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Title: Busy bird feeders Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 11-Feb-11, 03:30:33 AM More on Bob Marcotte's winter visitors. Eighteen species is good going. What do others experience?
http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4005 (http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4005) Title: Re: Busy bird feeders Post by: MAK on 11-Feb-11, 09:36:55 AM :good post: :thanx:
Title: Re: Busy bird feeders Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 11-Feb-11, 11:52:58 PM More on Bob Marcotte's winter visitors. Eighteen species is good going. What do others experience? http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4005 (http://php.democratandchronicle.com/blog/birds/?p=4005) In my fairly urban yard, I typically get between 10 and 13 species (not always the same species), but if I hang out and watch the feeders for a couple of hours over the weekend, which I do regularly as part of Cornell's Project Feeder Watch, 12 species would be a good number for me, and I feel really lucky when I get 14 species. My all-time high species count for a weekend is 17. I think he said that his 18 species was since he started logging on January 8th or so... My complete winter bird list (adding up all the species I've seen since logging for Cornell) is 34 species...I've denoted the regulars in this color. Those are the birds that are most likely to make a regular appearance at my house...the others are more rare, or in some cases, I've only seen them once in many years. American Crow American Goldfinch American Robin Blue Jay Brown Creeper (very rare) Brown-headed Cowbird (very rare) Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Common Grackle (very rare) Cooper's Hawk Dark-eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker Eastern Towhee European Starling Golden-crowned Kinglet (very rare) Hairy Woodpecker House Finch House Sparrow Mourning Dove Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker Northern Mockingbird Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk (very rare) Red-tailed Hawk (very rare) Rock Pigeon Ruby-crowned Kinglet (very rare) Sharp-shinned Hawk (very rare) Song Sparrow Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch White-throated Sparrow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (extremely rare) That's only my winter backyard list; I don't bother logging birds I see during the summer. Even though I live in the heart of the city, it's part of the old city; a neighborhood of turn-of-the-century Victorian houses, with 100-year-old trees and plants and less of a focus on lawns, as in the suburbs. Title: Re: Busy bird feeders Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 12-Feb-11, 05:10:07 AM That's some list, Patti! I must count my winter visitors and see what I come up with myself. Of course, I see yours as much more exotic than mine!
Title: Re: Busy bird feeders Post by: Patti from Kentucky on 12-Feb-11, 02:38:01 PM That's some list, Patti! I must count my winter visitors and see what I come up with myself. Of course, I see yours as much more exotic than mine! That's a funny word, since of my list, only the Rock Pigeon, European Starling, and House Sparrow are exotic. :happy: |