Backyard Birds
I haven't had much birding news to share on my blog lately. I last birded Pheasant Branch on November 27th and found 34 species, including White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, and Fox Sparrow. It's snowing today, but not enough for snowshoeing yet. In backyard birding news, I've put out nyjer, black-oil sunflower, suet, and peanut halves at my apartment feeders. This has attracted regular visits by American Goldfinches, House Finches, Pine Siskins, Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeckers, and Dark-eyed Juncos. I'm hoping that the Tufted Titmice across the street at Pheasant Branch will notice my feeders soon. Other apartment birds since I've moved include Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, American Robin, American Crow, Red-tailed Hawk, and Cooper's Hawk.
© 2008 Mike McDowell
2 Comments:
Hi Mike,
Nice blog with great pictures!
We live in Atlanta and have noticed a huge increase in feeder activity the last couple of weeks. I guess it's the cold (for us) weather. We have a triple tubed feeder with black oil sunflower and a basic seed mix along with a suet and niger feeder. We get a ton of Nuthatches, Titmice, Carolina Chickadees and Cardinals along with Downy, Red bellied and Pileated woodpeckers. There are some others but we're pretty new to birding so I can't readily identify everything yet.
Great shot.
This time of year, our yard is hit and miss with all the migrants coming through. Some days I will see 20 or 30 birds at a time, others I don't see a single bird all day. With the variety of birds at least it is a good time to experiment with different foods.
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