Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 60, Issue 10

**"* O* <t*@earthlink.net>**

Goodness, I thought I knew my birds pretty well, but: "and saw not one, but
two pair of
Smew. "
Never even heard of them before!
The Smew (Mergellus albellus) is a minute duck which is intermediate between
the mergansers and the goldeneyes, and has interbred with the Common
Goldeneye. It is the only member of the genus Mergellus.
http://birds.allaboutthese.org/smew-wild-birds/
Good looking little ducks!
Last April I was in the Everglades most of the month...great place to see
birds...loads of osprey, nesting right in the park parking lot,
scissortailed kites, fish crows, several kinds of buzzards, even an indigo
bunting.
  Here in San Luis Obispo, CA right now: resident scrub jays, Ca. quail,
mocking birds & red shoulder hawks, Anna's hummers, Audubon finches, fox
sparrows, vireo's, an occasional house wren, and passin' through, white
crowned sparrows.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Henry" <mshen1@mac.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] gardenwriters Digest, Vol 60, Issue 10


> This lurker just has to brag a bit. Went to an obscure DNR site on the
> lower end of Puget Sound yesterday and saw not one, but two pair of
> Smew. Had an out-of-town guest in tow and, @#$%, forgot the camera.
>
> On Christmas morning, with a full house of relatives and friends, a
> pileated woodpecker chose to feed at our tail-drop suet station
> hanging on the deck where everyone had time to peek through the
> kitchen door by turns to oooh! and aaahh!
>
> Our half acre of retirement paradise in the Tacoma area has 6 mature
> Douglas firs and several mature rhodies, so there's lots of cover for
> the birds. We enjoy the Anna's hummers year round and feed all comers
> (including, alas, several feeder chewing squirrels). Our neighbors
> feed also, so we have a constant parade.
>
> Mary Henry
> M&MHC
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2008, at 7:11 AM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:
>
> > How many on this list are also birdwatchers?
>
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