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Tangled Branches: Cultivated

happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Tulips, Birds

I posted some new pictures yesterday, including my mystery tulip. Most of my tulips have disappeared, but this one lives on.

I spent some time this afternoon updating my eBird reports. I was trying to get a spreadsheet report out of it which would be the basis for my Lifetime Backyard List, but they won't summarize every single report you have ever given them in one big data dump. The most they will give you is a year at a time. I have a few birds in my reports that I've only ever seen once in the backyard, and the sightings didn't all occur in the same year. I could consolidate all my yearly reports in one spreadsheet, then sort on name and delete the duplicates, but then how to get it back into taxonomic order? Hmm...more thinking required.

Random bird notes:

1. The juncos are still here.
2. Chipping sparrows are now giving the goldfinches competition for the Nuttery seed feeder. They behave exactly like the goldfinches too, parking themselves on a perch and eating and eating and eating.....
3. I'm thinking of trying a hummingbird feeder again. Bought one last year and the squirrels got into it right away - knocked in down, broke a perch, spilled sugar water all over the ground (great for the ants). But I think if I put in under the Big Top feeder where I now have the suet feeder, the squirrels might leave it alone.
4. Robins are enjoying the birdbath, at least when the crows haven't fouled it by bringing their garbage food to dunk before eating.
5. There were just a few holly berries left on the little tree in back, and the robins are now picking it clean.
   

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