The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135091   Message #3253796
Posted By: maeve
09-Nov-11 - 03:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2011
Dan- Downy?
We've been watching Downy, Hairy, and Pileated woodpeckers here. Many Red-bellied woodpeckers have been seen in the area, but they've missed us so far. I have a photo of a Yellowthroat warbler on the stoop just outside our front door. It had been investigating some potted dahlias and cannas, looking for insects.

We've enjoyed watching the local wild turkey flock. This morning the young'uns flew down from their roost in the big White Pine behind the yurt, landing in the young apple orchard. They cleaned up lots of insects and quite a few dropped apples before wandering along the new stone wall to the woods beyond the back door of the house.

Right now, I'm watching bantams Twinkle and her chick Shadow as they forage for dropped sunflower seeds under a feeder. The bantams were all asleep in their coop at three yesterday morning when I heard a Long-eared Owl hooting; out back near the winding river.