This morning's bird chorus was delightful. All the birds seemed full of
energy on this chilly June morning in the upper 40s (goodness!!!!!). The most
surprising occurrence was hearing a turkey start gobbling at 5:44 AM, right
after I'd told my hubby that it felt like the right temp to hear a turkey!Â
Guess I was right as it continued until 6:10 AM.
Another item of surprise that I thought folks might find of interest:
I keep notes every day about every kind of wildlife around my house. Because
today was the first day of June, I needed to get out a different book for this
month. When I went to put away my May book, I noticed--for some reason--a
book with my notes from the 80s when I lived in Ivy (near Charlottesville). I
decided to peek into it.
The page I happened to open to contained notes from May 3 to May 7, 1984.Â
Imagine my surprise to read that there were 8 female and 5 male Evening
Grosbeaks at my feeders on MAY 4!!!! My first reaction was, "What?!!!!!"Â
Then I saw there was even a Pine Siskin! This on a day when I also had a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and an Indigo Bunting at the feeders!!!! Amazing!Â
And the Evening Grosbeaks and siskins were around for several more days after
that.
I'd love to hear from anyone who was keeping notes back then who has time to
look up May of 1984 to see if this kind of thing was going on across Virginia.Â
If you write, please include where you live.Â
These notes were also fascinating to look at because there hasn't been Evening
Grosbeaks where I now live (and have for over 34 years) for more than two
decades. It almost seems hard to believe we ever used to even get Evening
Grosbeaks in Virginia.
Sincerely,Marlene
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