I too miss the tn-bird correspondence. As for me, Haywood County, I’ve
been disappointed/surprised/concerned about the lack of birds at my feeder
this storm as compared to others. Zero for towhees (I usually have a few in
the yard) and always count on fox sparrow during storms (not this year so
far). I have lots of birds using the feeder area (40-50) but only a few
species. Mostly house finch, cardinals, white-throated sparrows. Not sure
why the change from past storms. Thanks for posting.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM davchaffin @ aol . com <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David,
Like you, I think the ice and snow was the reason I logged my first
Eastern Towhee, a male, today.
David C. Chaffin
Cleveland, TN
On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 05:40:12 PM EST, <rockyturf@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I wish people still posted sightings on tn-bird. I checked to make
sure I was still subscribed as I have not seen any post lately. I am sure
there have been some good observations with the weather.
Years ago someone posted they always saw a Fox Sparrow when it snowed.
Well today I saw the first one I have seen in a couple of years by my front
porch. Ooltewah got more sleet than snow (looks like 1/2 inch). I assume
the Fox Sparrow came from somewhere that had more snow or else the sleet
covering made it look to find food in places where the ground was still
bare. It may be the latter as yesterday I saw 4 Eastern Towhees at one time
in those same bushes and I had not seen any at my house in months. There
was not any sleet under the bushes along the front porch.
David Stone
Ooltewah, Tn.
Hamilton County
