Three messages about my feeder birds is probably to much for one day,
but I added some more goodies to the list this afternoon. The best by
far was 3 Red Crossbills. I now believe this species has been around
for some time, as I think I had heard call notes several times in the
last month. Today I had binos and got a view of one male and two
females as they flew over. A first for the yard.
Brown Creeper, Red-tailed Hawk and American Goldfinch were also new for the day.
Spencer
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM, spencer hardy
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> As this message was sending, a male Red-winged Blackbird dropped in.
> Surprisingly it is not the first this winter.
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:10 PM, spencer hardy
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> With a mostly free weekend, I had the opportunity to spend a couple
>> hours "working" in front of the feeder window. Not an atypical day at
>> the feeders, but after a while, I took a stroll down the road. It
>> immediately became evident that there was lots of activity in the
>> woods. Lots of the birds I was seeing at the feeder would make very
>> brief appearances, and some, like the Red-bellied never came in. It
>> has definitely been a weird winter.
>>
>> In the first two months of 2011 I had 13 species on 24 checklists, so
>> far this year I have 22 species on 12 checklist for the property.
>>
>>
>> home, Windsor, US-VT
>> Feb 11, 2012 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
>> Protocol: Area
>> 4.0 ac
>> 16 species
>>
>> Mourning Dove 20
>> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Present all winter
>> Downy Woodpecker 1
>> Hairy Woodpecker 3
>> Blue Jay 20
>> Common Raven 1
>> Black-capped Chickadee 10
>> Tufted Titmouse 2
>> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
>> European Starling 8
>> White-throated Sparrow 1
>> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 20
>> Northern Cardinal 1 Female, present on and off all winter
>> Purple Finch 1
>> Pine Siskin 4
>> House Sparrow 1 First for the area in years
>>
>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Good Birding,
>> Spencer
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> --
> Good Birding,
> Spencer
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Good Birding,
Spencer
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