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Yesterday, I observed a flock of "dickie" birds across the street from
my house; we frequently get pine siskins and American goldfinch here, so
it was worth a closer look. As I was in a state of deshabille, it took
me a few minutes to get downstairs, grab the binocs and look outside. By
then of course, they were gone. Since it was in between raindrops, I
thought I'd bop outside and see if I could locate the flock. No such
luck, but I did observe a scrub jay. So what? Well, when I glassed him,
he turned out to be my curve-billed corvid, nicknamed "Captain Hook",
that I had so eloquently written an obit for a few weeks back. Once the
rains fall, my attention is downward, since I am primarily a mushroomer
these days, so I haven't glassed my backyard birds for a while. Not only
was the Captain alive, but he appeared to be in great shape. He has
managed to break off most of the length of his curved upper mandible (it
was narrowly elongated, at least an inch past his lower beak) and was
observed in fine feathering and apparently able to preen and feed
normally. Whether his ability to keep his bill pared down is accidental
or deliberate we'll never know, but I must admit that I am rooting for
him. And like that old quote by Samuel Clemens, the rumor of his death
was much exaggerated.
 
BTW, this good news was sent to Colleen in Alaska, who is compiling
these sorts of things. Yay, one for our side.
 
Debbie Viess
Sheffield Village, Oakland
 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:31 AM
To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Pine Siskins in Berkeley
 
A trio of pine siskins have been hanging around my thistle feeder since
Monday.  This is unusual; normally I get flocks of lesser goldfinch in
late fall. Also, a male American goldfinch visited recently.

B. Newman
Berkeley

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style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yesterday, I observed a flock of
“dickie” birds across the street from my house; we =
frequently get
pine siskins and American goldfinch here, so it was worth a closer look. =
As I
was in a state of deshabille, it took me a few minutes to get =
downstairs, grab the
binocs and look outside. By then of course, they were gone. Since it was =
in
between raindrops, I thought I’d bop outside and see if I could =
locate
the flock. No such luck, but I did observe a scrub jay. So what? Well, =
when I
glassed him, he turned out to be my curve-billed corvid, nicknamed
“Captain Hook”, that I had so eloquently written an obit for =
a few
weeks back. Once the rains fall, my attention is downward, since I am =
primarily
a mushroomer these days, so I haven’t glassed my backyard birds =
for a
while. Not only was the Captain alive, but he appeared to be in great =
shape. He
has managed to break off most of the length of his curved upper mandible =
(it
was narrowly elongated, at least an inch past his lower beak) and was =
observed
in fine feathering and apparently able to preen and feed normally. =
Whether his
ability to keep his bill pared down is accidental or deliberate =
we’ll
never know, but I must admit that I am rooting for him. And like that =
old quote
by Samuel Clemens, the rumor of his death was much =
exaggerated.


style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 


style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>BTW, this good news was sent to =
Colleen in
face=3DArial>Alaska, who is compiling these sorts of things. Yay, one for our =
side.


style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> 


face=3DArial>Debbie =
Viess


color=3Dnavy
  face=3DArial>Sheffield<=
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face=3DTahoma>-----Original =
Message-----

sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com
[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On
Behalf Of ncg

08, 2004
10:31 AM

sightings at diabloaudubon.com

Pine
Siskins in Berkeley


face=3D"Times New Roman"> 


face=3D"Times New Roman">A trio of pine siskins have been hanging =
around my
thistle feeder since Monday.  This is unusual; normally I get =
flocks of
lesser goldfinch in late fall. Also, a male American goldfinch visited
recently.

B. Newman

Berkeley





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