26:00.000-05:00In terms of the GBBC? No idea, but including Archb...In terms of the GBBC? No idea, but including Archbold I'm sure skews the data bad :) In terms of the long-term trends in the study population of scrub-jays here at Archbold? Don't have access to that data right now, and couldn't post it anyways.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't mind seeing some siskins down here.slybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799898402199267203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post-35961117130307811762009-02-19T22:12:00.000-05:002009-02-19T22:12:00.000-05:00One thing I heard today from someone who has direc...One thing I heard today from someone who has direct contact with CLO citizen-science participants: people are calling to ask how to discourage siskins from their yard. It seems the Grateful Dead had it right: too much of anything is just enough, and siskins have surpassed that limit!<BR/><BR/>It really is an unbelievable year. <BR/><BR/>Nick - awesome with the scrub-jays! Any ideas how the numbers are comparing with previous years?<BR/><BR/>-Mikenoflicksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404386000823552954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post-42677187435899629962009-02-19T10:04:00.000-05:002009-02-19T10:04:00.000-05:00Like Larry, we had Pine Siskins by the hundreds, b...Like Larry, we had Pine Siskins by the hundreds, but it was after the count. During the count, there were anywhere between 20-35 at any one time.<BR/><BR/>The Crossbills have been a frequent species also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post-40069529013584617792009-02-18T14:51:00.000-05:002009-02-18T14:51:00.000-05:00If you check out the Florida Scrub-Jay map, the bi...If you check out the Florida Scrub-Jay map, the big purple circle in south-central FL is me with 55+ FSJ's. I could've had 150 if I put any coordinated effort into it. :)slybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799898402199267203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451484812160865521.post-75317747710254470792009-02-17T23:18:00.000-05:002009-02-17T23:18:00.000-05:00Well Mike, let me tell ya. I saw more finches in ...Well Mike, let me tell ya. I saw more finches in my yard over the last four days than I have <B>ever</B> seen <B>anywhere</B>.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't count Friday because I had to work but Saturday, Sunday and Monday I had huge combined flocks of finches, in the hundreds. House, Purple, Lesser Goldfinches and Pine Siskins. And more Pine-Siskins. I tallied over 110 Pine Siskins alone in just my yard Monday.<BR/><BR/>I actually had to refill my two, three foot thistle tube feeders and my (total of 5) sunflower tube feeders in the middle of the day because there were so many birds fighting for stations. I didn't want to leave them so low that some perches were not usable.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It was a great backyard bird count indeed! My thanks go out to you and the rest of the Cornell Lab staff for all the great work you doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com