A nice start to the year!
- Black-capped chickadee
A Black-capped Chickadee perhaps considering whether the iPhone also wants to eat its yummy new black oil seeds. - Tufted Titmouse
- Blue Jay
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- Downy Woodpecker (male)
- Northern Cardinal (male)
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-breasted Nuthatch
Plenty of Red and Gray Squirrels. We’ve also seen a Vole, White-tailed Deer, Eastern Chipmunks, a photographer, and an Eastern Cottontail rabbit.
Even though we ask that you call or email to set up a visit (from now through April 30), we have some exceptions for open days, special events, and offsite activities: Click over to our events page. If you follow us on Facebook, Twitter , tumblr, and/or Instagram too, you’ll find more comments, links, and observations. See you in 2017!
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 covering that helps hide watchers from the birds. We have chairs and binoculars to try, 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.