Project Feeder Watch Tallies for the last two weeks.

I'm starting with the March 20th count as that was much more exciting than the week before. The first day of spring greeted us with 27 species! Not all were at the feeders, so they are not all submitted with the count. A few we observed flying above the house- including Canada Goose, Pileated Woodpecker, and Killdeer. We also heard, but did not see, the Northern Flicker.


March 20, 2010
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 7
American Tree Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 13
House Sparrow 9






From top to bottom: A Grackle all puffed out, a Song Sparrow (first of the season!), Male Red-Winged Blackbirds, a Northern Shrike (which we are told is a very nice find in our area this time of year).

March 13, 2010
Canada Goose 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 0
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 18
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Common Grackle 21
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 45
House Sparrow 12