Through the Window: February 2014

As written by someone (a visitor? our fabulous intern?) on our Viewing Window Board:

We ♥ February!
We ♥ birds!
We ♥ this Museum!
We’d ♥ some big donation$… to build a bridge to see ’em!

(More on the Bridge thing soon. Stay tuned.) Right then. You came here for birds! We gots birds. We can even see some from our Viewing Window! In February, we saw…

• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Blue Jay
• Black-capped Chickadee
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Northern Cardinal (female and male)
• Dark-eyed Junco
• American Goldfinch
• Red-bellied woodpecker
• Wild Turkey (tracks)
• Mourning Dove
• American Robin
• American Crow

Four-footed friends: Gray Squirrels, Red Squirrels, and a shrew (not sure which kind. This one was actually near the mailbox, not the Viewing Window).

Come see them for yourself! We’re open by appointment, plus all-day on March 23. Check out our calendar of events for details.

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 (seasonally) other food choices . You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.