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the hazards of snooping and the current yard list
2003-03-23 - 10:07 a.m.
I must admit that I often read other peoples' diaries.
A Scorpio must snoop and, besides, I rationalize that I
can gain a better understanding of the very deep differences in
the way that people think. The risk, of course, is that
occasionally I read something that seems to me to have been
written by a madwoman --
in this case, a pro-war "Christian"
fundamentalist rant*, which made little sense but managed to
include the offensive nugget
that our soldiers killed in combat are more fortunate
than we because they are in heaven. The diary entered with
a prayer for the "end times" to come quickly. "Please,
dear Lord, take us home soon."
In my view, it is pure evil to pray for the end of God's creation.
Leave me out of your "us," lady. I am home.
Well, it is too beautiful a day to spend much time
fretting over the people who can't love the planet
they already have. I'm watching the romance of the
Chickadees, with the solicitous male bringing food
to his mate. I'm even enjoying a last touch of winter --
two
White-Throated Sparrows lurking in the Trumpet Honeycreeper, which
was dead enough to attract woodpecker interest a short while
back and which is now leafing out more green every day.
Here's where I stand on the yard list.
It includes any established,
accepted bird species
seen from the yard but not obvious non-breeding escapees like
the Black-Masked Lovebird who once visited for a few days.
- Double-crested Cormorant
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Great Egret
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Northern Harrier
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Red-shouldered Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Bald Eagle
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Killdeer
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Rock Dove
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Eurasian Collared Dove
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Mourning Dove
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
- Black-Chinned Hummingbird
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Calliope Hummingbird
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
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Pileated Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Phoebe
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Blue Jay
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American Crow
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Fish Crow
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Carolina Chickadee
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Tufted Titmouse
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Carolina Wren
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-Crowned Kinglet
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Eastern Bluebird
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American Robin
- Hermit Thrush
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Northern Mockingbird
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Brown Thrasher
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Cedar Waxwing
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Loggerhead Shrike
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European Starling
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Yellow-rumped Warbler, "Myrtle" type
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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Pine Warbler
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Hooded Warbler
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Orange-Crowned Warbler
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Northern Cardinal
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Blue Grosbeak
- American Goldfinch
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White-throated Sparrow
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Boat-Tailed Grackle
- Common Grackle
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House Finch
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House Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
later
The female Blue Grosbeak was back. I want a male!
later
A little mystery here: The two White-Throated Sparrows
are staying close together. One is the tan type, and the
other is the white type. The white one had a ruffled neck, as if she were a female and they had been mating. Do they pair up before they reach their breeding territories? Does this pair intend to stay for the summer?
I once didn't realize that any American Robins stayed down here for the summer, until a pair bred and raised three babies in the big oak tree hanging over my backyard. I remember finding a broken egg, of the classic Robin's egg blue, and thinking, Hmm, looks like a Robin's egg. Then I looked up and saw the nest.
later
I tried to add a Birding diaryring, but I can't get it to show up. Fuss and cuss. It would probably have a limited demand here, but it would be nice to have a way for the birders to find other bird-y diaries. There is a man on the listserv, who often birds South Farm and who posts his birding list almost every day. I wish he would get a diary, to provide a permanent record of his sightings.
*I won't link or give a name, because I don't
believe in calling out people for being honest in their diaries.
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