Just the back yard!? Nah, I want the front and side yards landscaped in natives too.



Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Great Backyard Bird Count 2015

After being reminded of the bird count on WildlifeGardeners, I forgot about it until Sunday.  I ended up being off on Monday as well, and here is the count from then (I saw more species and more individual birds that day)...


...If I recall, I saw more of several species in another list...and within a couple of days I saw several morning doves, at least 5 cardinals (2 males and 3 females), and at one point over 30 goldfinches--why do I never get these numbers when I'm doing a count!?  (comment added over a month later...as well as the gif above--had I waited until I had all of my photos ready, I'd never had posted at all!)
After seeing the photo, there are clearly more than thirty! :)
Well over fifty--if I didn't count some twice, I got up to 65!


10 species total
1
Mourning Dove
1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4
Blue Jays
2
Black-capped Chickadees
1
Tufted Titmouse
1
American Tree Sparrow
3
Song Sparrows  (I'm not 100% sure of this ID.)
10
Dark-eyed Juncos
2
Northern Cardinals (1 male, 1 female)
14
and
American Goldfinch