MASS AUDUBON FOCUS ON FEEDERS BIRD COUNT

The Mass. Audubon Focus on Feeders Bird Count was this weekend and Linda & I kept track of what we saw during the weekend.  For those of you who haven't done a feeder count, you check the feeders/yard periodically and write down what you see, then you report the largest number of birds seen during the day.  For example, many of our Goldfinch were elsewhere today, but at various times we saw: 3, 5, 2, 11, 7, 10.  So we reported "11"

Our tallies were:
4 Mourning Doves 
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpeckers: 1 Female, 2 Males
2 Hairy Woodpeckers: 1F, 2M
7 Bluejays (in the top of the tree, bouncing and talking quietly to each other!)
1 American Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee (where were they??)
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
5 Eastern Bluebirds: 2F, 3M
1 Song Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
7 Dark-eyed Juncos: 3F, 4M (that is a low number!)
1 Northern Cardinal: 1M (don't know where the female was today)
2 House Finch (sad that there were no Purple Finch today)
11 American Goldfinch (they are turning yellow!  I was counting 25 and more a couple days ago!)
1 Red-tailed Hawk flying and also yesterday, I saw one dead beside the road on Moore.

Pileated: this morning I heard what I assume was our Pileated tapping inside one of his dining holes. I have frequently heard him there and then seen him fly out. Today he did not fly out, so my observation is not 100%.  

Screech owl: I went back out just before sunset when I often hear/see the Pileated and discovered our local screech owl in its hole in the tree where it was last spring!

It is fun to spend the day focusing on the birds!

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