Through the Window: May 2013 gets exciting

Nesting time! And the list grows on. Bold ones are those we didn’t see last month!

• Northern Cardinal
• American Goldfinch
• White-throated Sparrow
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Mourning Dove
• Common Grackle
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Hairy Woodpecker
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Eastern Phoebe
• Blue Jay
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Evening Grosbeak
• Song Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• American Robin
• Purple Finch
• Northern Goshawk
• Wild Turkey (One male, 3 females on 5/15)
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• White-crowned Sparrow (5/6/13, 5/18/13)
• Winter Wren (heard)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5/8/13)
• Red-breasted Nuthatch (5/12/13)
• American Crow
• Great-Crested Flycatcher (5/15/13)
• Gray Catbird (5/17/13)
• Cooper’s Hawk (5/20/13)
• Baltimore Oriole
• Tufted Titmouse

If you want to get involved with NestWatch, let us know how we can help you!

The “Through the Window” series is an informal record of observations made by staff, volunteers, and visitors. Anyone at the Museum may add to this list. Observations are usually through our viewing window: a large window with a film to make it more difficult for birds to see the watchers. We have chairs and binoculars to try there, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, bear-resistant pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and other food choices. You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.