[Tweeters] FOS Varied Trish

[Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters]

 On Dec 26, 2025 at 23:45:11, Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Very interesting Chuq! Maybe the lack of snow kept them higher up, but

> with the snowfall now, they are starting to move downhill. We are almost at

> sea level and you are higher up and saw the thrushes earlier! We also get a

> pair of Downy Woodpecker almost daily, Flickers daily and also a female

> Townsend’s Warbler. Also loads of juncos, both chickadees (more

> Chest-nutbackeds)RB Nuthatches and lots of House Finches. I do not have Fox

> Sparrows, but have at least Half a dozen Golden-crowned Sparrows in the

> neighborhood.

>


We’re generally good for one or two snowfalls that stick. Often enough that
I did hire a plow service this year (that I discovered this year) and have
considered buying a plow for the truck, but not so often that we’re
actually cut off from the outside world (the plowing is more for the
delivery trucks, and one winter we almost had a FedEx guy for an extended
stay…)

Crowned sparrows are quite unusual here for some reason (same for house
finches; we have purple breed here in summer). Other things we almost never
see are house sparrows and starlings. I had a feeling this place was good
bird habitat when we decided to buy it, and I was right — the yard list is
at a whopping 78 species since 2021, although that includes a few fun weird
things like a flyover ringed-neck duck…And we finally had a red-breasted
sapsucker migrate through, so we are officially a five woodpecker location.
I’ve documented 9-10 species breeding here and likely another maybe 5, so I
can’t complain about this place and how birdy it is…

Chuq

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