The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117366   Message #2582757
Posted By: Ferrara
06-Mar-09 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2009
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2009
At least 3 new species, including two that I've never ID'd in our yard before. One was a Brown Creeper, the others are Black Capped Chickadees. Wouldn't even have ID'd them if I hadn't taken lots of photos. We usually get the Carolina Chickadees.

One day last week, Bill heard a big Thump on the living room window and ran in to see if any of the feeder birds was hurt. No feeder birds were in sight -- only a very grumpy-looking sharp shinned hawk, sitting on a branch a few feet from the window.

Oh, and lots of American Robins, forgot to mention them in my earlier posts. Ditto House Finches.

American Crows
American Goldfinches
Black-Capped Chickadees
Blue Jays
Brown Creeper
Cardinals
Carolina Chickadees
Carolina Wrens
Downy Woodpeckers
English Sparrows
Hairy (and Hairy-ette) Woodpeckers
House Finches
Juncos
Mourning Doves
Northern Mockingbird
Pine Siskins (first time I've ever seen them here)
Red Bellied Woodpeckers
Robins
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, on the suet feeder
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Song Sparrows
Tufted Titmice
White Breasted Nuthatches
White Throated Sparrows